NEWS
April 23
The City Council accepted recommendations from the Street Smarts Task Force on Thursday, April 24 at 10 a.m. More at the COA Web site. The city's bike bed program will now look at implementation of items, along with integration into an update of the bike plan scheduled for completion in December.
April 17, 2008
Based on consideration of the LOBV candidat questionnaire and responses at the April 7 public forum, the LOBV board made the following endorsements.
Place 1: Allen Demling
Place 3: Jennifer Kim
Place 4: Robin Cravey
Read the news release.
See the LOBV Candidate Questionnaire.
April 7, 2008
About 120 people attended a candidate forum sponsored by the LOBV, Austin Cycling Association and Yellow Bike Project. Three candidates attended in each of the three places, including:
Place: 1
Lee Leffingwell (incumbent)
Allen Demling
Jason Meeker
Place 3:
Jennifer Kim (incumbent)
Randi Shade
Ken Weiss
Place 4:
Robin Cravey
Cid Galindo
Laura Morrison
March 4, 2008
LOBV seeks input on Downtown Bicycle Zone Plan (Draft).
January 17, 2008
Final Draft of Street Smarts Task Force (Download here) will be up for a vote before the task force on Jan. 18, 9 a.m. at City Hall.
January 3, 2008
"Study on Bicycle Helmets Complete" See the Jan. 3 KVUE story.
October 17, 2007
Join us Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at New Belgium's Tour de Fat. We'll be signing up members and spreading the word about the benefits of bicycling in Austin.
October, 2007
LOBV spurred the creation of the city's Street Smarts Task Force (what we hoped to call Bicycle Safety Task Force). Stay tuned for a complete update from the three LOBV members serving on the task force.
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Helmet Fashion Show and Rally
LOBV will hold a Helmet Fashion Show and Rally at Scholz's
Beer Garden patio, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd, on Sunday, Aug. 20, from
5 p.m to 10 p.m.
Click here for details. Mark your calendar now.
Helmet Law Debate
LOBV's Patrick Goetz and Former Mayor Bruce Todd squared off at the The Dionysium event on August 1 at the Alamo Drafthouse South to debate the mandatory bicycle helmet law for adults, and Goetz's arguments won over the crowd, which voted to oppose the proposed ordinance.
Goetz, a member of the Urban Transportation Commission and co-founder of The League of Bicycling Voters, highlighted an impressive collection of statistics showing that more bicyclists and safer roads are the key to greater safety.
LOBV members also handed out fliers and collected petition signatures to educate the crowd.
KVUE TV online article
News 8 Austin online article and video
IN THE MEDIA
- Anti Crash Course (Austin American-Statesman, Aug. 7, 2006)
- Bicyclists Collide in Helmet Law Debate (Austin Chronicle, Aug. 3, 2006)
- Quote of the Week and Headlines (Austin Chronicle, Aug. 3, 2006)
- KVUE TV online article on Dionysium Debate (Aug. 1, 2006)
- News 8 Austin online article and video (Aug. 1, 2006)
- LOBV Release: League of Bicycling Voters organizes—again—to fight ‘absurd’ bicycle helmet law (Aug. 1, 2006, PDF)
- Firing Line Letter, Crashing Helmet Laws I, Crashing Helmet Laws II (Daily Texan, July 26, 2006)
- Firing Line Letter, Former Mayor on Helmet Law (Daily Texan, July 25, 2006)
- Naked City (Austin Chronicle, June 30, 2006)
- Austin may shift gears on helmets for cyclists (Austin American-Statesman, June 16, 2006)
- Proposed helmet law not sitting well with some (KVUE online article and video clip, June 16, 2006)
- Shall We Bike? (Austin Chronicle, May 26, 2006)
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