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UT Austin’s Adventure Activities Comes to BikeTexas

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The University of Texas at Austin Adventure Activities class with Dr. Tere Ramirez participates in a variety of adventures through out the semester. The class hikes, rock climbs, and goes fishing and kayaking. The class also learns basic bicycle safety and goes on a bike ride with BikeTexas staff. At the BikeTexas office, Dr. Rameriz […]

Walk, Roll, and Ride: Guide to Public Transportation

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Many students will return to biking and walking for transportation when they start college. One form of active transportation that may be new to students, though, is using the local public transportation system to get around. For students and non-students alike, using a city bus or train for the first time can be an intimidating […]

Bicycling and the Law: What You Need to Know in College

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Texas boasts a college and university enrollment of nearly 1.5 million students– that’s a lot of learning going on! Many students choose to walk or ride a bike to class for reasons ranging from fun to affordability– and universities like it when you don’t bring a car on campus, too, because that helps with air […]

To Your Health! Riding a Bike in College

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Active transportation– walking, bicycling, and transit– makes good financial sense for college students, since they are cheaper options than owning and maintaining a car on campus. One strong tenet of the CATS program is teaching college students the laws that govern biking and walking, since many students try active transportation for the first time in […]

CATS at Bike to UT Day

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May is National Bike Month, a time when communities and schools across the nation like to do a little bit extra to encourage active transportation. Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the unique power of the bicycle and the many reasons we ride. On May 1, 2014 the University of Texas kicked off the […]

How could you use CATS at your university?

Austin College

Dr. Aaron Block is an assistant professor of computer science at Austin College in Sherman, home of 1350 students. Austin College was one of the pilot CATS schools in 2012, and Professor Block used CATS as a starting point to offer his well-earned wisdom to his students. Dr. Block is involved with the Roo Riders, […]

UT Austin Adventure Activities Students Experience CATS

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BikeTexas was proud to host 18 UT Austin Students on November 11 for a CATS presentation and bike ride as part of their Adventure Activities course toward a degree in Kinesiology and Health (most of the students in this class are physical education teachers in training). Lecturer Tere Ramirez worked with CATS Program Manager Brenda […]

BikeTexas CATS Returns

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BikeTexas is delighted to announce the return of the BikeTexas College Active Transportation Safety (CATS) program! CATS has been awarded a Traffic Safety grant from TxDOT for the 2013-2014 school year. This program teaches college students across Texas about bike laws and safe practices while riding or walking. Many students return to riding a bike […]

BikeTexas CATS Celebrates Year One

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BikeTexas’ new College Active Transportation Safety, CATS program ended its pilot year on a high note with the distribution of 7,200 pairs of bike lights to seven college campuses around the state.   The overall goal for the first year of the CATS program was to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities by promoting bicycle and […]

CATS Debuts at UTB & UT

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BikeTexas is delighted to announce that University of Texas at Brownsville and University of Texas at Austin campuses debuted BikeTexas’ new College Active Transportation Safety (CATS) program at the first in a series of new student orientations at Texas colleges and universities this summer.   Many thanks to Charles Hart, lecturer at UT Brownsville (UTB) […]

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