
FORGET THE CAR AND USE YOUR
BIKE INSTEAD.IT IS NATIONAL
BIKE TO WORK DAY.2-JOHN:IF YOU
DO THAT - MORE THAN 50
RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS AROUND
AUSTIN WILL GIVE YOU FREE
BREAKFAST FOR BIKING TO WORK.
BUT IF YOU ARE USED TO DRIVING
THE HIGHWAYS TO GET TO WORK
YOU MIGHT WONDER - HOW COULD
YOU BIKE INTO TOWN SAFELY?KATE
WEIDAW IS LIVE OUTSIDE
HOUNDSTOOTH COFFEE IN EAST
AUSTIN WITH THE DETAILS.KATE:
THIS IS ONE OF THE FUELING
STATIONS WHERE STARTING AT
6:30 THIS MORNING THEY ARE
GIVING BIKERS FREE ICED COFFEE.
IT'S ALSO RIGHT NEXT TO THE
MLK RAIL STATION.SO THE IDEA
ON BIKE TO WORK DAY IS IF YOU
LIVE IN LEANDER FOR EXAMPLE -
YOU BRING YOUR BIKE ON THE
TRAIN AND THEN RIDE FROM THE
STOP TO YOUR WORK.WE TOLD YOU
DURING BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY THE
OTHER WEEK HOW AUSTIN HAS
BUILT MORE THAN 250-MILE BIKE
LANES.BUT THERE ARE ALSO PAVED
TRAILS YOU MIGHT NOT THINK
ABOUT.FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LIVE
IN SOUTH AUSTIN AND ARE USED
TO TAKING MOPAC TO WORK.
THERE'S A PROTECTED TRAIL THAT
GOES FROM 290 ALL THE WAY TO
THE LAKE.THAT TRAIL IS
EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY GO TO
HAYS COUNTY.FINDING A SAFE
ROUTE TO RIDE TO WORK CAN BE
AS EASY AS USING GOOGLE MAPS
AND PICKING THE BIKE OPTION.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT TODAY -
HERE'S HOW TO GET STARTED.
KATIE DEOLLOZ/EX. DIR. BIKE
AUSTIN:"KIND OF ON AN OFF DAY
GO AND TRY IT ON A SATURDAY OR
SUNDAY, TRY THE ROUTE OUT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE
BUMPS OR DRIVEWAYS, THERE ARE
GOING TO BE THINGS THAT YOU
ARE GOING TO NOTICE FROM THE
POSITION OF BEING ON A BICYCLE
THAT YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE IF
YOU WERE IN AN AUTOMOBILE."
KATE:IF YOU ARE BIKING TO WORK
AND WANT TO HIT UP ONE OF THE
51 FUEL STATIONS OFFERING FREE
FOOD - I HAVE A LINK WITH THIS
STORY AT KXAN DOT COM.AND BY
THE WAY IT'S NOT JUST AUSTIN
BUT THERE ARE STOPS IN
PFLUGERVILLE AND OFF ANDERSON
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