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Spring/Summer 2008

• Updated "Who's usually at fault in car-bike collisions" on the No Justice page
• Added the 8/08 KEYE story which effectively blames cyclists for the increase in car-bike collisions, with zero supporting evidence
• Cyclist solves her own hit and run.
• Added a new cycling injury lawyer to What to do if you're hit or harassed.
• Started the Bicycle Austin web forum.
• Started the Bicycle Austin blog.
• Added a link to the 311 online form to the front page.

Winter 2007/2008

• Lubbock driver gets only probation for hit-and-run killing of cyclist
• Started the Bicycle Austin Blog
• Updated the Austin bike laws page

Fall 2006

• Added a PDF of "tickets" to put on cars parked in bike lanes.
• Added Quick Links to the front page, updated govt. & city govt. pages
• Added historical info about the City's failure to spend bike project money properly
• Linked to the "No justice" article in the Austin Chronicle, from our No Justice section
• Our Open Letter to Dr. Crocker, who supports the helmet law
• Added The Peddler to the bike shops page
• Added a route from Austin to Elgin

Spring/Summer 2006

• The Yellow Bike Project launches an Austin bike culture wiki
• Another drunk driver kills another cyclist
• Adult helmet law probably dead
• Law professor faces no penalty for intentionally hitting cyclist with her car
• Updated the City Council page
• Hit-and-run case in Garland, TX
• New helmet law being considered
• Added our endorsements for the May 2006 city council race
• Added details about cyclists being cheated out of bond money to the front page
• Driver who ran red light and hit two cyclists not ticketed.
• Created a new page about the ACA's advocacy on the Shoal Creek bike lanes issue
• Two April car-bike crashes, one fatal
• Teenagers throwing stuff at cyclists near Shoal Creek Blvd.

Winter 2005/2006

• Linked to a new route for IBM to downtown.
• Updated the list of bike shops
• Looks like the Lamar Bridge might actually get finished.
• Eric Anderson reports on cyclists' success in mitigating the redesign fiasco on the Riverside Drive project
• Info about how bike facilities weren't included in the Riverside Drive project
• Added a listing for the resurrected Bicycle Advocacy Council

Fall 2005

• Added a bunch of updates about the Shoal Creek Blvd. mess

Summer 2005

• Added the law about administrative suspension of driver's license for DWI offenses to the laws covering motorists page
• Linked to a route to Bastrop.
• Added a route to Pflugerville
• Added Georgetown Cyclopaths to the organizations page

Spring 2005

• Added more to the never-ending Shoal Creek bike lanes debacle
• Added another North Austin route
• City Council election endorsements

Winter 2005

• Exemplary police response to harassment of a motorist
• North Austin bike routes now has its own page. Plus added a couple of routes.
• Redesigned the site (got rid of frames, improved navigation, prettied up the header, made room for text ads). Nobody noticed.
• Added Patrick Goetz's encouragement for cyclists to be effective advocates by joining the Urban Transportation Commission.

Fall 2004

• Added more to the never-ending Shoal Creek bike lanes debacle
• Added information about a failed statewide helmet bill in 2003.
• Redesigned the site, nobody noticed.
• Added locks our readers recommend
• Linked to an article about the safety of bike lanes and bike paths
• Linked to an article about possible improvements to the Shoal Creek trail below 5th St.
• Added a link to the City's page about finishing the Lamar Bike/Ped Bridge
• Added yet another hit & run

Summer 2004

• Added the No Justice case of Kevin Snedden
• Added info on the possible extension to the Lamar Bike/Ped Bridge
• Added a route to Ben White and I-30

Winter/Spring 2004

• Added account of hit & run on Michael Passman
• Added info about bike rides requiring a street event permit

Fall 2003

• Added the case of Matthew Rodieck (sp?) to the cars-bikes collisions section
• Costs of car ownership updated
• Fall newsletters posted
• Added a map to San Marcos and an alternative to Adventure Cycling's spur into Austin on their cross-country route.
• Added another bicycle collision attorney to What to Do if You're Hit or Harassed.
• Added an article on How to Rewire Christmas Lights to Run on Batteries, on a related site.
• Added a Guide to Touring.

