Category: City Stuff
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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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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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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,…
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Don’t Forget To Pick Up A Sunday Dallas Paper
Today’s Dallas Morning News has two great articles that are a must read for local cyclists. The cover page has an interesting article about the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan. The Business section has a great article about Villy Customs. If you don’t usually get the paper, you may want to swing down to your local…
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2011 Dallas Bike Plan Public Meeting
We’re spreading the word for our neighbors – just in case you haven’t read about this on another local blog. From their poster: What: Dallas Bike Plan Public Meeting Description: To review facilities proposed in the Draft Network Plan Where: Dallas City Hall L1FN Conference Center (located at the NW corner of City Hall on…
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DON’T FORGET Veloway Public Meeting – Tonight
IF bicycle movies aren’t your cup of tea and you happen to be curious about the East Dallas Veloway Master Plan, don’t forget about the public meeting tonight: Veloway Trail Phase 3 and YMCA, Public Meeting/Workshop is scheduled: Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: The Ridgewood-Belcher Recreation Center, 6818 Fisher Road at Trammel…
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New Guard Rail
I’ve made it my mission to do weekly checkups on the new trail construction by Spring Creek Park (at Central and Renner Road). Every week, there’s a new surprise addition that gets us closer to having a bike friendly passage under Central Expressway, safely joining east and west Richardson. This week, they added guard rails…
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More Trail Progress
It’s amazing what could happen in a week. They had the forms set up last weekend for the addition to the trail at Renner Road and Central. This week we have about 70-80 yards of hike and bike trail, leading us closer to the pass under Central. Check back and we’ll keep you posted with…
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White Rock Local Market – Creating Destinations In Dallas
We’re sorry to keep harping on the subject of a local market, but we feel that this and other great destinations throughout the city will help build a stronger bike community. Read more here and here. A GREAT example of this is the White Rock Local Market. From their site: “Local food, local goods and…
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Veloway Public Meeting
Our friends from Bike Friendly North Dallas shared some information with the Bike Friendly group: Veloway Trail Phase 3 and YMCA, Public Meeting/Workshop is scheduled: Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: The Ridgewood-Belcher Recreation Center, 6818 Fisher Road at Trammel Drive The purpose of this meeting is to present “East Dallas Veloway Master Plan”…