Bicycling

Jason Roberts' Friends Are Organizing a Kessler Theater Benefit to Pay Off His Cancer Bills

The Fundrazr campaign Jason Roberts' ex-wife launched last month to help pay the mountain of medical bills that accumulated during his battle with cancer has raised $8,530, which is respectable but falls far short of the $40,000 goal. So, Roberts' supporters are hoping to make up some of the differ ... More >>

Dallas Will Ask the State for $7 Million to Fund Cycling Infrastructure and Education

A couple of weeks back, we stumbled upon the city's campaign to educate drivers about its new cyclist-protection ordinance. It consisted of a single, poorly designed brochure posted to the Dallas Police Department's website that was more concerned with admonishing cyclists to behave than anything el ... More >>

Switch Into Free Gear

How to Leave Your Comfort Zone: Trust the Four-Eyes and Ask for Butch

The invitation said the party would be at The Old Bike Shop off Empire Central, which meant that all the Dallas kids would have to leave their bubble for a night if they wanted to see what Warby Parker and House of Plates had up their sleeves. Warby Parker, a unique eyeglasses outfit with a philan ... More >>

Please, Don't Shoot Your Eye Out

In Australia, Kangaroo Murders Go Counterclockwise

Your Little Friend Is Back

Council Gets Specific About New Bike Ordinance

First, let's clear up once and for all the notion that cyclists in Dallas are renegade scofflaws whose disregard for traffic safety endangers the lives of the unfailingly law-abiding drivers everywhere: In the 89 car-on-bike accidents reported in the city so far this year, 58 percent were the fault ... More >>

City Hall Wants to Make It Clear to Drivers: Don't Be a Dick to Cyclists

Just last week, we noted that while those long-delayed bike lanes downtown are great and all, it'll be a long time before Dallas drivers give cyclists their space. Texas motorists tend to feel entitled to the road, which they are loath to share with some spindly, non-motorized conveyance. We learn ... More >>

There are Bike Lanes Downtown, But it Might Take a While for Everyone to Play Nicely

The four, soon-to-be five miles of new bike lanes downtown got the front-page treatment this morning in the Morning News (paywall), and deservedly so. Sure, they're not bike-only lanes, and it's taken the city a lot longer than it should of to paint stripes and little bicycle-man icons on the paveme ... More >>

What About Skinny Skiing?

Two Blocks From Fair Park, a Group Hopes Rebuilding Bikes Can Help Build a Better Future

It's the middle of a summer morning at Eban Village Apartments, and a half-dozen or so teenagers are gathered in the old leasing office of the nondescript complex two blocks south of Fair Park. A couple of them tool around on a bicycle stand, a couple more idle in a room crammed full of bikes, but, ... More >>

Where the Sidewalk (and Money) Ends, or: It Won't Be Easy Implemeting Complete Streets

​At the end of last week we glanced at those surveys conducted during those citywide Complete Streets workshops put on by City Hall beginning last fall, input from which will go toward the manual Sustainable Development's hoping to put together before year's end. Some of which, incidentally, will ... More >>

On April 14 You Won't Be Able to Drive on the Houston Street Viaduct. But Cycle? Sure Thing.

​Last March council members Delia Jasso and Pauline Medrano joined Dallas Bike Coordinator Max Kalhammer and others for a bike ride through Seville, Spain, with Jasso sending word that the locals were strapping on their thinking helmets for a possible ciclovía somewhere in Dallas, which means tur ... More >>

Park and Rec Posts New Pics of That Katy Trail Extension (The New Northaven Trail Too)

In case you wondering about this, says the city: "The trail will continue east next to the ONCOR substation."​Not sure I knew there was going to be a "Northaven Trail" till I drove past the under-construction path beneath the power lines on St. Michaels a few weeks ago. Very nice. Need proof? The ... More >>

Experience Lots of Tweed and Small Portions at This Weekend's CliffFest

Bike Friendly Oak CliffRiding to OC for CliffFest.​This Sunday marks a fine opportunity to get a taste of Dallas' best restaurants without slipping into a calorie-induced coma. At the 3rd Annual CliffFest, from noon to 6 in the Bishop Arts District, local restaurants will serve smaller portion ... More >>

Browse City's Options For Turning Riverfront Boulevard Into a Complete-Ish Street

Click to embiggen Riverfront Option No. 2, which would reduce it to six lanes for 1.5 miles and add two bike lanes​OK. So. About that Belleview Connector below.The reason it's on the Trinity River Corridor Project Committee's agenda tomorrow is because that bridge -- which, as more than a few Frie ... More >>

Watch for Asphalt Arabesques

Weave On

First, a Better Block. Now, Better Parking.