Summer 2003

• Linked to Mike Dahmus' study on bike lanes vs. wide outside curb lanes
• Linked to the BicyclingLife cycling survey
• Added a new documentary, Red Light Go, to the movies section
• Added a route for getting down the big mountain on 2222
• Added fuel economy stats to the Almanac.
• Summer newsletters posted
• Added more of Roger Baker's editorials on roadway planning politics

May 2003

• Added a section about trying to resolve the idea about bike lanes on Guadalupe & Lavaca.
• Added the May newsletter.
• Added a page explaining why natural gas buses may be no better than diesel buses
• Added an online store that sells electric scooters.
• Put our section on bike lanes on its own page..

April 2003

• Added excerpt of the federal law requiring consideration of bicyclists' needs when doing roadway projects, to the Planning page.
• Added a national used bike classifieds website to the used bikes page.
• Added an update about planning of the Lance Armstrong Bikeway.
• Noted a possible origin for the song "Cycling is Fun".
• Added the agenda for the April UTC-Bike Subcommittee meeting.
• Added the April newsletter

January & February 2003

• Added the minutes of the January UTC-Bike Subcommittee meeting. [I'll add minutes & agendas regularly as I get them, and won't continue to note that in this Updates section.]
• Added a link to chopper bikes on our bikes page.
• More on how we failed to get car-free bike lanes on Shoal Creek Blvd.

December 2002

• Consolidated and updated information about ideal bicycle facilities.
• Posted the December 24 newsletter.
• A reader contributes an article about triggering traffic signals.
• Added some posts about why we can't get sidewalks or bike lanes.
• Added updates about the Town Lake Master Plan/Town Lake Park.
• Added updates about the failure to ban cars from bike lanes on Shoal Creek Blvd.
• Posted the December 14 newsletter.
• Added a lengthy article detailing the roots of the lack of justice for cyclists in car-bike collisions
• Sadly, we report about Keith Vick's fatal collision.

November 2002

• Added details about TXDoT's 25-year transportation plan.
• Allan contributes a North Austin route from Avery Island to Duval/Mopac.
• Added Eric Anderson's status report of roadway projects.
• Tommy Eden explains what part of federal funds MUST be spent on bike & ped facilities
• Added another manufacturer of electric bikes
• Added an attorney who handles car-bike collision cases
• Bike lanes gone on Bull Creek.
• Linked to America Bikes on the elections page, so you can see how your elected officials voted on bicycling-related issues
• Added more news about the Shoal Creek bike lane mess
• Started adding used bike inventory at Waterloo Cycles
• Added a manufacturer of trikes and one of row-bikes to the bikes page
• Added some info about downtown transportation planning

October 2002

• Added more about the Shoal Creek bike lanes saga
• Added the minutes of the September meeting of the UTC Bike Subcommittee.
• Added link to AmericaBikes, which surveys candidates for federal office about whether they think the federal govt. should support cycling.

May 2002

• Added a guide to How to Buy a Used Bike.
• Added a route to Bastrop.
• Updated the Monorail vs. Light Rail page.
• Added Roger Baker's latest expose about CAMPO's road-building craze.

April 2002

• Added yet another hit-and-run fatality.
• Started posting agendas for the UTC Bike Subcommittee.
• Revised phone numbers for calling in traffic & roadway problems.
• Added the case about a Houston motorist who intentionally hit a 10-year-old cyclist.
• Added a tandem recumbent.
• Added info about the council's action to require bike & pedestrian facilities in road reconstruction projects.
• Added stats to the Almanac page showing that most NYC residents don't own cars.

March 2002

• Gave a major facelift to the whole damn site.
• Added the Spring calendar for Bike-In Theatre.

February 2002

• Added a downloadable flier about cyclists' rights to the road.
• Added a listing for the new documentary Bike Like U Mean It.
• Linked to some more unusual tall/high bike photos on the Bikes page.

November 2001

• Added the new Courteous Mass ride.
• Added the November newsletter.

October 2001

• Added a page and video about the 9-28-01 Critical Mass controversy.
• Added the October newsletter, about the 9-28-01 Critical Mass controversy.
• Added the Brykerwoods Neighborhood Associations' scathing indictment of Mopac.
• Added a link to FunkyBikes.com.
• Added the Travis County Commissioners to the Government page.
• Added more stats to the Bike Safety Almanac.
• Added more voter resources to the Elections section.

