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Cities all around the Metroplex are making great strides to advance bicycle infrastructure. Fort Worth Fort Worth unanimously approved their BikeFW plan in February of 2010. This plan provides 480 miles of on-street bike lanes, 218 miles of on-street bike routes, and 224 miles of off-street trails. As Mayor Mike Moncrief stated before he voted to approve [...]
Bicycle infrastructure is on a roll in the DFW metroplex! Dallas recently passed their 2011 Dallas Bike Plan and the Bike Fort Worth Plan has already implemented an impressive number of bike lanes and routes and created a vibrant community atmosphere in the Near Southside District. Arlington City Council will vote on a modified version of Arlington’s Hike and [...]
We’re posting a letter we sent to the opposition’s leader, Mr. Buddy Saunders. We look forward to a response. ########################################### Dear Mr. Saunders, We have been forwarded a few of your SOS updates by our readership. Frankly, we find some, if not most of your statements misleading and others blatantly false. From Update #54 stems [...]
Arlington is a city of over 360,000 people in an area of almost 100 square miles. But until recently we’ve only had one full-service, bikes only, bike shop. We’ve needed another one for a while, and we finally have one in downtown Arlington: Acme Bike Co! Acme was opened by the same guys who opened [...]
This past week the Council Subcommittee (formed to analyze the proposed hike and bike plan) was presented with their third option – Plan C – which actually adds some additional on-street bike routes back in. Only some though. While this is an improvement from Plan B, the amount of coverage and connectivity is still [...]
If you couldn’t make Monday’s subcommittee meeting, you may have read in the Star-Telegram article: “Arlington’s latest plan drastically cuts proposed on-street bike lanes“. This is no joke. The Plan presented by the Council Subcommittee is such a cutback from the Plan recommended by P&Z in February, it’s actually a regression from the 2002 bike route plan Council asked staff and the [...]
Election Day is May 14th, but early voting is going on now (every day!) and lasts till Tuesday, May 10th. See our previous post on early voting information, and join us to bike the vote! About the Candidates While we are not going to tell you who to vote for or endorse specific candidates, we [...]
Arlingtonites – over half of our City Council is up for election, and now is our chance to come out and show them that we are engaged, that we’re paying attention, and that we do vote! Election Day is May 14th, but early voting runs from May 2nd to 10th (every day!). The best part [...]
Below is a fleshed out version of the Star Telegram article covering Tuesday’s Town Hall meeting. If you were there at the meeting, and you read the original article, you know why we had to put our two cents in. Additions/corrections are in bold. *********************************************************** Arlington residents weigh in on bike paths Posted Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 ARLINGTON — [...]
Due to the weather, the City of Arlington has postponed today’s scheduled P&Z public hearing until tomorrow, Thursday, February 3rd, at 3:30pm. We know the earlier time may make it difficult for some to attend the meeting, but please do your best to make it out – arrive late if you need to. We need [...]
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