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Bicycle-Sharing Program to Be First of Kind in the U.S. |
The New York Times
April 27, 2008
Bicycle-Sharing Program to Be First of Kind in U.S.
WASHINGTON — Starting next month, people here will be able to rent a bicycle day and night with the swipe of a membership card.
By BERNIE BECKER
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LMRA Bicycle Club Participates in Benbrook Adopt-a-Mile |
As part of Benbrook’s Adopt-A-Mile Program, on June 2nd, the LMRA Bicycle Club held its first workday for trash pick-up on Winscott Road in Benbrook along the club’s adopted mile. This mile of road, from the Benbrook Community YMCA to Memorial Oaks Drive in Pecan Valley Park, is part of a designated bicycle route that stretches the length of Winscott and Vickery Roads in Benbrook. The route, which has bicycle signs to alert motorists, was established by the Benbrook City Council in June of 2006 in response to a request from the LMRA Bicycle Club. Benbrook also approved a future city-wide on-road bicycle network in February of this year.
Fourteen club members picked up 23 bags of trash totaling 400 lbs that filled the back of one pickup truck. Members hope that by adopting this mile of roadway, they can spread a “share-the-road” philosophy in helping to make Benbrook a bicycle-friendly city. Following the work, club members celebrated with a barbeque at a member’s home.
The City of Benbrook is preparing road signs to be posted later this year that will recognize the adoption of the mile by the LMRA Bicycle Club. Any other clubs that would like to adopt a mile for clean-up in Benbrook should contact Cathy Morris of the Benbrook City Staff.
The rides and activities of the LMRA Bicycle Club can be found at www.lmrabicycleclub.com.
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El Paso hosts first U.S. Ciclovia! |
Sunday morning, May 5th arrived in El Paso with beautiful blue skies, a temperature of 60 degrees and little or no wind. It was a perfect day to “Take the Parks to The People”. Ciclovia is a concept born in Bogota, Columbia just over twenty years ago. Now on any Sunday morning one can find as many as a million people in selected streets of Bogota. Ciclovia is also part of Bogotá’s push to promote public transportation and has increased sales of bicycles nearly 1,000% in the last eight years. In 2003 Ciudad Juarez started a similar program and soon had as many as 60,000 people participating on Sunday mornings, but a change in city administration brought this to an abrupt end just over two years ago. In 2005 the idea of having a Ciclovia in El Paso was born. Then after a two year struggle and many hours of hard work El Paso has become the first city in the United States to boldly host a Ciclovia program.
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by Joyce Cunningham
The Old Tascosa Cycling Club of Amarillo decided to celebrate April Fools Day outside. The club hosted rides starting at 2:00 pm from the Juniper Camp Ground in Palo Duro Canyon, on Sunday, April 1, 2007. The conditions were perfect with temperatures in the mid 70’s and almost no wind.
Palo Duro Canyon is one of the best known Texas State Parks and is affectionately known as the “Grand Canyon of Texas”. This miraculous canyon, opened in 1934, was formed by water erosion. It has over 26,000 scenic acres; 120 miles long and 20 miles wide; and a maximum depth of 800 feet.
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