Oklahoma City voters could deliver a $730.5 million investment for roads through a combination of proposed sales and property taxes
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News Briefs: OKC Mayor’s Development Roundtable, charter schools, bike laws and more
Senate Bill 68 would allow OKC and Tulsa to sponsor charter schools, but not everyone thinks it should be passed.
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BLOG: Council votes down bike ordinance
A proposed bike ordinance was voted down by the OKC council on Tuesday.
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Cycling ordinance introduced to city council
An ordinance before the council would outlaw cyclists from riding between cars and require bikes to adhere to a three foot buffer when passing other vehicles.
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Dozens of bike racks and a few bike repair stations are coming to many of the city’s most popular urban districts.
Dozens of bike racks and a few bike repair stations are coming to many of the city’s most popular urban districts.
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Dozens of bike racks will be installed in some of the city’s most popular urban districts, along with a few bike repair stations to give cyclists a place to air up tires and perform other maintenance.
Dozens of bike racks will be installed in some of the city’s most popular urban districts, along with a few bike repair stations to give cyclists a place to air up tires and perform other maintenance.
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Bike boom
Credit: Mark Hancock The city is planning for more than 200 miles of bike routes, which includes so-called “sharrow” lanes. The word “sharrow” is a combination of “share” and “arrow.” The lanes are designated by pavement markings showing a picture of a bicycle below two arrows. The bike routes will be added in phases. The […]
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Easy riders
“National Ride to Work Day illustrates the growing number of motorcyclists on our streets and how important it is for drivers of all types of vehicles to share the road,” said Kevin Behrens, assistant director of the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office. The ride seeks to promote courtesy between motorcycles and their four-wheeled automotive brethren, as […]
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Pedal power
This two-day conference in Oklahoma City in early November, coordinated by the Oklahoma Bike Coalition, will be geared toward engineers, city planners and cycling advocates. “(Nov. 4) is primarily for engineers and city planners to create the system in their communities to make them more bike-friendly,” said Kevin Musset, summit chairman. John LaPlante, a chief […]
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Two-wheel deal
In New York City, a nonprofit organization named Recycle-A-Bicycle provides educational and job-training programs while encouraging environmental stewardship and everyday bicycle use. Members salvage about 1,200 bicycles each year and last year worked with 1,000 young people through public schools and after-school programs. Recycle-A-Bicycle’s website, recycleabicycle.org, features a 72-page manual titled “Tools for Life” that […]