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A little more about those Near Term Action Items
Last week, the Richardson City Council didn’t really dicuss any particular item on the list of Near Term Action Items. However, it looks like this Monday, the Council will most likeley vote to adopt the list of action items they’ve been working to identify and rank. Cycling is specifically mentioned under item L., Transportation and…
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Major Progress With The Trail Under Renner Road
It’s been a few weeks since we reported on the Spring Creek Trail construction under Renner Road. When we checked on Labor Day, they had started to back-fill the area inside of the retaining wall. But, last week, it actually looked like some of that was dug back up. This week, however, the underpass looks…
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Accommodating cyclists is a Near Term Action Item of the Richardson City Council
I’m signed up for the Week In Review email sent out by the city of Richardson every Friday. From the September 16th email: “City Council Discusses Near Term Action Items The Richardson City Council continued discussion on its 2011-2013 Near Term Action Items at its meeting Monday night. The Council reviewed the latest revisions and…
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Bike Friendly Oak Cliff Brings You Cyclesomatic 2011 – This October
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff is hosting it’s third annual Cyclesomatic Event next month. They’ll be celebrating with many bike events including, Tour to the Lake Ride, Bike the Oak Cliff Home Tour, iBike Rosemont Week, Bike to City Hall, Blues Bandits & BBQ featuring a Cyclesomatic Bicycle Fair, Trinity Trails Bike and Run, Cyclecross Race, Bicycle…
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Federal funding for bicycling is under serious attack
This is a message from PeopleForBikes.org. Below is a link to an easy online form that helps you contact your local US Senators. Federal funding for bicycling is under serious attack. Today or tomorrow, Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma will introduce an amendment to eliminate dedicated funding for Transportation Enhancements, which is the main source…
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They’re Closing The Gap Between Preston Ridge Trail and Cottonwood Trail
If you’ve ever tried to ride the Preston Ridge Trail from Richardson, Plano or even north Dallas into downtown Dallas, you might of found it a bit difficult. Sure it’s a good trail that leads towards downtown, but it falls short on Coit Road, between Belt Line Road and Spring Valley Road. The closest connections…
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Cool Richardson Destinations – Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
After my first posting of Cool Richardson Destinations, a few of you had commented with your favorite destinations – some of which were on my list as well. I’ll continue to document some of those locations as I make my way around town. Yesterday’s destination was Fuzzy’s Taco Shop. Setting up camp in the old…
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I Bike Richardson – Jason Sprouse
It’s time for another installment of the I Bike Richardson series, where we put a face on Richardson cyclists. We’d like to introduce, Jason Sprouse. He took the time to answer a few questions about biking. Enjoy: Name: Jason Sprouse Website: www.y8design.us How long have you been riding? I’ve been biking for about two years now. How…
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NEW BFR Partner – Taco Ocho
We’d like to introduce Bike Friendly Richardson’s newest partner, Taco Ocho. If you don’t already know who they are, check out their website. Taco Ocho, a Latin inspired fast casual restaurant, which opened in May 2011 in Richardson, has an unmistakable Mexican influence but also subtly embraces cooking styles and comfort cuisines from several Latin…
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More Renner Road Underpass Progress
It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve checked on the progress of the Renner Road trail underpass. We were quite surprised to see so much progress in such a short amount of time. Now that the retaining wall is going up, we’re starting to get a better idea of how this trail is going…