Tag: Transportation

  • 2024 Is Still As Dangerous as Ever in San Antonio for Pedestrians & Cyclists

    Navigating San Antonio without a car remains a significant challenge. City streets are not particularly safe for cyclists or pedestrians, and the lack of a connected sidewalk and bike network hinders those who wish to engage in active transportation. However, recent statistics provide a glimmer of hope for those who prefer walking and biking. In…

  • So Far, 2024 Has Been Worse for Pedestrians & Cyclists in San Antonio

    On February 14, 2024, William Mize was struck and killed by a driver as he was exiting the Acequia Creek trail on his bicycle. He was 65 years old. His was the first bicyclist death of 2024. The details of the crash are sparse, but it highlights the dangers of entering and exiting the great…

  • 2023 San Antonio Pedestrian/Cyclist Safety Review

    2023 has come to an end and I’d like to extend everyone best wishes for the coming year! I hope your 2024 is full of happiness, fulfillment and safety for yourself and your loved ones if you decide to walk or bike here in San Antonio. The conclusion of 2023 also means that it’s been…

  • October was 2023’s Second Deadliest Month for Pedestrians in San Antonio

    My crash map for San Antonio is now updated with TxDOT’s latest October 2023 data and it was not a good month for pedestrians and bicyclists. 44 people (pedestrians and cyclists) were involved in some sort of vehicular incident in October. Unfortunately, 4 pedestrians and 1 bicyclists were killed last month and another 6 pedestrians…

  • Summer-time Injuries for Pedestrians & Cyclists Lower Than Pre-Pandemic Levels

    It may not exactly feel like it in San Antonio, but summer is over. At least it should be. Cooler temperatures have finally arrived with some consistency, which means I now have to put on a light hoodie for my early morning walk with my dogs. Cooler weather has got me thinking more about summer…

  • VIA Leaves a Lot to be Desired

    In my last post, I looked at overall ridership trends for VIA Metropolitan Transit and how they’ve changed over the last two decades. VIA ridership took major hits during the Great Recession of 2008-09 and the COVID-19 pandemic, and ridership hasn’t recovered despite an increasing population. I detailed some of the factors that could be…

  • Bus Ridership in San Antonio

    I grew up consistently using public transportation, but as I’ve gotten older and lived in less transit-rich parts of the country, I’ve found myself resistant to hopping on the bus in San Antonio to get somewhere I want to go. Some of this resistance is that taking the bus to a destination like the office…

  • July 2023 Pedestrian & Cyclists Crashes in San Antonio

    My San Antonio pedestrian/cyclist dashboard is now updated with July’s crash data, so now is a good time to take a look at how pedestrians and cyclists fared on San Antonio streets last month. 16 bicyclists were involved in crashes during July, with 1 serious injury, 11 minor injuries, and 4 suffering a possible injury.…

  • Some Contributing Factors of Bicyclist & Pedestrian Injuries in 2022

    I’m waiting for July to end so I can do my monthly data pull from Texas’ CRIS site and I’ve been thinking a lot about a recent report from the Governors Highway Safety Association that stated that the number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has reached a 40-year high. In 2022, 7,508 people out for…

  • San Antonio’s Bike & Pedestrian Crash Data Through a City Council Perspective

    San Antonio is a car-centric and sprawling city, encircled by two major freeways – Loop 410 and Loop 1604. If you count the convergence of several other freeways in the downtown area, there’s actually three highway loops wrapped around the city. According to walkscore.com, San Antonio has a 37 walk rating, a 31 public transit…