Month: September 2010
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Richardson Rider Commutes To Work
I love reading stories about Richardson folks commuting to work. It’s good to know that the bike friendly efforts of our city are being utilized by its residents. Bob, a guest writer for BFR, has an amazing blog about sustainability while living in the suburbs called Suburban Shift. Suburban Shift covers stuff like organic gardening,…
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2011 Dallas Bike Plan: Bikeway System Draft Network Maps now available online!
Here’s some exciting information from our neighbors to the south. From their email: On September 23, 2010 over 200 people participated in our second public meeting at Dallas City Hall. At this meeting, the maps showing the proposed draft network and facility type recommendations for the Dallas Bikeway System were presented. We received a lot…
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Dallas Bikes To City Hall – October 15, 2010
As part of Bike Friendly Oak Cliff’s Cyclesomatic 2010, cyclists are promoting bike advocacy with another Dallas Bike To City Hall ride. We hope to make it out to this one to support our neighbors and get a look at the Dallas Bikeway System Draft Network. Date: October 15, 2010 Time: 8:10 am Place: Union…
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It’s Back! BFOC’s Cyclesomatic
Our friends and the founders of the DFW Bike Friendly movement, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, are having their second Cyclesomatic event. This year they’re packing all of the bike love into four days – October 14 – 17. Click over to the site to get more details. They are also hosting another Dallas Bikes To…
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More Trail Progress – Towards The Central Underpass
There is a bit more progress on the Spring Creek Trail extension that leads to one of the Central Expressway underpasses. In case you aren’t sure where this is, it branches off from the Spring Creek Trail rest area, at the southeast corner of Central and Renner Road. Here’s a shot from further down the…
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Find Bike Friendly Richardson Everywhere
We’ve got a few new readers here on the blog, and traffic is way up from last year. If you want to extend your Bike Friendly Richardson experience, please feel free to add us to your RSS reader, or subscribe via email (link to the right). You can also join our Facebook group, follow us…
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Red Dirt Ride Still Needs Another Support Vehicle
There is a group of riders who are riding from Dallas to the Winstar Casino just over the Oklahoma border on Saturday, September 25 and back on Sunday, September 26. They’re calling their event the Red Dirt Ride. It’s an open event for anybody wanting to join the ride. They also need another support vehicle…
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October 2010 Ride Events In DFW
With the weather cooling off, it’s time to see more group rides around town. October is starting to look pretty busy. Friday, October 1, 2010 – Biking In Dallas presents: The Great State Fair of Texas Group Ride Saturday, October 2, 2010 – Bike Friendly Arlington presents: Field Day October 14-17, 2010 – Bike Friendly…
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Richardson Biking Gets Mentioned In This Week’s NeighborsGo
If you happen to be in the north Dallas/Richardson area this week, pick up a copy of the Dallas Morning New’s NeighborsGo. BFR and Richardson cycling gets a mention on page 7. Click HERE to see the online version of the article. Pictured in the article are Chris Curnutt with Biking In Dallas, me and…
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Glenville Trail Bridge Complete
We’ve been keeping a close eye on the construction of the new Glenville Trail, where this phase connects from Bowser to the Duck Creek Trail. There were only a few parts that were incomplete, including a small bridge that connects it to the Duck Creek trail. Today, we discovered that the bridge is now complete,…