September 2001

• Added the ebike electric bike and a miniature bike to the Bikes page.
• Added Roger Baker's article: How CAMPO stacks the deck
• Added Houston's Moonlight Ramble ride.
• Added a new anti-car band, The Depavers, to the Music page.
• Added Austin Bike-In Theatre.
• Linked to some comfy cruiser-style handlebars.
• Overhauled the Contact Your Elected Officials page.
• Overhauled the Get Involved page.
• Added a review of Montague folding bikes.
• Added new products to the Recalls page.
• Added the new police non-emergency number: 311.
• Added the Annual Moonlight Cruise to the Rides page.
• Updated the bike laws page to include the new bike safety provisions.
• Added tips for riding in cold weather.
• Added the September newsletters.
• Added the average speed of cars within the city (25mph) to the Almanac page.
• Linked to an article about triggering traffic lights to change.
• Added an article, "Why adding [traffic] lanes makes traffic worse".
• Noted that Waterloo Cycles offers a 5% discount on parts, labor, and accessories to subscribers to the email discussion list.
• Added a new page on monorails.
• Linked to a new site, AustinBikeRoutes.com, from the Routes section.

August 2001

• Added some stats about bicycle crashes to the bike safety almanac.
• Added an expert witness to the What to Do If You're Hit page.
• Cycling is 117% more efficient than walking. (calculation)
• Added an Austin to San Antonio route.
• Added Lance Armstrong's quote about how cycling in Austin has been ruined by growth.
• Added a front-page story about how citizens killed a proposed parking garage at MLK & West.
• Added two more harassment stories, including one about motorists throwing things at cyclists.
• Added an editorial by Patrick Goetz about sprawl-induced road rage.
• Added a quote by Patrick Goetz: "It seems that the best way to avoid getting a ticket when running a red light in your car is to kill a cyclist while you're doing it."

July 2001

• Linked to the site that has tickets to put on SUV's.
• Added a New York Times article showing that helmets have not helped prevent head injuries, and that in fact head injuries are going UP with increased helmet use.
• Added a new page about how bicycling wastes gas, if the cyclist gets his/her calories from beef.
• Added Roger Baker's editorial about how road-building is unsustainable.
• Added two bands to the Music page: Hate Traffic and Hit By A Car.
• Added a guide to Preventing and Fixing Flat Tires.
• Added Eric Anderson's latest opus about the Lance Armstrong Bikeway and the state of local facilities improvements
• Linked to the advocacy video, Bike Routes: The Path to a Better Tomorrow.
• Added info about Huffy and Schwinn.
• Overhauled the Bike & Equipment Recalls page.
• Added an article about how Driving With Cell Phone is just as dangerous as DWI!

June 2001

• Linked to Mike Librik's excellent Bike Map of Austin.
• Updated the Planning section.
• Updated the Trailers section.
• Added a bunch of stats to the Almanac page.
• Added a link to Homeright's folding bike.
• Added a link to GasPriceWatch.com, and references to fuel economy for specific model cars.
• Added links to Austin Neighborhood Associations.
• Added info on the Upper Boggy Creek Bikeway, and updated lots of other stuff in the Roadway Improvements section.
• Updated the Lamar Bridge section.
• Added the case of Debra Prokop being killed and Judy Monarch being hit & run'd to the No Justice section.
• Added discussion about the planning of the Lance Armstrong Bikeway.
• Linked to the article 50 Reasons Cars Are Bad.
• Added reader opinions about blasting down 2222.
• Added a link to a calculator that tells you how much pollution is caused by your specific household electricity use.
• Linked to a new mountain biking club, Church of the Knobby Tire.

May 2001

• Linked to Austin Metro Trails & Greenways
• Linked to Austin Bike Cabs.
• Updated the Repairs/Bike Shops section.
• Added links to sites which will help you fix your own bike.

March 2001

• Updated the links to other sites.
• Added a new bike movie.
• Added info on the email list for planning Bike to Work Day.
• Added River City Cycles, a shop with a focus on women's cycling.

February 2001

• Added a search engine. Whoo-hoo! (see the top of every page)
• Added another UTC Bike Subcommittee website.
• Added the case of the motorist who hit & run'd Ed Anderson.
• Overhauled the No Justice for Cyclists section (again).
• Added a more user-friendly list of Back Issues of the newsletter.
• Added some more quotes.
• Added some links to sites covering helmet laws.
• Added Roger Baker's outline of the Feb. 2001 CAMPO meeting.

