Bicycle Mayor - Austin 🚲
@bicyclemayoratx
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BYCS Bicycle Mayor & Leaders Network, working toward 50% of city trips made via bicycle by 2030. #50by30 #BicycleMayor #ATX All opinions are my own.
Austin, TX
Joined February 2020
Have you heard about #PropositionB, on the ballot in Austin this November? You have a chance to ensure Austin funds and prioritizes infrastructure projects that will transform walking and bicycling throughout the city. Make your voting plan now!
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Free bike rentals to #pedaltothepolls
Exercising while exercising your right to vote? @ATXMetroBike is offering a free 24-hour pass during voting. #pedaltothepolls BCycle App: Early Voting: EVOTE20 Election Day: 2020VOTE At a kiosk: Early Voting: 3868320 Election Day: 868320 Learn more: https://t.co/27osW6heFL
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Your input is needed to help the city focus on safety and mobility improvements of the Butler Trail - give feedback about: Connecting to the Network Accessing the Trail Surface Conditions Trail Width Lighting Directional Signage Survey ends 11/13 https://t.co/FmGyRwq2aB
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FYI on Walnut Creek Trail closure this week
ATTN Walnut Creek Trail Users: The where it crosses under US 183 south of FM 969/MLK is SCHEDULED TO CLOSE this Wednesday and Thursday. Intermittent closures are also expected later this year. The most current info can be found on the project website:
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Even through the national bike shortage, 'Yellow Bike Project' helps people get bikes https://t.co/XDqhMVl7vs
#Austin #bikes
kvue.com
More Americans are wanting to ride bikes as COVID-19 is keeping us away from people. That's where the Yellow Bike Project comes into play.
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Ghisallo Cycling Initiative will be doing contactless candy delivery to families in the 78702 neighborhood, delivered via volunteer cyclists! Sign up to volunteer: https://t.co/tmy1D4kdrZ More info: https://t.co/gAtCkIETvU
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Have any trikes that your kids have outgrown? Austin Yellow Bike Project is looking for donations for a local school https://t.co/vpagyzQfdG
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Thank you for acknowledging that not everyone owns a vehicle and encouraging those who want to #pedaltothepolls
Do you have a bike and a mail ballot to return? Peddle over to 5501 Airport Blvd to hand deliver your ballot! You can also drive through and hand deliver your own personal ballot. Hand delivery is now open during early voting hours.
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In this week's #AustinMobilityNews: 🚗😌 Traffic calming recommendations released 👀🚲 Where to find the 2020 Austin Bike Map Subscribe to our weekly newsletter 👉 https://t.co/JXqfftuPNr
mailchi.mp
Catch up with the latest news from the Austin Transportation Department
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Thanks @statesman! “The most common phone call and email we get in our office is about getting sidewalks on their street, getting sidewalks on the way to their school, getting a bike lane in their neighborhood,” @GregCasar said. https://t.co/O2DMDj9Vps
#yesonBatx
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Crews are making things happen on Congress Ave! Starting between Riverside Drive and 2nd Street, we’re installing interim safety and mobility improvements, including protected bike lanes using parking stops and flex posts. Learn more about these changes: https://t.co/bZ5EUdEPaE
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Prop B makes financial sense. Walking and bicycling cost $0-300 a year; driving costs around $9,000 a year. Every $1 spent on walking and bicycling infrastructure saves society $3 in health costs. Traffic crashes annually cost Austin taxpayers $3,331 per capita. #YesonBATX
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Update the #HealthyStreetATX initiative and potential for a future pilot https://t.co/f1wuyPrYn8
austinmonitor.com
With cases of Covid-19 on the decline in Austin, the Transportation Department is preparing to wind down the Healthy Streets initiative, a safe mobility and social distancing program that’s been in...
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🚲 We're delighted to present the inaugural edition of Perspectives, our new, monthly space for #knowledge sharing. 🌍 This edition explores with experts the diverse histories, challenges, successes and #strategies to promote #bicycling globally. 👉 https://t.co/VhEkGg5dGZ
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Read more about Seville's transformation here (from 2015):
theguardian.com
Spain remains far from a paradise for bikes – yet cycling has increased 11-fold in Seville in the space of a few years. Is this proof that any city can get lots of people riding by building an...
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"The goal is to emulate the likes of Portland, Ore., and Seville, Spain, both of which saw dramatic increases in bike use after relatively modest (compared to roads spending) investments in protected bike infrastructure." #YesonBATX
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austinchronicle.com
Voters also have the chance to approve a record investment in pedestrian, bike infrastructure, and traffic safety improvements
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This district is also one of the 5 that have city council seats up for election - the seat is currently held by @JimmyFlannigan, with three challengers against him. @KUT is hosting a forum with them TONIGHT I hope Prop. B comes up in the discussion. https://t.co/2k08Gp5iLZ
kut.org
Lee esta historia en español. This year, City of Austin residents will get a chance to elect (in most cases, re-elect) representatives in Districts 2, 4,…
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On a visit to my #atxd6 childhood neighborhood, I checked out progress on the Anderson Mill Rd shared use paths, being constructed w/ funds from the 2016 mobility bond. Want to see similar improvements throughout Austin? Vote yes on Prop B this Nov. (early voting 10/13-30)
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🗳 Register to vote ✅ Make your plan to vote for bicycles by selecting “For” Proposition B This is your city - let’s vote like it! 🚲 🚲 🚲 #YesonBatx
#PropBforBicycles
Are you registered to vote?! The deadline to get your application in by mail or in-person is October 5th. Remember, every vote counts including yours! #yesonBatx #vote
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"This project... re-envisions Congress with more pedestrian focus, wider sidewalks, bicycle and scooter lanes, and five-car lanes instead of six." So thrilled about these bicycle improvements on Congress, brought about by people powered activism! https://t.co/QvnO1lCqD9
austinmonitor.com
Austin Transportation is installing the first of many temporary safety and mobility additions to Congress Avenue this week as the interim step toward the city’s complete redesign project launched in...
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🙏 Always a pleasure to celebrate the last Friday of the month with our #BicycleMayors. 🌏🌍🌎 From India, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, USA, Argentina, Canada, Peru, Spain, Lebanon, Netherlands and beyond, the call for more #bicycle friendly cities is truly #global !
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