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Bee Cave cyclists making riding safer
New signs go up on Bee Cave Parkway
Updated: Tuesday, 11 Sep 2012, 6:47 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 11 Sep 2012, 5:36 PM CDT
BEE CAVE, Texas (KXAN) - Last month, a Lake Travis cycling club decided to band together and approach the city of Bee Cave to see if there's anything they can do to make their roads safer. They installed biking signs, and bicyclists say this is a great start.
The action was put into motion, when on April 28, an accident near Westbank killed 55-year-old Verter Ginestra, a popular Austin cyclist killed. Many of his cycling friends decided it was time to take action to make the roads they frequent a little safer.
"We're all drivers too," said Tim Diven of the Lake Travis Cycling Club. "We realize the frustration drivers have when they're stuck behind cyclists, and we just felt that this is one little stretch of road we felt we could have an impact on."
Diven said he and his friends decided to make a video to show what riding a bike looks like from the rider's view while on Bee Cave Parkway. They showed it to City Council last month and asked if they would consider adding signs and even bike lanes on the 1 1/2-mile stretch of road.
"We took a small camera and put it facing both front and back on the bike," said Diven, "and just rode up and down Bee Cave Road just showing how close the cars come to us and just kind pf what we have to deal with out there on a daily basis."
Diven said he and his friends decided to make a video to show what riding a bike looks like from the rider's view while on Bee Cave Parkway. They showed it to City Council last month and asked if they would consider adding signs and even bike lanes on the 1 1/2-mile stretch of road.
"We took a small camera and put it facing both front and back on the bike," said Diven, "and just rode up and down Bee Cave Road just showing how close the cars come to us and just kind pf what we have to deal with out there on a daily basis."
John Osgerby rides with the Lake Travis group and has been campaigning for responsible driving for years. His mission became even more clear with the death of Ginestra, whom he knew well.
"We love this guy," said Osgerby, "and he was doing everything right. There's no way to justify what happened."
Osgerby started the website Cyclingtexas.org several years ago. It's a website opposed to texting and driving. He says cycling is so popular in Austin that bike-auto collisions could get worse unless something is done ahead of the problem.
"We love this guy," said Osgerby, "and he was doing everything right. There's no way to justify what happened."
Osgerby started the website Cyclingtexas.org several years ago. It's a website opposed to texting and driving. He says cycling is so popular in Austin that bike-auto collisions could get worse unless something is done ahead of the problem.
"As the sport gets more popular, you know, more people on the road," said Osgerby, "more accidents happen so we all have to figure out new ways to be safe."
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