Great Article about Austin’s Bike Plan

11th March, 2010 - Posted by katherine - 1 Comment

The Chronicle had this really interesting and well written article about the city of Austin’s bike plan, which included a lot of information I was unaware of. For example, did you know that Austin has a bicycle program manager? And that Austin has a total of more than 131 miles of bike lanes, with a goal of having 750 miles? Or that since 2007, Austin has been recognized as a silver level bicycle friendly community from the League of American Bicyclists, a ranking which only 23 U.S. cities met? (10 cities ranked as gold in 2009 and three ranked as platinum (Portland, Boulder, and Davis, California.))

Check out the Bicycle Master Plan for more info about Austin’s goals.

Posted on: March 11, 2010

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