Thirty-two additional elementary school teachers joined the BikeTexas SuperCyclist-Certified Club (over three thousand strong) on August 23, 2007, after a fun-filled one-day training at the Terry High School campus in Rosenburg.
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Successful SuperCyclist Training at Lamar Consolidated ISD Kicks Off 2007-08 School Year
BikeTexas 2007 Annual Meeting – December 1, 2007
Texas Bicycle Coalition will host the Annual BikeTexas Membership Meeting on Saturday, December 1, 2007 in its offices located at 1902 East 6th Street in Austin. The meeting will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., to be followed immediately by a Happy Hour and tours of the new TBC facilities.
Fort Worth Transportation Study Workshop – November 5, 2007
Submitted by: LMRA Bicycle Club YOU ARE INVITED! City of Fort Worth – Bicycle Transportation Study Public Workshop (Southwest Region) Where: LMRA, River Pavilion, 3400 Bryant Irvin Rd. Fort Worth, Texas When: Monday, November 5, 2007 Time: 6-8pm The LMRA Bicycle Club will be hosting the first of four Public Workshops given by the City […]
NCSL Bipartisan Bike Ride 2007
Cycling. Is it the new golf among Legislators? TBC staff coordinated their fourth successful NCSL Bipartisan Bike Ride in Boston this past August. The early morning eight-to-ten mile rides have become so popular that TBC had to rent extra bikes for the Boston event to supplement its fleet of 50 TREK hybrids. Since 2005, TBC […]
Small Texas Towns with Big BikeTexas Enthusiasm
Once again the Education Service Center for Region XV in San Angelo hosted a SuperCylist Certification for their region teachers. The Education Service Center is a state of the art facility for education. School Health Specialist Jenni Price did a wonderful job making sure the Texas Bicycle Coalition staff had every need met before, during […]
Grass Routes efforts for Bike Routes/Lanes: The Plan — Ask
By Jim Wilson President LMRA Bicycle Club Do you live just outside the “Big City”? Do you enjoy bicycling in your smaller town but wish there were some Bike Routes/Lanes in your city? You might live in a community outside Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, or El Paso; a major reason for your choice […]
SuperCyclist! SuperFun! At TAHPERD Summer Conference
If you are looking for the best in live music, visit Austin, Texas. If you are looking for best and liveliest teachers in Texas, you could have found them at the TAHPERD (Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) Summer Conference on July 26 and 27th. The conference was held at Akins High […]
SuperCyclist in Grand Prairie
Susan Wagner, Sr. Lecturer for the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University, and long-time SuperCyclist Field Instructor, certified 9 new SuperCyclist Teachers in the Grand Prairie area this past June. Texas Bicycle Coalition’s Brenda Chuleewah, Teacher Training Manager coordinated the event, and Pet Cox, SuperCyclist Field Instructor-in-training attended as well.
Texas Bicycle Coalition, Tri Camp & BELL Helmets in Round Rock
Michael and Milissa Day sponsor a Tri Camp for youngsters at Rocking River Aquatics located at the beautiful Old Settler’s Park near Round Rock, TX. The couple purchased 200 helmets through Texas Bicyle Coalition’s BELL Helmet by the Dozen Program. The young participant’s were fitted with helmets, discussed the seven Texas Bicycle Laws, and practiced […]
Obesity & City Planning
A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY CONNECTION Obesity has become the worst epidemic disease in America. The World Bank estimates that obesity cost the United States 12 percent of the national health care budget in the late 2004, about $160 billion. The obesity crisis is leading us into three distinct problems. The first is an increased incidence of […]
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 […]
2007 BikeEd Conference
If you haven’t registered it is not too late! Our friends at the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) will be bringing the National Bicycle Education Conference (BikeEd) to Austin June 14-16th. Visit www.Bikeleague.org to learn more. Texas Bicycle Coalition sent a BikeEd invitation to over 2,000 Texas elementary PE teachers that have been certified in […]
Cycling – The New Golf
For the second Texas Legislative session in a row Texas Bicycle Coalition has coordinated the “Sine Die Bipartisan Bike Ride”. Legislators and staff from the Capitol laid down their swords and went on a friendly 8 mile bike ride through central Austin on Sunday May 27th. It was the day before “Sine Die” which is […]
Legislative Update 5/29/07
The 2007 Legislative session has ended and the Safe Passing bill, SB 248, withered on the vine. SB 248 was one of a couple of hundred bills that did not get a vote on the House floor before the clock struck midnight.
In Remembrance of Many
To Honor those who have been injured or killed. To Raise Awareness that we are here. To ask that we all Share the Road. Amarillo joined cities world wide for the annual Ride of Silence Wednesday May 16, 2007. Nineteen Texas cities were part of the 272 registered rides with thirteen being International locations. This […]
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 […]
Cyclist in Suits 2007
By Sherman Phillips I must admit to my naiveté – I thought “Cyclists in Suits” literally meant cyclists in suits. And I kept wondering how we were all going to ride our bikes around the State Capitol Building in our best “Sunday clothes”. After all, I perspire just thinking hard, let alone riding my bicycle. […]
SB248 Update
Fellow Cyclists, The Safe Passing Bill has finally passed the Senate! (25 yeas, 5 nays) It seems that all of us have had the same negative first reaction to the “Brimer Amendment” to SB 248 and on reflection, the same turnabout. Also, today May 9th, Senator Patrick offered a “required rear red light at night […]
Join Us Monday, April 23! – Cyclists in Suits 2007
Meet the State Legislature and express the interests of cyclists!
Best April Fools Day
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.