Focusing solely on electric vehicles is slowing down the race to zero emissions.. Electric cars aren’t truly zero-carbon – mining the raw materials for their batteries, manufacturing them and generating the electricity they run on produces emissions.
One way to reduce transport emissions relatively quickly, and potentially globally, is to swap cars for cycling, e-biking and walking – active travel, as it’s called.
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Legacy Community Health patients can now be prescribed bike rides using Houston BCycle bike share memberships.
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Car Free Day is to encourage all of the people especially car owners not to drive their cars instead of using Mass transit such as train, bus, bicycle, carpool, vanpool, subway, or walking and to feel how our environment and society like without the pollution of motor cars.
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The message to cities is that bike share … can contribute a lot to their long term goals. Most cities want to improve quality of life, the economy, the climate, and their public health outcomes. Bike share does all those things.
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New bike lane in Third Ward
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Outside magazine printed an article recently about how plus-sized people have to make major adjustments for life on two wheels. It’s definitely an issue, especially for more dedicated and long-time bikers. BCycle is really a good option for plus-sized people thinking about getting into biking, or the more casual biker.
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A system that provides you travel choices, one that grows walking and biking systems and lets everyone travel safely by whichever mode they choose: that is the future of Houston. We have embraced our paradigm shift from a Driving City. Mayor Sylvester now envisions Houston as a City for all, served by all modes. Houston will be a multimodal city.
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For anyone who has willingly left the cool sanctuary of AC to brave what feels like the center of the sun...we salute you. But as Houstonians and bike lovers, we will always find a way to ride.
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The Midtown Art Crawl + Bike Ride highlighted two new Houston BCycle Art Stations, among other features by Houston-based women artists. The ride ended with a happy hour at Axelrad Brewery.
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Long stretches of hike and bike trails in Houston often dead-ending into busy roadways – kicking walkers and bike riders to the street where cars and trucks dominate the mode of transportation. There are plans in place to fix this problem, but far too few, bicyclists say.
Read MoreWhy walk when you can ride in style on a Houston BCycle bike. They have become so popular that the bike share program is expanding. CW39’s Shannon LaNier caught up with the staff at BCycle for all the details.
Read MoreIn this edition of the Next Stop, Executive Director Bryan Reed and Marketing Manager Abby Fernandez discuss how the growing bike share non-profit is helping more transit riders to reach their destinations and gain a new perspective of the city from two wheels. We also discuss how to make our streets safer for cyclists, pedestrians, transit riders and drivers. As well as, upcoming cycling events. Take a listen here!
Read MoreSince many people are still working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bike to Work Day will be Bike to Wherever Day this year in Houston. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29th, 2020.
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