Posts Tagged ‘bicycles’
The Tour of Houston took my advice
… sort of. As you may recall, last year I observed that the Tour of Houston needed a user-friendly route map, and that it needed to go on Memorial Drive. Well, looks like the City got the message! This year’s Tour of Houston is coming up in about a month, and sure enough they’ve routed it [...]
Pedaling Revolution
Thanks to Matthew Harding for the tip on this one. There’s a new book out from the Oregon State University Press called Pedaling Revolution. David Byrne had this to say in his review in the New York Times: …the book is useful — for those of us who occasionally find ourselves on the defensive, Mapes [...]
Tour De Houston Preview and a teaser…
Last post for the work week, I decided to preview some information about the upcoming Tour De Houston. The Tour is a significant cycling event, with routes of 20, 40, and 70 miles covering significant chunks of central Houston. It looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun, and I’m pretty sure I’m [...]
The Urban Corridors Debate
Yesterday I attended the Livable Houston lunch meeting put together by the Houston Tomorrow foundation. The topic was Houston’s Urban Corridors program, and the discussion was pretty good. Here’s an overview: The city’s current development codes make truly urban, pedestrian-oriented development extremely difficult outside of the CBD. Meanwhile, METRO is building a massive new light-rail [...]