Section 01
Three ranch roads, a hundred miles, and the counties that maintain them
Texas roads as geography, traffic record and enforcement subject — Hill Country, Big Bend, the Twisted Sisters and the data TxDOT keeps.
Three Ranch Roads, One Traffic Problem
Ranch Roads 335, 336 and 337 — the Twisted Sisters — as a documented congestion and enforcement subject, drawing on TxDOT traffic counts and county records.
FM 170 and the River Road It Follows
Farm-to-Market Road 170 through the Big Bend corridor as a documented geographic subject — the topography, the Presidio-to-Lajitas stretch, and what NPS and TxDOT record about the route.
What TxDOT's Numbers Say About Texas Roads
An analysis of TxDOT's published motorcycle crash statistics — where fatalities concentrate, how rural versus urban figures compare, and what the trend line looks like over the most recently reported years. Every figure attributed to TxDOT's annual crash report with the year of the data.
Galveston in November, Austin in June
The Lone Star Rally and the Republic of Texas Rally as documented recurring events — their host cities, approximate annual attendance figures as reported by organizers, and their positions in the Texas riding calendar. History of each event rather than current scheduling.
When the Heat Makes the Calendar Shorter
Texas summer temperatures and their documented effect on the practical riding season — NWS heat data for San Antonio, Del Rio and Midland, and how the state's bimodal season compares with northern US markets in annual rideable-days terms.
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