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Mayoral Candidates on Bicycle Commuting

Bicycle on rack in Phoenix [From biketrain]

Houston METRO has installed bike racks on its buses and the usage of these racks has grown at a phenomenal rate. METRO failed, however, to extend rush hour access to the light rail train, despite exemplary equipment and policies that have been successfully deployed in other American cities. Now [...]

10.07.09 Architecture

What if HOV Lanes were Bike Paths?

2008 Tour de Houston [City of Houston]

What if we re-imagined that public infrastructure was for people instead of automobiles and re-prioritized our spending in favor of alternative transportation? What if we re-purposed the networked infrastructure of the HOV lane into a bike-way — with non-stop, easy access service to points throughout the city?

09.16.09 Infrastructure

Shedding the Training Wheels: Houston Bikeway Plan Phase Two

“Bicycle Freedom,” an art work made from Hurricane Ike debris by Nicholas Auger and hung on the Hazard street bridge over I-59

In Amsterdam, Berlin, or Shanghai, masses of men, women, and children bicycling together would be nothing unusual. Why not Houston? Though the climate and flat terrain are ideal for bicycling, inadequate accommodations on [...]

05.30.09 Environment
Infrastructure

Cycling, Infrastructure, and Cowboy Culture: An Interview with Peter Wang

Peter Wang and Colin Tangeman [Photo by Raj Mankad]

Peter Wang is a Geophysicist, a League of American Bicyclists cycling instructor, and an advocate for cyclists in the Houston-Galveston region. On March 5th, sitting outside the Brochstein Pavilion, he discussed the state of bicycling with Colin Tangeman, a writer and teacher at the University of Houston, [...]

03.27.09 Art & Culture
Infrastructure

Rail to Trail: Celebrating Columbia Tap

Two cyclists stand ready to help inaugurate the Columbia Tap trail. [Photo by Raj Mankad]

Last Saturday morning, a large crowd celebrated a little trail. The newly completed Columbia Tap connects the area east of the George R. Brown Convention Center to the Third Ward. Over 4 miles in length, it follows the former Union Pacific [...]

03.12.09 Infrastructure