Courtesy Bike Friendly Oak Cliff​When Cliffdwellers were rating and debating the Bishop/Davis Land Use and Zoning Study, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff had but one significant demand: "allow businesses to supplement the zoning requirements for car parking with bike parking," per this morning's post on BF ... More >>

One Friend of Unfair Park Is Not Pleased At All With One Arts Plaza's No-Bikes-Allowed Policy

​This morning, a Friend of Unfair Park who lives in Austin but has come home for work sends in this disgruntled missive:I usually work and live in Austin. I ride my bike to work there frequently, and I've never once had an issue with a driver. I've worked in Dallas for a couple of weeks, ridden my ... More >>

League of American Bicyclists Says More and More Dallasites Want to Ride Their Bicycles

Click to embiggen the chart that explains the reasons Dallasites hop on a bicycle.​Above, that's another page outta the Dallas Bike Plan online survey to which I referred earlier this week. This one answers the question: "What was the purpose of your last bicycle trip?" And while I'd like to find ... More >>

Well, It Is Cycling Weather: An Early Look at Plans For This Year's Cyclesomatic

​For those who like to plan ahead (or for those of us who need a few weeks to, oh, I dunno, stop smoking and pump up their tires and generally reconsider several other unhealthy life choices), this heads-up: Bike Friendly Oak Cliff this morning released the details for Cyclesomatic 2010, a four-da ... More >>

As 2011 Dallas Bike Plan Site Goes Live, News of a Second Town Hall on September 23

​Every now and then I check to see if the 2011 Dallas Bike Plan website's up and running, because ever since that jam-packed open house in late May it's been little more than a new-site-coming-soon place-holder with a survey. But, sure enough, I clicked over from City Hall's home page this afterno ... More >>

A Hound For Taste

Q&A: Crowded House's Nick Seymour Talks Inspiration, Visual Art, David Byrne, Mustaches and Bicycling With Our In-House Superfan

On the far left, Neil Finn and his mustache. Next to him? Nick Seymour.​On a hot summer day last month, I played the "international calling game" with Crowded House's bassist Nick Seymour. I harassed operators and PR reps to no avail: The number I was dialing was not in service. I wondered what in ... More >>

Who's Not Happy With That Farmers Market Regulation Proposal? Some Cliffdwellers.

And in other Bike Friendly Oak Cliff news, there's this event forthcoming. Details here.​Those following along Monday read Jim's account of the council committee meeting during which members debated regulating neighborhood farmers markets, in part to protect the city's investment in the downtown D ... More >>

Dallas's New Bike Coordinator Addresses the Difficulty of Updating the City's Bike Plan

Danny Fulgencio​Back in November 2008, Oak Cliff activist Jason Roberts wondered about the absence of bicycle lanes in Dallas. His curiosity led him to become the city's foremost bicycle lane and cycling infrastructure advocate. Roberts took on that role when he discovered that the reason Dall ... More >>

Bike Friendly Oak Cliff Hopes Dallas Does an International Search for Bike Plan Consultant

​It's been a year since the city council's Transportation and Environment Committee got word that Dallas had plans -- and $300,000 courtesy the Regional Transportation Council -- to update The Greater Dallas Bike Plan, created in 1985 and updated, barely, only a few times since. According to a mem ... More >>

As Cyclesomatic Races Toward the Finish Line with OC Block Party, a Quick Bike Polo Match

Danny Fulgencio​Under improvised lighting and despite thunderheads rolling in from the north, polo players on bicycles commenced to crashing into one another while smacking balls with badly beaten homemade mallets. One of the riders sported a football helmet, wise move. Such was the scene on Tuesd ... More >>

Tonight at the Texas Theatre, How a Fight Over NYC Streets Reflects the Brewing Battle Here

​Whenever we post an item about the state of bicycling in Dallas, and the need (or not) for separate bike lanes, we wind up with something like the conversation taking place below. So, following yesterday's ride to Dallas City Hall, it's worth directing your attention to tonight's Cyclesomatic eve ... More >>

Stop, Look And Cycle

Bid On Charity

Happy Trails? Not Without These Students Spending Their Summer In the Sun.

Megan FeldmanWhen you're riding a clear bike path near Rochester Park, just remember who to thank.On a 103-degree day like today, most people stick to air-conditioned buildings or poolside recliners. Not 19-year-old Jonathon Jackson.With a crew of a dozen other teens, the South Oak Cliff High gradu ... More >>

Fort Worth: Walkable and Bikeable

Cafe PressVia StreetsBlog New York City, we find this morning on Bike Friendly Oak Cliff an interview with Don Koski, the man charged with making Fort Worth cyclist-friendly -- got that? Good. What BFOC really wants to know, of course, is what Dallas can learn from Fort Worth's plans. To which Koski ... More >>

Good Friday: Calhoun, Hayes Carll, Red Headed Stranglers, Metal Rouge, Wildflower!, The Lash Outs, A Tribute To Stephen Bruton, Dem Southernfolkz, QCBS Benefit

There are so many options for music lovers this weekend that it's almost overwhelming. Remember, back in the days when you used to go to video stores to rent movies, how it felt to just stare at the cases with no idea what you wanted to watch, and there were so many choices that you got a headache b ... More >>

Katy Is A Friend of Ours

Road Trippin'

Heavy Metal

Get Positive

Great moments in spin

Roller Ghoster

Flitter Glitter

Add a splash of color to your garden

Trash Talk

Give worms a chance

Best Place to Commune With Nature

L.B. Houston Nature Trail

Best Children's Playground

Mesquite Parks and Recreations Debusk Park/KidsQuest

Motor Away

IMAX film takes you to Top Speed

Best Place to Jog

White Rock Lake

Best Camping Equipment

REI

Best Bicycle Equipment

Richardson Bike Mart

Best Place to Beat the Heat

Joe Pool Lake/Cedar Hill State Park