Seele Elementary Neighborhood Walkable Community Workshop

New Braunfels, TX − The City of New Braunfels, the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO), and The Institute for Public Health and Education Research (TIPHER) have announced that they will be hosting a Walkable Community Workshop for the neighborhoods surrounding Seele Elementary on October 15th,  from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Seele Elementary School cafeteria. There will be mapping exercises and a short presentation on walkable and bikeable neighborhoods. Light refreshments will be served.

Halfway through the Ozone Season, Alamo Area struggles to remain in compliance with Federal Ozone Standard

by Annette Prosterman, AACOG Natural Resources / Transportation Coordinator 

July 15 marked the midway point in the Ozone Season; that time of year stretching from April through September when the area’s most prevalent form of air pollution, ozone, tends to spike.  At the midway milestone, the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is in compliance with federal standards.  This, however, is a tenuous status, first because the season is only half over and second because those standards are about to change.

VIA launches online survey to support VISION 2040 planning

VIA Metropolitan Transit has launched an interactive, online survey in support of “Vision 2040,” a planning process to update the agency’s Long Range Comprehensive Transportation Plan.

June Meetings for the Alamo Area MPO

The Alamo Area MPO has four regular meetings that occur each month. All our meetings are open to the public and all agendas for our meetings are posted on our website www.alamoareampo.org

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.

May Meetings for the Alamo Area MPO

The Alamo Area MPO has four regular meetings that occur each month. All our meetings are open to the public and all agendas for our meetings are posted on our website, www.alamoareampo.org. 

19th Annual Walk and Roll Rally Set!

April brings Spring to South Texas - and it also kicks up the planning for the annual Walk & Roll Rally hosted by the Alamo Area MPO.

Join us on Friday, May 1, 2015 in San Antonio's Main Plaza from 8 AM until 9 AM for the 19th Annual Walk and Roll Rally as we kick off National Bike Month across the region.

Air Quality Season is Here!

The 2015 Ozone season is upon us and as every year lasts from April through October.  This season is critical to retaining our “Attainment” designation for ozone.  

With last year’s average, we exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Ozone Standard of 75 parts per billion (ppb). Attainment of the federal standard for ground-level ozone is based on a three-year average of the annual fourth highest, eight-hour reading at any one of the area’s three regulatory monitors. 

Have you ever wondered what the MPO does and why we have one?

Chances are you may have some questions about what exactly a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is and what we do within our region. While you may have heard about the MPO over the years, we are willing to bet you still have some questions about what we do, why we do what we do, and how you can be involved in helping shape the transportation future for our region.

Come Out for a Breath of Fresh Air on Fresh Air Friday

The Alamo Area Council of Governments’ (AACOG’s) air quality programs and the City of San Antonio’s Office of Sustainability are hosting their ninth annual Fresh Air Friday event on April 10^th at Main Plaza, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  This fun, free, informative event draws attention to the beginning of the “ozone season,” the months in which ground-level ozone pollution tends to spike in our region.  Fresh Air Friday highlights the connection between transportation and air quality, and encourages people to walk or bike out (rather than drive out) to eat at lunchtime.

SATomorrow Kick Off Meeting Set for April 11, 2015

SATomorrow, Starts Today! With 1,000,000 new residents expected to call San Antonio home by 2040 (and our region gaining another 500,000 residents beyond the growth in San Antonio) the time to start planning for what this growth could mean starts today.

Building on the Alamo Area MPO's Mobility 2040 plan, and other partner agency long-range plans, the City of San Antonio has launched SATomorrow - an innovative, three-pronged planning effort to guide the city toward smart, sustainable growth.

Third Street Skills Class Open For March 2015

Due to interest and demand, the Alamo Area MPO is pleased to announce that we have scheduled a third Street Skills class for March 2015.

IH 35 Northeast Virtual Public Hearing

Did you miss the public hearing on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at Morgan's Wonderland for the IH 35 Northeast Environmental Assessment? Don't worry - there is still a way you can take part and have your comments entered as part of the official records for this project.

Alamo RMA and TxDOT to host two public open houses on Loop 1604 Environmental Assessment

The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (Alamo RMA) in partnership with the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) will hold two Open Houses to present proposed improvements to Loop 1604 between Bandera Road (SH 16) and eastward to I-35. The proposed improvements are being evaluated through an Environmental Assessment (EA).

MPO Offering Street Skills Class

New to city cycling? Returning to bicycling from a long hiatus? Just want to be more in tune with bike progress in the Alamo Area or become more confident riding on streets?

The MPO’s new Street Skills class is a free, 45-minute program for adults and mature teens who want to understand where they fit on the street. It will cover important street riding information in a quick, off-bike session.

Bicycled Mobility Advisory Committee is looking for new members

The Alamo Area MPO's Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee (BMAC) is looking to fill three vacancies that currently exist.

The three vacancies are for a representative of Citizens at large, a representative from a Professional Organization, and a representative from a Bicycling Organization. 

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!