January 2001

• Added the Texas Association for Public Transportation to the Organizations page.
• Added more stats to the almanac.

December 2000

• Made lots of small miscellaneous updates all over the site.
• Added the fatality of cyclist Edward Day.
• Added a cartoon of a car flattening the planet.
• Overhauled the No Justice for Cyclists page. Also added details about the police declining to charge the motorist who hit & run'd me.
• Moved all the statistics about bicycle safety/crashes to a new page, and added a whole bunch more stats.
• Noted that the motorist who killed cyclist Conrad Anderson in Tomball, TX pled guilty to intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault and got five years in prison.

November 2000

• Added some more cases of local injuries/fatalities. Dr. Gardiner's death is covered elsewhere, here.
• Added several stats to our Almanac.
• Added our election endorsements.

October 2000

• Added a link to a site about a guy who puts bumper stickers on SUV's that say "I'm changing the climate!". (In our Bad Cars section.)
• Added a new book, Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning.
• Added route help to get to Manchaca & 1626
• Added a spam advertisement that puports to allow bad motorists to drive again by obtaining an International Drivers License.
• Added a link to the TNRCC website where you can report smoky vehicles by typing in their license plate numbers.
• Added an article about stores that won't let cylists bring their backpacks inside
• Added a listing and link for Austin Choices for Transportation, a new advocacy group

September 2000

• Added "Why you should vote for light rail"
• Added a link to a site that lets you check whether you're registered to vote
• Added What to do if you're hit or harassed.
• Added an item about UT banning bikes on Speedway.
• Added the bicycle winners from the Chronicle's "Best of Austin" edition, in the 9-30-00 newsletter.
• Added a recall notices for Trek handlebar stems and Minoura wind trainers
• Added a link to BikeLane.com.
• Updated the link to the Alliance for a Paving Moratorium.
• Added a link to a site with a map of hike & bike trails.
• Added taxicab rates.
• Added another story about harassment by motorists.

August 2000

• Added links about Driver Distraction (e.g., cell phone use) and Driving While Drowsy.

July 2000

• Updated the No Justice for Cyclists section.
• Linked to PBS' website on New Urbanism.
• Added stats for the fuel efficiency of large airplanes. (It's about 50 mpg per passenger.)
• Added an article about cars running red lights.
• Added a section on electric-assist bikes.
• Moved the entire site to BicycleAustin.info.
• Added an update about the Shoal Creek bike lane parking ban.
• Added a critique about the Statesman's handling of the Shoal Creek bike lane parknig ban.
• Overhauled the links page.

June 2000

• Added Divorce Your Car! to the Books page.
• Added a search engine for back issues of the newsletter.
• Added the proposed trail to connect the Town Lake Bridge with the Ullrich Bridge
• Added notable actions by individual city councilmembers
• Added a page about pro-car and anti-bike groups.
• Added an update to the Justice section on the case against the driver who killed Conrad Anderson.
• Linked to Bill Canfield's Shoal Creek parking ban site from the Roadways page.
• Added a link to the Mean Streets 2000 report on pedestrian issues.
• Started an Almanac section for various statistics
• Added a section for fan mail about the newsletter
• Added a bunch of articles to our Light Rail section.
• Mayor Watson proposes a new funding plan for transportation projects
• Added a link to the EPA's fuel economy website (for cars)
• Added a page about bicycle movies
• Updated our contact info for the City Council to reflect the new members
• Added a report about the proposed State Highway 130.
• Added a page on bicycle posters.
• Added a page on light rail.
• Added an article about air pollution causing sudden death.
• Added No Justice cases outside of Austin to the No Justice section.
• Added the rules for the discussion list to the front page and to the News sections.
• Added routes from Dripping Springs to Austin
• Added today's newsletter, with an interview with the candidates in the City Council Place 2 runoff.
• Added a modification to a North->South route which allows cyclists to avoid the intersection at Anderson & Shoal Creek.

