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Bike Parking Workshop – WE NEED YOUR INPUT
Because of some of the success cyclists are getting with local businesses to get bike parking, we are getting some attention from the Richardson City Council. Currently, we are working on a proposal to promote more bike parking throughout Richardson and we would love to get your input. If you are free this Friday…
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Protect Biking and Walking Federal Funding
We received a message from the League of American Bicyclists, requesting our support. We would love to get our local cyclist friends involved with this initiative: Thank you for you dedication to building a Bicycle Friendly Community. We appreciate the work you are doing to make bicycling safer and more accessible. We wanted to make…
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Central Trail Nearing Completion
According to last week’s city newsletter “Week In Review”, the Central Trail extension is nearing completion: The expansion of the Central Trail is about 90 percent complete, and the City plans to celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon cutting June 2. The 1.9-mile southern expansion connects the 10-foot wide multiuse trail from the Arapaho…
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Come Down For The Owens Trail Celebration
Oncor is just about finished with the Owens Trail beautification project and would like to invite you to their celebration. From Oncor: We are looking to get the word out about the celebration to be held on Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to noon that marks the end of the Owens Trail beautification project. There…
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More Progress On Central Trail South
We’ve been following the progress on the Central Trail South (what we are calling the DART Trail section between Arapaho Road and 635 LBJ) and we are seeing some great progress. The last time we checked, the biggest barrier – which was building the trail over some creeks and drainage systems (between Belt Line Road and Spring…
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Richardson Gets Safe Routes To School
A few years back, Ricahardson was awarded federal funding through a Safe Routes to School grant from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for two schools in Richardson: Richland Elementary and Yale Elementary. It’s finally getting implemented and is scheduled to be complete next month. According to the SRTS plan (pdf), we will be getting: •…
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Landscaping Improvements Are Coming To A Section Of Owens Trail
Here is some great news from this week’s Week In Review newsletter from the City of Richardson: Council Awards Bid for Oncor Signature Trails Landscape Project Landscaping improvements are coming to a section of Owens Trail south of Collins Boulevard as part of Oncor’s Texas Trails Program. Oncor, North Texas’ regulated electric transmission and distribution service…
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New Pics Of The Central Trail Construction – Buckingham To Spring Valley
The Central Trail, southern extension – from Buckingham to Arapaho – is coming along nicely. The Central Trail goes north and south along the DART rail line which runs through Richardson. It will eventually connect Richardson, Plano and other suburban communities to the various parts of Dallas. We’ve already posted pics of the ‘northern’ end…
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Bicycling Goals For Richardson – 2014
What do you think the 2014 Bike Goals for the City of Richardson should be? Please post your ideas that would help improve biking in our city – and would cost little to nothing out of their budget. We’ll see if we can politely bring them to their attention. I’ll start: – Safe Passing Ordinance.…
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Richardson City Council Approves Resolution for Work on New Trails
From last week’s city newsletter: The City Council on Monday approved a resolution that advances the development of a trail system near the future State Farm campus and surrounding area. The resolution authorizes BCS West Land Investments to design and construct the trail along Routh Creek Parkway from Renner Road to the nearby DART rail…