There’s more news about motorcycle-only checkpoints. The AMA tells us some 50 U.S. House members have signed onto a bill that would bar the U.S. transportation secretary from providing funds for motorcycle-only checkpoints. Ron Paul is the sole House member representing Texas who has signed on.
Author: Reyn Mansson
Reyn Mansson
Associate Publisher of Ride Texas Magazine, Texas Motorcycle News Blogger and RTM Events Newsletter editor.
The Texas Department of Transportation is telling us that with the expansion of the Panama Canal slated for completion in 2014, TxDOT needs to ensure the state’s transportation system is prepared for the additional freight traffic the development is expected to generate.
Bipartisan congressional letter seeks to end federal funding of motorcycle-only checkpoints…
While serving a tour of duty in Vietnam for the U.S. Army from 1966-67, Albert Perez survived a gunshot wound to the head. Perez was awarded a Purple Heart and returned home to Live Oak County, where he’s spent the last 15 years working as a maintenance technician for TxDOT’s George West Maintenance Section.
Motorcycle and Scooter Annual Ride To Work Day is Monday, June 18th. It will be the twenty-first annual worldwide ‘Ride to Work Day’. An estimated one million riders become two-wheeled commuters to help demonstrate that riding is an efficient, economical and beneficial form of personal transportation.
A Dutch company has a working prototype of an actual road/air vehicle. The Dutch company PAL-V has successfully concluded test flights of its flying trike, PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle). “We are very proud to announce this successful maiden flight of the PAL-V and we now invite investors to create the future with us….”