Bike Friendly Oak Cliff

hi — just wanted to make sure you saw this…
http://fitnessblog.dallasnews.com/

what a great idea this whole concept is!! please keep us posted on other activities.

I don’t get Facebook access at work, but please notify me of future rides. If there is one for the Footsteps of Oswald on a warmer day, I’m in–I’m a JFK buff.

How can I join BFOC? I want to go on the next ride. Thanks David O

To Jason Roberts,

Dear Jason,

I can image you’re jealous of me: I live in the Netherlands and we have thousands of kilometers of bike lanes to ride across our cities and between cities. I think the picture on top of your website is taken in Amsterdam, our capital. And I think it’s a good thing you bike lovers try to persuade the local government to create more bike lanes. It’s safer and at least it’s more pleasant to ride a bike without having to look over your shoulder every few seconds. Therefore I wish you lots of success in your war on bike lanes.
On the other hand you have no idea how much I envie you.Boy, how much I would have liked to ride your Oswald ride through Dallas and Oak Cliff. I was a 12 year old boy, living in The Netherlands when Kennedy was killed at Dealey Plaza. For some reason this had a great impact on me. I still like to read anything concerning that day in 1963 and concerning Lee Oswald. After reading dozens of books and hundreds of webpages I am convinced that Oswald and Oswald alone killed JFK, but it always remained a mystery to me how it was possible that the leader of the free world in those days was killed on broad daylight while a crowd of people were watching, pictures were taken and amateur films were made and still, after 45 years, there is that slight possibility that Oswald was part of a conspiracy. Maybe that’s why I promised myself that one day I would visit Dallas and Dealey Plaza being a place were history was made. And although I have been to the US a couple of times I never came as far as Dallas. So you understand that when I read in the Dallas Morning News (which I do occasionally hoping there is something in it about the asassination) about your ride, being a bicycle friend (and a biker) myself, I thought this is a great initiative and one day I hope to be riding there with you.
Until that day I wish you all the best, be careful on your bike and whenever you need information or pictures or whatever from the Netherlands, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Best regards,

Jos de Gruiter
The Hague
The Netherlands, Europe (or Holland, as some people say)

I own a restaurant in Denton, Tx. and have been desparately looking for a place in the DFW area to purchase bike racks. I can find them online but the shipping cost is prohibitive. Any suggestions?

Bikes outsell cars

Please reconsider posting your rides on this page. I’m another one that can not get to facebook at work or adding us to an email group.

I wanna ride!

found this link pretty interesting.
“Freiker (FREquent bIKER, rhymes with biker) believes that every trip counts. Biking or walking to school is:

•healthy – fun and exercise with friends and family

•environmentally friendly – one less car on the road

•easy – the perfect way to get to school

Kids do the walking or riding and our “Freikometer” does the counting. Trips to school add up throughout the school year and are redeemed for prizes at an end-of-year school party. It’s that simple.

Join the movement that’s inspiring kids to change their own health, our schools, our communities and our world – one trip to school at a time. Become a Freiker today!
“

Check out our NEW cycling event, http://www.wish100.org to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas. You do not have to fundraise to participate. Simply register, ride and enjoy! For more information, please contact Erin Michel, emichel@northtexaswish.org.

Oh man, I missed the call (well, tummy achey child and my own technological ignorance worked against me), but I’m excited about getting more involved. Was the Roll Beyond Coal teleconference productive?

Unfortunately, Kavala will no longer be participating in the discounts. Thank you.

Hey, thanks for the clarification. I guess the reference to a specific article was lost on this occasional reader.

Again, best of luck to you. It’s great to see you’re picking up quite a bit of momentum down there. I had often wished Dallas had more of a casual bike scene (just as long as they’re not all-out spandex-haters… ha!). I guess I moved away too soon

I don’t think that is the type of bike lane this organization is advocating. Let’s hope Dallas can do better than Ft Worth and Richardson have done so far.

Hi Jason,

I wanted to send you my contact info, and to offer any assistance you may need with either bike or transit projects. As I mentioned, I tried starting up a bike-sharing network about a year ago (with no success). If this is somehting you may interested in, maybe we can get together and discuss.

Thanks!
Boris

The Dallas Parks Department is planning improvements on the trail system on the east side of White Rock Lake. The plan should include bike lanes on East Lawther – which is closed to car traffic on most of the east side, and where not closed, is a series of cul de sacs – ending at the Bath House, the sailing clubs, Winfrey Point, etc.

The Park Board member for the area is Darren Boruff. Ask him to ask the planners to include bike lanes on East Lawther.

dboruff@reddyice.com

Make it safer for all cyclists. The Councilmen for the area are Angela Hunt and Sheffie Kadane. Since most cyclists ride White Rock sooner or later, its essential that the east side have bike lanes.

The WRL plan is to re-do the road and trail on the east side of the lake. Since the road (West Lawther) is closed to cars in places, there would be no need for bike lanes there – but it is open to cars in other sections, so the idea is to do bike lanes there – where it is open to car traffic – to facilitate bike usage. And to leave the hiking trail – which is separate from West Lawther – at its current width – to be used primarily by pedestrians. This should tend to take pedestrian traffic off of West Lawther (where most bikes are).