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MPO
Kicks Off Walk&Roll
MPO Chair and City Councilwoman
Sheila McNeil hosted a well-attended Walk&Roll Kickoff Press Conference
at the VIA In addition to announcing
the 2008 Walk&Roll Corporate Challenge in June and the Personal Challenge
in September, they also invited everyone to attend two upcoming events. The first is our 12th
annual Walk&Roll to Work Rally
from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Friday, May 2nd at the newly renovated For family-style fun, our
second event is the Walk&Roll Fest
from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 10th at the Botanical
Gardens (555 Funston). We are having 5 k and 10 k walks as well as longer
(Mission Trails) and shorter ( For more information,
please visit www.walkandrollSA.com
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GIS Intern Departs MPO
·
“…To the rest of the MPO staff, your maps were
wonderful and the level (quantity and quality) of work you did was
visible to all in attendance last night.” Michelle Perales President,
PACE ·
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
on Aerial Photography ·
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Map
Analysis ·
Collected Off Road Bike Trail
information using GPS ·
Walk&Roll 2008 Maps The
MPO staff will miss her and wishes her all the best in her future endeavors.
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MPO Policy Board Meets May 19th
Normally the
MPO Transportation Policy Board meets on the fourth Monday of the month. Due
to the Memorial Day holiday, however, the next Board meeting will be Monday, May
19th at 1:30 p.m. in the VIA Metro Center at 1021 San Pedro. Please mark your calendars and we hope to
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Walk,
Roll and Reap the Benefits
“
Last year a single event was responsible for reducing
more than 560,000 miles driven on local roadways, preventing the release of approximately one ton of
ozone-forming emissions, and providing a significantly greater decrease in
greenhouse gas emissions - the 2007 Walk & Roll Corporate Challenge,”
Arriaga said. With higher gas
prices and an ever-increasing interest in global warming and other
environmental issues, the 2008 Corporate Challenge promises to reap even
greater benefits for the region. The Walk &
Roll Corporate Challenge, a month-long event conducted each June, encourages
friendly competition among government agencies, businesses, schools, and
industries to determine which organizations have the most employees willing
to use alternative forms of commuting to and from work. Employees
participate in the Walk & Roll Corporate Challenge by logging their
“smart miles” on the Walk & Roll web site at www.walkandrollchallenge.com.
Smart miles include walking, riding a
bike, riding the bus, or carpooling to and from work. The participating organizations are grouped
by size and winners are those entities with the highest ratios of smart miles
to total number of employees in each size category. The Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG), the City of San
Antonio, and the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization
conduct the Walk & Roll Corporate Challenge and the public counterpart of
the event – the Walk & Roll Personal Challenge – each year to increase
awareness of measures that reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality,
and reduce dependence on non-renewable forms of energy. Added benefits for participants include
lower gasoline bills and healthier lifestyles. All government
agencies, companies, schools, and non-profit organizations in the 12-county
AACOG region are eligible to participate in the Walk & Roll Corporate
Challenge. For more information about this topic please contact Brenda
Williams of AACOG at (210) 362-5246 or bwilliams@aacog.com.
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The
Regional Transportation Challenge
The MPO’s transportation planning process brings our
community over $200 million annually in federal and state funding to improve
roadways, transit, rideshare, bikeways, and sidewalks. Ask for the
Regional Transportation Challenge presentation to learn how improved access
and mobility can make your community a better place to live, work, breathe
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San Antonio –
Bexar County MPO – 825 S. St. Mary’s, San Antonio Texas, 78205
Telephone
210-227-8651 – Fax 210-227-9321 – www.sametroplan.org
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