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News

• On the Path to Bicycle Safety New section of the greenway trail system is open for use. Opening of the Leon Creek Greenway segment is another step toward San Antonio's 'Emerald Necklace'. This section joins two segements and allows 13 unbroken miles of trails with 9 trailheads to access it.
  
• Pedaling forerunners have already done the dangerous work of preparing SA streets for two-wheelers: An informative piece describing the growth of cycling in the San Antonio area and some of the landmarks that have lead us to the progress made so far.
  
• San Antonio Bike Share System selected for International Downtown Association Merit Award! During its upcoming annual conference, the International Downtown Association will recognize the City of San Antonio Office of Environmental Policy with a Downtown Merit Award for its work and initiatives related to San Antonio Bike Share System.
  
  
• City says new bike-sharing program a big success! San Antonio's bike-share program is the only one of its kind in Texas. So far the city says its a big hit. The city released the program's first quarter numbers Wednesday, and it looks like people are losing weight and saving money.
  
  
• Bicycle Master Plan Draft Available for Public Review! Check it out on our Master Plan page and then tell us what do you think about it before it becomes finalized.
  
  
• Austin Eyes San Antonio's Bike Share Program. Video and article regarding the bike share program. San Antonio has successfully launched its bike share program and is getting noticed. Austin is considering implementing a similar system.
  
  
• Find Your Balance: March Edition. This Episode highlights the Bike Share program and bike safety. It also focuses on the importance of nutrition in your overall health and wellness picture and an interview with Michelle Obama who sparked many of these and related programs. Find Your Balance is a program created by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health Organization.
  
  
• San Antonio Launches Bike Share System! San Antonio's B-cycle bike share program aimed to provide inexpensive access to bikes to move around the downtown area is now up and running.
  
      -Read about the launch.
      -What is a Bike share and how does it work?
  
  
• Texas Public Radio Interview. "Dan Skinner talks with Julia Diana, a senior management analyst for Sustainable Transportation in the Office of Environmental Policy, about San Antonio's Bicycle Master Plan. Diana discusses the research conducted into bicycle usage, plans to increase the number of bike lanes in the city and raising awareness about safety. She also discusses the new downtown Bicycle Ride Share Program and eventual plans to connect the Linear Park System trails"
  TPR's Living Green Podcast
  
  
• City's bicycle share program will be a Texas first. San Antonio's new B-Cycle bike share system rolling out early 2011 will be the first of its kind in Texas. Similar programs in other states have exceeded expectations.
      -For more information on B-Cycle visit San Antonio B-Cycle
  
  
• Alamo City named Bike-Friendly City. San Antonio received a Bronze rating from the League of American Bicyclists for numerous efforts to become more bike friendly.
  
  
  
  
• Cycling on the up in San Antonio, Texas. Article highlighting San Antonio's efforts to become bike friendly.
  
  
• TxDOT awarded funds to San Antonio to expand the "Get Cyched" bicycle safety campaign.
  
  
• OEP's Julia Diana was featured on SA Living segment discussing current and future plans for cycling facilities and cycling safely. You can view the segment, Becoming Bike Friendly: Rules of the Road, online at WOAI.
  
  
• San Antonio will soon be home to a new bike share system which will link popular amenities in the downtown core. The bike share system will be supplied by B-Cycle. Read more about what's coming here:
  • Wheel deal: S.A. Council considers bike share program
  • Stimulating new projects to get San Antonio off the crude
  • San Antonio works to establish itself as a 'bike-friendly' city
    
    
• Look for new bicycle racks that have been installed around the downtown area. Read more about it here:
  • Bicycling proposals gear up
    
  
  
• San Antonio Bikes named the 2010 Downtown Alliance "Best Public Program Work in Progress". The Alliance noted the program "is intended to enhance San Antonio’s livability by promoting active lifestyles and bicycling as a viable form of clean, alternative transportation for both residents and visitors. Downtown has been identified as a critical focal point for the mission to increase the level of daily use of bicycle ridership and to improve cycling safety."
  
  
• OEP's Julia Diana and the San Antonio Wheelmen were featured on Texas Public Radio's The Source to discuss "Cycling in the Alamo City". You can download the entire broadcast or access it from the show's site.