May 2000

• Added a lengthy report about current and planned roadway improvements which the City of Austin's Bicycle Program is working on
• Added Trans Texas Alliance to the Organizations page
• Updated our links to other sites
• Added an airport route tip and a Table of Contents to the Routes page
• Created a new page on Pollution & Global Warming
• Added a page with criticism about cars
• Added two new books to the Books page
• Added suggested improvement to the Far West/Mopac bridge and to sidewalks, on the Roadways page, and to the Sidewalks page
• Added info on proposed legislation in California which would require planners to consider bicycle access in the planning process (New Legislation page)
• Added the band "bicycle" to the Music page
• Linked to the City's Smart Growth section on the Planning page
• Created a new, massive page about the Austin City Council
• Updated the Elections page
• Added problems with reckless-driving cops to the police page
• Added the Bike to Work Day events to the Rides page
• Added a report about cyclists assaulted in Grand Prairie

April 2000

• Added the Austin Coalition of Cyclists to the Organizations page
• Added a page about lead in gasoline
• Added a page about Bicycle Theft (prevention & recovery)

March 2000

• Added the Why Cycle? page, comparing cycling to driving
• Added a paper about pollution and energy use caused by cars
• Added a page about transportation activist Roger Baker
• Started a page devoted to books about transportation planning.
• Added the death of Michael Z. Smith to the No Justice for Cyclists section.
• Added a wish-list for how we'd like the media to report on car/bike collisions, to the Media Criticism page.
• Reflected that Michael Zakes has left the UTC and that Mike Dahmus has joined it, on these pages: City Government, Organizations, and Who's Who.
• Added Eric Anderson to the Who's Who page.

February 2000

• Added a route to the Westgate Cinema/Central Market to the Routes page.
• Added information on the 2/22 University Area Partners meeting.
• Added a link to the website for the annual Bike Summer event.
• Added an update about Jay Williams' hit-and-run case.
• Updated the Bike Month page to reflect that the City of Austin will no longer be organizing the event.

January 2000

• Added the 1-30 newsletter, as well as old 3-3-99 I had lost but just found.
• Added a new page on Problems with the Police.
• Added the naughty bike ad.
• Added the Netherlands bike commuting tube/tunnel to the World News section
• Put a link on the Helmet Laws page to the article about the 9-year-old Florida boy who was handcuffed for not wearing a helmet.
• Added information about Austin's ranking as a Top 10 Bicycle City in Bicycling magazine.
• Added a page about Fuel Cells. (Later removed, but you can check out our page on Bicycle Quotes.
• Added a list of links appearing in the bicycle newsletter.
• Added two new ways to How to Not Get Hit By Cars.
• Added new section on Roadway Improvements.
• Started a new section for links to governmental bike programs in other cities & states.
• Indicated that funding has been approved for the Crosstown Bicycle Highway.
• Updated the Calendar and Rides/Events pages. (Update: We no longer maintain a calendar.)
• Added an update to Jay Williams' hit-and-run case.
• Removed an old ad for a used bike and added a new ad.
• Added some of Dave Sullivan's accomplishments to the Who's Who page.
• Corrected the date for the Ruta Maya rides.
• Added the 1-23 newsletter.
• Added more content to the Media Mess page.
• Linked the clothing-optional rides on the Calendar and Rides pages to the Nudity & the Law page.
• Linked to problems with rumble strips, and referenced it from the Ideas for Making Cycling Safer and Contact Your Elected Officials pages.
• Added Getting Around the Arboretum to the Routes page.
• Added the UTC Bicycle Subcommittee to the Current Projects page (later removed).
• Added a note about the Statesman's coverage of S.H. 130 to the Media Mess page.
• Changed email links to the webmaster in several places to provide compatability for AOL users.
• Fixed a bunch of little things all over the site (anchors, links, spelling).
• Created this Site Updates page.
• Overhauled the Alphabetical Index.
• Added Jay Williams to the No Justice and No Justice/Details pages.
• Added Ruta Maya rides to the Calendar and Rides pages.
• Added the Valentine's Bike Parade to the Calendar and Rides pages.
• Updated meeting schedule for the Bicycle Advisory Council.
• Reflected that the location of the City Council chambers is moving, on the City Government and Calendar pages.
• Created new page covering Elections.
• Added the 1-16 newsletter to the newsletter archives.
• Set up the newsletter archives to list in reverse-chronological order.
• Overhauled the Political/Technical Info page.
• Added Car Busters to the Links to Other Sites page.
• Removed Cycle Messengers for World Domination from the Links page. (They moved or died with no forwarding address.)

Prior to 1-00

• This website started in 1995, but we didn't keep track of updates before then.