Showing posts with label Pedestrian News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pedestrian News. Show all posts

Thursday, October 1, 2015

#My3Feet Campaign Launches to Promote Cycling Safety

San Antonio City Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales
Chairman of the MPO Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee
helping to kick off the #My3Feet Campaign 
A citywide increase in bicycling means more people of all ages are cycling on San Antonio’s local roadways, inspiring the City of San Antonio’s San Antonio Bikes program to launch the #My3Feet campaign on September 22, 2015 to educate motorists about the Safe Passing Ordinance.


Monday, August 31, 2015

MPO recognized by the League of American Bicyclists

On August 26, 2015, the League of American Bicyclists recognized the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) with a Silver Bicycle Friendly Business (BFBSM) award, joining more than 1,000 visionary businesses and organizations from across the country.

With the announcement of 100 new and renewing BFBs, the MPO joins a cutting-edge group of more than 1,050 local businesses, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies in 47 states and Washington, D.C., that are transforming the American workplace.

The MPO is one of three Silver Level  BFBSM in the San Antonio area, and one of five businesses locally to be recognized as a BFBSM.

Friday, May 8, 2015

19th Annual Walk & Roll Rally Recap

On Friday, May 1, 2015, over 200 people turned out to help the Alamo Area MPO celebrate the 19th Annual Walk & Roll Rally and kick off for the 59th annual National Bike Month.

The Walk & Roll Rally and National Bike Month help bring attention to the healthy transportation options available to the community, and to encourage everyone to try and incorporate these options into our daily commutes.


Thank you to our Walk & Roll Partners and Supporters!

We would not have been able to make the 19th Annual Walk & Roll Rally happen without our partners and supporters. Please take a moment and join us in thanking everyone involved this year. From donations to staff support, from publicity to staging, we couldn't have done this without you! 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Welcome to FastTrack Online

Welcome to the new home of FastTrack from the Alamo Area MPO! 

Starting with our February 17th edition, FastTrack will be moving from being a stand alone bi-weekly e-Newsletter to a multi-platform tool for the Alamo Area MPO. 

Over the last few months, as we have expanded FastTrack and started using new systems to promote the projects of the Alamo Area MPO and our partner agencies, we realized that our bi-weekly newsletter is becoming lengthy. There are tons of meetings and events happening around the region - and we want to help you stay up to date - but we don't want you to dread getting our email every other Monday. 

One of the requests we have gotten a few times is if there is anyway we can shorten the articles but still provide the same level of detail. This blog is our way to help address that concern. 

In each issue of FastTrack you will still find detailed information from the MPO - but in snippet form that offers an ability to click on a link to read more on our blog page itself. We are still refining as we go, so we welcome your feedback and suggestions on how we can keep FastTrack on your must read list! 

And we are expanding our email offerings to be more than just a single FastTrack newsletter. 

We have a Bicycle and Pedestrian focused newsletter that comes out monthly and we just launched a newsletter that comes out quarterly for our friends in the Geo-spatial Community dealing with GIS items of interest. 

We have started sending out the monthly meeting notices for our Transportation Policy Board via the same service as well. 

We are doing all we can to help keep you informed, whatever your interest, in the ongoing development of our regional transportation network. 

In the coming weeks and months, you'll see more posting and articles being generated by the staff at the MPO. Our pledge to you is to keep you as informed and engaged in the decisions which impact our regional ability to move people, goods and services. Whether its through FastTrack Online, the FastTrack e-newsletter, our Facebook page, our Twitter handle, our YouTube Channel, our website, or in person at one of our meetings around the community, please remember, we plan to keep you moving!