Editing Austin, Texas (section)

====Cycling and walking====

[[File:Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|The Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge over the Colorado River]]

The city's bike advocacy organization is Bike Austin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bike Austin |url=https://www.bikeaustin.org/ |access-date=September 10, 2021 |website=Bike Austin |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818215540/https://www.bikeaustin.org/ }}</ref> BikeTexas, a state-level advocacy organization, also has its main office in Austin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.biketexas.org/about-us/ |access-date=September 10, 2021 |website=BikeTexas|date=October 12, 2018 }}</ref>

[[Bicycle]]s are a popular transportation choice among students, faculty, and staff at the University of Texas. According to a survey done at the University of Texas, 57% of commuters bike to campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bike Survey Results |url=http://parking.utexas.edu/bike/survey.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060644/http://parking.utexas.edu/bike/survey.html |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=January 31, 2017 |website=The University of Texas at Austin Parking and Transportation Services}}</ref>

The City of Austin and CapMetro jointly own a [[bike-sharing]] service, [[CapMetro#Other services|CapMetro Bike]], which is available in and around downtown. The service is a franchise of [[BCycle]], a national bike sharing network owned by [[Trek Bicycle]], and is operated by local nonprofit organization Bike Share of Austin.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wear |first=Ben |date=November 30, 2016 |title=Austin B-cycle, with rentals on the rise, adding bikes and stations |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20161130/austin-b-cycle-with-rentals-on-the-rise-adding-bikes-and-stations |access-date=September 30, 2018 |website=Austin American-Statesman |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002064544/https://www.statesman.com/news/20161130/austin-b-cycle-with-rentals-on-the-rise-adding-bikes-and-stations |url-status=live }}</ref> Until 2020 the service was known as Austin BCycle.<ref>{{Cite web |last=King |first=Samuel |date=24 September 2020 |title=Austin BCycle Becomes MetroBike As City Partners With Cap Metro To Expand Bike-Share Program |url=https://www.kut.org/transportation/2020-09-24/austin-bcycle-becomes-metrobike-as-city-partners-with-cap-metro-to-expand-bike-share-program |access-date=6 September 2021 |website=[[KUT|KUT Radio]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2018, [[LimeBike|Lime]] began offering [[dockless bikes]], which do not need to be docked at a designated station.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Widner |first=Cindy |date=August 27, 2018 |title=Lime makes dockless bikes, scooters more affordable to underserved |url=https://austin.curbed.com/2018/8/27/17788496/austin-dockless-scooters-bikes-affordable-lime |access-date=September 30, 2018 |website=[[Curbed]]}}</ref>

In 2018, [[scooter-sharing system|scooter-sharing]] companies [[Lime (transportation company)|Lime]] and [[Bird Global|Bird]] debuted [[Scooter-sharing system|rentable electric scooters]] in Austin. The city briefly banned the scooters — which began operations before the city could implement a permitting system — until the city completed development of their "dockless mobility" permitting process on May 1, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allbright |first=Claire |date=May 1, 2018 |title=A flock of electric scooters suddenly descended on Austin. Now the city is scrambling to regulate them. |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/01/flock-electric-scooters-suddenly-descended-austin-now-city-scrambling-/ |access-date=October 1, 2018 |website=[[Texas Tribune]] |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065044/https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/01/flock-electric-scooters-suddenly-descended-austin-now-city-scrambling-/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Dockless electric scooters and bikes are banned from Austin city parks and the [[Lady Bird Lake#Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail and Boardwalk|Ann and Roy Butler Trail and Boardwalk]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Young |first=Ryan |date=July 9, 2018 |title=E-bikes, e-scooters not welcome in Austin parks |url=https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2018/07/e-bikes-e-scooters-not-welcome-in-austin-parks/ |access-date=October 1, 2018 |website=Austin Monitor |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065035/https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2018/07/e-bikes-e-scooters-not-welcome-in-austin-parks/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For the 2018 [[Austin City Limits Music Festival]], the city of Austin offered a designated parking area for dockless bikes and scooters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Widner |first=Cindy |date=October 1, 2018 |title=ACL Fest 2018 will have dedicated parking for dockless scooters and bikes |url=https://austin.curbed.com/2018/10/1/17920984/acl-fest-2018-parking-scooters-dockless-bikes-where |access-date=October 1, 2018 |website=[[Curbed]] |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002065023/https://austin.curbed.com/2018/10/1/17920984/acl-fest-2018-parking-scooters-dockless-bikes-where |url-status=live }}</ref>