Celebrate the New Year with a cycling gift for yourself or a friend! Get a collectible Commemorative Lance Plate featuring the Texas Share the Road license plate! The plates can be found at Texas Bicycle Coalition member bike shops or on the BikeTexas website.

Purchase the Commemorative Lance Plates securely online now.

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Support the Coalition by purchasing the Lights Out Commemorative Lance Candles. The tin which houses these candles is decorated with the artwork from the Texas Share the Road license plate. An 8 oz. travel candle formulated with a superior soy blend, the Commemorative Lance Candles are available in three exclusive fragrances named after stages of the Tour de France. A perfect gift for that Lance fan!

{attractor float=left}Project nominations will be accepted now through April 28, 2006. TxDOT will hold several public workshops through December to assist in the project nomination phase. {/attractor}Do you want more bike trails in your community? This is your opportunity to speak out and encourage your community to submit bicycle projects for funding.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has announced a Program Call for specific types of projects to receive funding from the Statewide Transportation Enhancement Program, including bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

Texas Bicycle Coalition Executive Director Robin Stallings visited the offices of a dozen Texas congressional delegation members while in Washington, D.C., in late October. The offices included those for 10 representatives as well as Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas). Stallings extended personal thanks to the policymakers and staff members with whom Texas Bicycle Coalition worked to support earmarked funding for bicycle and pedestrian facilities in the recent federal transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU.

Many communities have bond elections this fall and next spring. Bond elections provide an opportunity to inform your local officials of the needs of your community. Several communities have already included bicycle and pedestrian projects in the bond packages…Is your community building new bike facilities? Make your voice heard on November 8 and in the planning process for spring bond elections.

In recent months, BikeTexas members informed Texas Bicycle Coalition of two bicycle bans in north Texas. Texas Bicycle Coalition has been working with the Office of General Counsel of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) regarding these issues.

Join BikeTexas for the Texas Mountain Bike Caucus brought to you by the Texas Bicycle Coalition at the State Trails Conference in early November.

The Texas Mountain Bike Caucus will take place in early November in San Marcos, Texas in conjunction with Texas Trails Network’s 2005 State Trails Conference. Please stay tuned to the BikeTexas website for more details.