People who had positive bicycling experiences as children are much more likely to bicycle as adults. People who had a painful or frightening experience on a bicycle as a child tend to not ride as adults. This is why it is important to do everything possible to ensure that our children have a fun and […]
BikeNews; Education Fund
A Child’s First Bicycle Experience: Fun or Failure?
Support BikeTexas at H-E-B This Month
BikeTexas is pleased to announce that H-E-B has selected EarthShare of Texas to be the beneficiary of its in-store coupon promotion for April, in recognition of Earth Day. This means that customers can tear off and add check-out coupons worth $1, $3, or $5 to their total bill.
ParentsPlus Introduced at PTA Conference
On Sunday, February 28, 2010, BikeTexas staff presented at the 101st Annual Texas Parent Teacher Association (PTA) State Convention in Corpus Christi. BikeTexas had been invited, and took the opportunity to inform the PTA about the new BikeTexas ParentsPlus Program.
Teachers, Community Bring Bike Safety to Kingwood Elem.
Houston-area residents know Kingwood as a large, 14,000 acre master planned community of 65,000 residents located about 23 miles north of Downtown Houston in the East Texas Piney Woods. The community has a greenbelt system of 75+ miles of interconnected hike and bike trails running through the Piney Woods and lakes. SuperCyclist-certified Deerfield Elementary School […]
Kids Kup at Flat Rock Ranch
The weather was as good as it gets for the March 13, 2010 BikeTexas Kids Kup at Flat Rock Ranch near Comfort, Texas. The many shade trees provided cool places for the children and their parents to gather for the pre-ride safety talk. There were 23 Kids Kup riders, ages 4 to 11, that enjoyed […]
Safe Routes to School Experts Speak at Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference
February 2018 edit: Enjoy this look at TTAT past from our archives, then register for TTAT 2018, coming to Austin May 2-4. Questions? Call us at 512-476-7433. Safe Routes to School (SRTS) made its debut at the Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference 2010, thus adding Texas to the list of states that hold […]
ParentsPlus Community Partner Concept at Work
Recently, the Brazos Injury Prevention Coalition partnered with Texas A&M athletics and Hard Hats for Little Heads to provide every 2nd grader in Bryan/College Station with a free helmet. Bobbi Brooks, Program Coordinator for the Brazos Injury Prevention Coalition, joined A&M student athletes at the elementary schools to give a bike safety presentation and fit […]
Kids Kup Has a Great 2010 Start at Warda
BikeTexas KidsKup had a great kickoff at Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association’s (TMBRA) first 2010 Spring Texas Championship Series race weekend on February 27-28. Weather and trail conditions were perfect at The Warda Race at Bluff Creek Ranch, just off Highway US 77 at the crossroads of Warda between Giddings and La Grange.
Two Days Remain for a Tax-Deductible Donation!
There is still time for you to make a year-end, tax-deductible contribution to the BikeTexas Education Fund! Your donation will help fund our bicyclist and motorist safety education programs, as well as defray costs for the Trails and Active Transportation Conference we’re hosting with the Texas Trails Network, which will feature national bike/ped and Safe […]
EVENT UPDATE: Texas Trails & Active Transportation Conference
Attention Transportation Engineers, Planners, Landscape Architects, Bicycle Industry folks,Bike/Ped Coordinators and Advocates: Register Now! Texas Trails & Active Transportation Conference16th Annual Trails Conference, now covering Bike/Ped Advocacy and Safe Routes to School February 3 – 6, 2010AT&T Conference Center, Austin, Texas Trails, Bike/Ped and Safe Routes to School SessionsPresenters are finalized and sessions are planned! […]
Introducing the BikeTexas ParentsPlus Program
BikeTexas is excited to announce that on October 1, 2009, we began the development of the new BikeTexas ParentsPlus Program. The program is funded through a Texas Department of Transportation grant, and will provide parents, plus other adults concerned with bicycle and pedestrian safety, the certification training and resources necessary to develop neighborhood bicycling and […]
University Students Learn Bicycle Safety Skills
This semester, two university teachers, Dr. Rozena McCabe of Huston-Tillotson University and Tere Ramirez of UT-Austin, asked BikeTexas staff to conduct a bicycle safety presentation and ride for their future-Physical Education-teacher students. Rozena and Tere are both certified by BikeTexas in the SuperCyclist Curriculum and have been dedicated to passing on the SuperCyclist safety program […]
Kids Kup at Rocky Hill Ranch Near Smithville
Saturday, November 7, 2009 was a beautiful day for the 24 small mountain bike racers at the BikeTexas Kids Kup at Rocky Hill Ranch. This was the last Texas Mountin Bike Racing Association (TMBRA) race of the Fall series. Be sure and check the calendar for the Spring Series. If you don’t have one already, […]
Cast Your Vote and Support Texas Trails
BikeTexas is very excited to announce our new, coming soon… Texas Trails Specialty License Plate! We’d like to extend a special thanks to Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) staff, who, with deadlines running down to the wire, really stepped up for us to make these plates a reality. With their help, able designer Mark Barnett, […]
Texas Trails & Active Transportation Conference Update
Attention Transportation Engineers, Planners,Bike/Ped Coordinators and Advocates: Texas Trails & Active Transportation Conference16th Annual Trails Conference, now covering Bike/Ped Advocacy and Safe Routes to School February 3 – 6, 2010AT&T Conference Center, Austin, Texas Trails, Bike/Ped and Safe Routes to School Sessions We are finalizing speakers, sessions and mobile workshops now, and we’re so excited […]
Another Successful International Bike & Walk to School Day
On October 7, 2009, BikeTexas staff attended the Bike And Walk to School Day at Murchison Elementary in Pflugerville. The steady stream of parents and children walking and biking to school was a tribute to the success of the event. Many children carried signs that they had made to promote the day. SuperCyclist teacher Docia […]
Rain or Shine, BikeTexas Kids Kup is On!
On Sept. 5, 2009, BikeTexas staff drove down a scenic, rocky eight mile road to arrive at the beautiful Camp Eagle for the Kids Kup at the TMBRA Camp Eagle mountain bike race. Camp Eagle, located in the Texas Hill Country near Mtn. Home, occupies 1400 acres encompassing a spring-fed, crystal clear river, miles of […]
Join International Bike and Walk to School Day!
International Bike and Walk to School day is Wednesday, October 7, 2009! This is a special day to promote safe walking and bicycling throughout the year. If you are interested in organizing such an event at a school of your choice, the Bike and Walk to School Month section of our website provides you the […]
BikeTexas Attends Safe Routes to School Annual Conference
During the hottest August on record for many Texas cities, four Texans were happy to beat the heat at the National Safe Routes to School Conference in Portland, Oregon – August 19th and 20th. Making the trip were Laura King, representing Austin Cycling Association; Carol Campa, TxDOT Safe Routes to School Coordinator; Doug Ballew, Safe […]
Texas Trails & Active Transportation Conference: Save the Date
PLEASE JOIN US!AT&T Conference Center, Austin, February 3-6, 2010 For 15 years our friends at Texas Trails Network (TTN) have organized the statewide trails conference. We are excited to announce that BikeTexas will join TTN as co-organizer for 2010. It will be held February 3-6, 2010 at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin. “The 16th […]