Google Maps is working to bring Street View to new places, but some interesting areas, like pedestrian malls and trails, cannot be reached by car. That's why they created the Street View trike; a mechanical masterpiece made of 3 bicycle wheels, a mounted Street View camera, and a very athletic cyclist.
Google Maps is accepting suggestions for places to send the Steet View Trike in the United States. They are asking viewers to send their most inspired suggestions for the places you really want to see featured in Street View.
Ride Your Bicycle to City Hall for the Unveiling of Dallas' Complete Streets Initiatives at 8:30 AM on October 7th
The city of Dallas, in cooperation with DART, the City Parks Department, and Bike Friendly Oak Cliff invites everyone to bicycle to Dallas City Hall on the morining of October 7th to promote greater bicycle awareness. Several Council Members have signed on to ride from Union Station to City Hall on bicycles. Please plan to ride yourself, or with your local bike club, to arrive at Dallas City Hall at 8:30 AM, when Council Members will unveil projects that embrace future citywide Complete Streets initiatives, and introduce Dallas’ new bicycle coordinator, Max Kalhammer. More information on the BFOC web site.
From BikeTexas, June 19, 2009. We are stunned. After passing SB 488 through both houses of the legislature with overwhelming bipartisan margins and responding to every legislator's concern with information or compromise, Governor Perry killed the bill today.
In spite of the huge number of phone calls in the span of two very intense hours, Governor Perry vetoed the Safe Passing bill, SB 488.
Thanks to all of you who responded to the BikeTexas Action Alert today and called the Governor's office.
We are extremely disappointed with the Governor's action. In our view, this reflects a cavalier attitude on the part of the Governor toward the deaths of the 1000 vulnerable road users that are killed annually in Texas.
August 5, 2009. BikeDFW member Warren Casteel was interviewed by WFAA (Channel 8 in Dallas) reporter David Schecter about Govenor Rick Perry's veto of the Safe Passing Bill and how he might have been influenced by an email from the father of a driver involved in a crash that killed two North Texas cyclists earlier this year.
May 28, 2009 - In an article titled “Local businesses offer perks to Oak Cliff bikers,” the Dallas Morning News reports on the success of The Bike Friendly Oak Cliff (BFOC) group in recruiting local businesses to help increase bicycle use in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. Twenty businesses, including salons, clothing stores, and restaurants, will provide discounts to customers riding a bicycle. The complete list of business participating in the program is published on the BFOC blog. The Oak Cliff bicycle discount program was also featured in a video clip from Channel 11 in Dallas (right).
Ride Your Bicycle to City Hall for the Unveiling of Dallas' Complete Streets Initiatives at 8:30 AM on October 7th
