Events & Meetings
- Síclovía
is a free event that turns major city streets into a safe
place for people to exercise and play. The streets become
temporarily car-free for about 6 hours on Sundays for
families to run, ride bikes, take exercise classes and enjoy
their city streets.
Stay posted for information on the next Siclovia slated for
October 2012. San Antonio's first two Siclovias were a big
success and the event is growing. For more information,
check out
Siclovia's main site
and see what its all about.
- The San Antonio Bexar County Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee (BMAC) and Pedestrian Mobility Advisory Committees (PMAC) each meet monthly at the San Antonio-Bexar County
Metropolitan Planning Organization
and the public is always welcome to attend.
Past Events
- San Antonio's 2nd Síclovia
was bigger and better than the first! It was a beautiful sunny day and more
than 40,000 people came to enjoy the sun and streets on their own human
power. People biked, skated, ran, walked, and wheeled throughout the
two-mile stretch of Broadway on a Sunday afternoon.
Siclovia is a free event that turns major city streets into a safe place for
people to exercise and play. The streets become temporarily car-free for
about 6 hours on Sundays for families to run, ride bikes, take exercise
classes and enjoy their city streets.
Stay posted for information on the next Siclovia slated for
October 2012. For more information, check out
Siclovia's main site
and see what its all about.
- San Antonio to host the Texas Trails and Active
Transportation Conference. Active Transportation is
actively growing and includes hiking trails, bike
lanes, urban pedestrian corridors, paddling trails,
government initiatives in rural, suburban and city areas. It
encompasses recreation, work, school related and wellness
focused activity for participants from all walks of life.
San Antonio is the perfect place in February to witness and
experience this burgeoning interest in Trails and Active
Transportaion.
For more information and registration visit the
Texas Trails
website.
- San Antonio's 1st Síclovía
was a big success. The city estimates over 15,000 attended
the free event aimed to get people outside and moving doing any of a variety
of activities. Be sure to come out again or experience it for the 1st time
at future Síclovía's
starting in spring of 2012!
- Bike Share Launch Event:
Saturday. March 26th, volunteers rolled in to help roll out San
Antonio's new bike share program,
San Antonio B-Cycle. The bikes to be used in the system, housed
at the central hub, were dispersed to their home stations. The large group
of volunteers actually rode each bike out to their respective locations.
- B Cycle Demo, Membership Drive, and Bicycle
Friendly Community Award Ceremony:
On October 29-30, the City of San Antonio unveiled
plans for a new bike share program and received the Bicycle Friendly Community award
from the League of American Bicyclists.
- Bicycle Friendly Community Workshop: On November 2, 2009, Mayor Julian Castro, members of the City Council and staff, and community and corporate leaders took part in a workshop hosted by the Office of Environmental Policy to discuss how to make San Antonio a "Bicycle Friendly Community."
The workshop was led by Bill Nesper, Director of The League of American Bicyclists
"Bicycle Friendly America Program." During the workshop, attendees discussed the conditions of bicycling within the community. They assessed the issues affecting bicycle safety and use, learned about the successes of other communities as well as initiatives being pursued in San Antonio, and brainstormed about obstacles and opportunities.
After the meeting, attendees, including Mayor Castro, took part in an afternoon bike ride from Main Plaza to the Mission Trail. Local experienced "ride leaders" were recruited to help out.
