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Do not fill this in! ===Cycling=== Houston has the largest number of bike commuters in Texas with over 160 miles of dedicated bikeways.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://houstonbikeways.org/index.php/home/ |title=Home |publisher=Houstonbikeways.org |access-date=June 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725004319/http://houstonbikeways.org/index.php/home/ |archive-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref> The city is currently in the process of expanding its on and off street bikeway network.{{when|date=May 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://houstonbikeways.org/index.php/news/20-current-news/81-new-shared-lane-designation |title=New Shared Lane Designation |publisher=Houstonbikeways.org |access-date=June 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725004323/http://houstonbikeways.org/index.php/news/20-current-news/81-new-shared-lane-designation |archive-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref> In 2015, Downtown Houston added a cycle track on Lamar Street, running from [[Sam Houston Park]] to [[Discovery Green]].<ref name=lamar>{{cite web |publisher=City of Houston |title=Lamar Cycle Track Page |access-date=May 4, 2018 |url=https://www.houstonbikeways.org/lamar-cycle-track-page |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124020057/https://www.houstonbikeways.org/lamar-cycle-track-page |archive-date=November 24, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Houston City Council approved the Houston Bike Plan in March 2017, at that time entering the plan into the Houston Code of Ordinances.<ref name=bikeways>{{cite web |publisher=City of Houston |access-date=May 4, 2018 |title=Houston Bikeways Program |url=https://www.houstonbikeways.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413164708/https://www.houstonbikeways.org/ |archive-date=April 13, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2017, Houston City Council approved spending for construction of 13 additional miles of bike trails.<ref>{{cite news |author=Elliot, Rebecca |title=Hike and bike trail extensions coming to four bayous |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=August 23, 2017 |access-date=May 4, 2018 |url=https://www.chron.com/news/politics/houston/article/Hike-and-bike-trail-extensions-coming-to-four-11953077.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070019/https://www.chron.com/news/politics/houston/article/Hike-and-bike-trail-extensions-coming-to-four-11953077.php |archive-date=May 5, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Houston's [[bicycle sharing system]] started service with nineteen stations in May 2012. [[Houston Bcycle]] (also known as B-Cycle), a local non-profit, runs the subscription program, supplying bicycles and docking stations, while partnering with other companies to maintain the system.<ref name=bikelaunch>{{cite news |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |author=Turner, Allan |title=Houston saddles up for downtown bike share program |date=May 2, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2018 |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Houston-saddles-up-for-downtown-bike-share-program-3526047.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417105805/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Houston-saddles-up-for-downtown-bike-share-program-3526047.php |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The network expanded to 29 stations and 225 bicycles in 2014, registering over 43,000 checkouts of equipment during the first half of the same year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://houston.bcycle.com/News.aspx?itemid=634 |title=Houston bikesharing program enjoys robust growth |access-date=August 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113924/https://houston.bcycle.com/News.aspx?itemid=634 |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |author=Begley, Dug |newspaper=Houston Chronicle}}</ref> In 2017, Bcycle logged over 142,000 check outs while expanding to 56 docking stations.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |title=Houston Bike Share names new executive director |date=March 27, 2018 |access-date=May 4, 2018 |url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/events/article/Houson-Bike-Share-named-new-executive-director-12784587.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070304/https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/events/article/Houson-Bike-Share-named-new-executive-director-12784587.php |archive-date=May 5, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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