Austin Bicycle Advisory Council

Help make Austin more bikeable

We represent all aspects of the cycling community. We meet monthly with the staff of the City of Austin Public Works Bicycle and Pedestrian Program. We currently meet the third Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm

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Construction to begin: Bike Lanes on Barton Springs Road between Robert E. Lee and Loop 1

The City of Austin's Bicycle and Pedestrian Program in the Public Works Department is holding their pre-construction kick-off meeting for the addition of two five foot wide bike lanes to be installed on Barton Springs Road in the Zilker Park area between Robert E. Lee St and Loop 1 overpass. The lanes will be added to each side of the existing road and a ribbon curb - a flat 16 inch wide strip of concrete will separate the bike lane from the surrounding ground of the park.

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Created by Charlie McCabe Jun 23, 2008 at 1:31pm. Last updated by Charlie McCabe Jun. 23, 2008.

COA Notification: Bike lanes on Chicon between 7th St and Rosewood Ave

This is a copy of a letter being sent on Tue, June 24th 2008 to all stakeholders, property owners and tenants:

You are receiving this notification because you live on or own property adjacent to Chicon Street in Austin, Texas and/or are a stakeholder in the area.

In order to address traffic congestion and air quality, the City's Public Works Department is implementing a bicycle route system, as directed by the Austin City Council per City Ordinan

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Created by Charlie McCabe Jun 23, 2008 at 1:24pm. Last updated by Charlie McCabe Jun. 23, 2008.

Southern Walnut Creek Trail Design Contract Out for bid

Bike advocates:

I just wanted to point out that the city is now advertising for design and engineering design work for the Southern Walnut Creek Trail via the COA website. This would be a 7.3 Mile trail between Govalle

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Created by Charlie McCabe Jun 10, 2008 at 10:47am. Last updated by Charlie McCabe Jun. 10, 2008.

4th Street Detours and Construction

CapMetro is improving the rail line on 4th Street from IH-35 to Trinity. This project will temporarily shut down parts of 4th Street in phases. The first phase begins this week. 4th S

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Created by Charlie McCabe Jun 2, 2008 at 5:06pm. Last updated by Charlie McCabe Jun. 2, 2008.

Next BAC Mtg is June 19th

Instead of our regular monthly meeting on May 15, we'll gather at City Council chambers at 5:30 on May 15th, to hear the proclamation for Bike Month. Our next meeting will June 19th at 6:30 pm, location TBD. thanks! Continue

Created by Charlie McCabe May 14, 2008 at 2:13pm. Last updated by Charlie McCabe May. 14, 2008.

City of Austin Bicycle Program Web page

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/bicycle Continue

Created by Charlie McCabe Apr 30, 2008 at 4:45pm. Last updated by Charlie McCabe Apr. 30, 2008.

Austin is a Silver Category Biking City

Check out the profile:

http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/communities/bfc_austin.php Continue

Created by Charlie McCabe Apr 30, 2008 at 4:55pm. Last updated by Charlie McCabe Apr. 30, 2008.

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FUNemployed Networking Ride

Join us at Bicycle Sport Shop on S. Lamar for a 3 hour intermediate/advanced road ride. 9am every Thursday until further notice

Started by Chris Carter in Creating Connections Mar. 9, 2009.

Bike to Work Day reports....

Hey folks, tell us what you saw, reports of breakfast stations and more. Post it all here. I went with the Mrs. and friends Chris and Pam. We stopped at Mellow Johnnys and then City Hall. 85 people h…

Tagged: reports, work, day, bike, to

Started by Charlie McCabe in Creating Connections May. 16, 2008.

Trinity Bikeway

Connect Town Lake to LAB planned route on 4th St.

Tagged: lab, trinity, 4th

Started by Charlie McCabe in The Eric Anderson File May. 14, 2008.

Pfluger Bridge Extension Project

Attached is a document with an overview of the Bridge extension project, including details of a bike roundabout and more. Feedback will be taken at the open house on June 7 in the morning on the nort…

Tagged: bridge, extension, pfluger

Started by Charlie McCabe in Creating Connections May. 14, 2008.