2009 Sponsors:
Abel’s Bicycle Repair & Rental
Alamo Area Council of Governments
Baptist Health System
Bexar County
Bicycle Heaven
Big Red Bottling Company
Bike World
Blue Star Brewery
C. A. James Bicycle Shop
City of San Antonio
CPS Energy
Cycle Logic Bike Shop
Drop Zone Cycling
Image Solutions Texas
KGS Bikes
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Samson
Pearl Brewery
Ped-Ads
Raba-Kistner Infrastructure, Inc.
Ride Away Bikes
RJ Rivera Associates, Inc.
Roger Soler’s Sports
Run Gear Run
San Antonio-Bexar County MPO
San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio River Authority
San Antonio Water System
San Antonio Wheelmen
San Antonio Zoo –Tiny Tots Nature Spot
SAS Shoemakers
Steps to a Healthier SA
South Texas Off-Road Mountain Bikers
Sun Harvest
Texas Wanderers
Valero Energy Foundation
VIA Metropolitan Transit
Whole Foods Market
Wilbur Smith Associates
Witte Museum
MPO Links:
Metropolitan Planning Organization
Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee
Pedestrian
Mobility Advisory Committee
South Texas Off-Road Mountain Bikers
Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club
International Police Mountain Biking Association
Texas Bicycle Racing Association
USA Cycling
Selma Pathfinders Volksporting Club
Other Links:
City
of San Antonio Hike & Bike FAQs
AACOG Links:
Bicycle Links:
Pedestrian Links:
Walking and bicycling are clean, healthy and fun ways to travel and exercise. That’s why the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and our transportation partners are celebrating 13 years of walking and bicycling with two exciting events "Walk & Roll" events in May 2009.
The MPO encourages the use of healthy transportation such as bicycling, walking, car/vanpooling, and busing. Show your support of safe and healthy cycling in the San Antonio region by supporting the Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee and the Pedestrian Mobility Advisory Committee by participating in the Walk & Roll events.
Other healthy activities are included on this Walk & Roll website for your information. To submit your organization's event for inclusion on our website, please click here. For more information email or call Lydia Kelly at kelly@sametroplan.org, or (210) 230-6911.
Upcoming Events
To promote a better quality of life in the San Antonio region, the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) and the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) challenge area businesses, public agencies, institutions, and other organizations to practice "smart miles." Smart miles are efficient and healthy modes of transportation that reduce our trips to the gas pump, save us money, improve our air quality, and provide health benefits. These include such options as carpooling or vanpooling, riding the bus, riding a bicycle, or walking to work; telecommuting to meetings or work; and walking to lunch or eating in.
Starting June 1, AACOG and the MPO will conduct the 4th Annual Walk & Roll Corporate Challenge to reward local organizations whose employees log the most "smart miles" between June 1 and June 30. Both larger and smaller organizations with the best collective records will be recognized for their successes and awarded prizes. The six competition categories are: Walking | Cycling | Busing | Carpooling/Vanpooling |
Telecommuting (record the mileage you would have traveled if you had physically gone to the meeting) | Walking to lunch/eating in (for this, you receive two credit miles)
Regional Urban Forest Conference
The Alamo Forest Partnership is reaching out to the City of San Antonio and surrounding communities and asking you to join us for the first annual Regional Urban Forest Conference. The conference will be held on Friday, July 10, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 1901 S. Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.
Trees play a critical role in providing sustainable and livable communities and their impact does not stop at city limits or county lines. By coming together to discuss the issues, we can combine resources and expertise to improve the communities we live in.
Topics to be discussed:
Tree Inventories
Working with Growers to Increase Tree Species’ Diversity
Trees and the San Antonio River Improvement Project
Trees and Energy
Round Table Discussion on Tree Issues Important to Your Community, Business and or Organization
The conference is free of charge thanks to CPS Energy, but registration is required and limited. Click here to register by July 7, 2009. For more information call (210) 207-8053 or e-mail Debbie.Reid@sanantonio.gov.
Seeking Volunteers
San Antonio Sports is currently recruiting volunteers for our upcoming event, the TAAF Games of Texas, July 23-26. More than 7,500 boys and girls from 125 communities across Texas will compete in 20 sports held at 18 venues across the city of San Antonio. The sports range from badminton, golf, and tennis to soccer, track and field and swimming. There’s a sport for everyone!
Your organization is invited to help make the TAAF Games of Texas a success by volunteering. Without the support of over 1300 volunteers, this event would not be possible, so please register and volunteer your time to give these young rising athletic stars a chance to shine!
San Antonio Sports offers several ways to register to volunteer:
1) online: https://2009taaf.theregistrationsystem.com
2) by phone: 210.820.2191 to reach David Blank, volunteer coordinator
3) on site: schedule a presentation by our volunteer staff and we’ll register your volunteers at your location.
Bike MS: Valero 2009 Alamo Ride to the River
October 3-4, 2009, 7:30 a.m. start both days
10/3/09 - Start - Alamodome; Overnight and Day 2 Start Schlitterbahn
Event Cost: Registration plus $300 FundraisingRise funds and awareness to create a world free of MS! Visit www.bikemstexas.org for more information or contact Cindy Rodriguez at (210) 494-5531 (Option 2) or e-mail sa-bike@nmsslonestar.org.
Sponsors: Valero, H-E-B, Toyota, Clear Channel Communications, Pappasito's Cantina, Pure Protein, San Antonio Express-News, MySA.com, Arby's, Starbucks, Enterprise, Hooters.
Ongoing Events in the AACOG Region
Haven't been on a bicycle for a while?
The following shops have rentals to "Get You On the Road Again":
Abel's Bicycle Repair & Rental, 1119 Ada St., San Antonio, TX
78223-1429. (210) 533-9927.
For more information about
San Antonio - Bexar County MPO
Britton's
Bicycle Shop, 16636 US Hwy 281 North, San Antonio, TX 78232.
(210) 656-1655.
Charles A. James Bicycle Co., 329 N Main Ave., San Antonio, TX 78205.
(210) 226-7812.
Walk & Roll 2008 Event
Pictures!
Walk & Roll contact:
Lydia Kelly, Bicycle / Pedestrian
Coordinator
Phone: (210) 230-6911
Fax: (210) 227-9321
E-Mail:
kelly@sametroplan.org