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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

▪ Resolve to get back on a bike?
▪ 2020 Texas Transportation Forum coming to San Antonio
▪ Alamo Commutes wants to send you to the movies
▪ Are you the parent of a teen driver?
▪ AAMPO to hold Transportation Conformity public meeting
▪ Make plans for the Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference
▪ May 15, 2020: Save the Date for Bike To Work Day
▪ Plan your commute with AAMPO
▪ Upcoming AAMPO committee meetings

Resolve to get back on a bike?

Register for the Alamo Area MPO's next Street Skills class on Thursday, January 30

Street Skills is a free, hour-long class for adults and mature teens who want to improve their confidence and safety when bicycling. Class participants will receive a FREE bike helmet and bike light set! Joey Pawlik, the MPO's Active Transportation Planner, will cover important street riding information in a quick, off-bike/scooter presentation. Register for the next Street Skills class on Thursday, January 30 at 6:15 p.m.

2020 Texas Transportation Forum coming to San Antonio

The annual Texas Transportation Forum brings together transportation leaders and advocates, industry innovators, local, state and national policy makers to discuss the "State of Transportation" and how to take "beyond the box" ideas and turn them into reality. San Antonio will host the forum on February 9-11, 2020.

Find the agenda and registration here.

Alamo Commutes users can win free movie tickets

Keep logging your smart trips with Alamo Commutes and qualify for our next monthly drawing starting Wednesday, January 29, 2020. You could win free movie tickets! Log your trips taken by foot, bike, transit, carpool. You can even log trips saved by telecommuting or bringing your lunch to work.

Learn more at www.alamocommutes.org/rewards.

Enter Alamo Commutes' monthly drawing this February to win free movie tickets

Are you the parent of a teen driver?

NHTSA’s Teen Driving site contains information on how to lay down the ground rules with your aspiring driver

Parents – Don’t let driving safety be a one-time conversation with your teen. Crashes are still the leading cause of teen deaths. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) offers information about molding your teen into a safe and capable driver.

Go to the NHTSA’s Teen Driving site

AAMPO to hold Transportation Conformity public meeting

Transportation conformity estimates the effect of transportation projects on the region’s future air quality. It addresses air pollution from cars, trucks and other motor vehicles - what we call "on-road mobile sources".

AAMPO is seeking public comment beginning February 14, 2020 through March 15, 2020 on our 2020 Transportation Conformity Document for Bexar County. The proposed documents will be available for public review at alamoareampo.org/airquality/conformity.

If you have any questions, contact Allison Blazosky at (210) 227-8651 or blazosky@alamoareampo.org.

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AAMPO will hold a public meeting on Thursday, February 27, 2020 to cover transportation conformity of the region's short- and long-range plans

Make plans for the Texas Trails and Active Transportation Conference

The biennial Texas Trails and Active Transportation (TTAT) Conference brings together those involved with bicycle, pedestrian, and other active transportation and recreation modes from around Texas and the world...and this year's conference is back in San Antonio March 25-27, 2020! Topics focus on issues of economic development, health, safety, and other issues relevant to advancing active transportation and trails.

Find the agenda and registration here. Early Bird registration has been extended through Friday, January 31st.

May 15, 2020: Mark your calendar for Bike to Work Day

Save the date for Bike to Work Day: May 15, 2020

National Bike Month includes an ever-expanding diversity of events in communities nationwide - but the biggest day of the month is Bike to Work Day (BTWD). AAMPO is spearheading BTWD around the region on May 15, 2020! It's a celebration of bicycles as a fun and healthy way to get to work, as well as an opportunity for those who don’t usually bike commute to try it out. With increased interest around the world in healthy, sustainable and economic transportation options, the question should really be “Why not bike to work?”

Want to lend a hand? BTWD planning is underway! Reach out to Joey Pawlik about getting involved at (210) 230-6931 or pawlik@alamoareampo.org. Stay tuned for all the updates on our social media channels!

AAMPO can help plan your commute

Call (210) CAR-POOL / 227-7665 for commute consultation in English or Spanish

Upcoming AAMPO committee meetings

The Alamo Area MPO has four regular meetings that occur each month.

All our meetings are open to the public and all agendas for our meetings are posted on our website, www.alamoareampo.org

The next Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee will be held on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at 9:00 AM at the MPO Office located at 825 South St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205.

The next Pedestrian Mobility Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at 3:30 PM at the MPO Office located at 825 South St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205.

The Technical Advisory Committee will not meet in February. The next meeting will be held on Friday, March 6, 2020, at 1:30 PM at the TxDOT District Office in the Building 2 Hearing Room, 4615 NW Loop 410, San Antonio, Texas 78229.

The Transportation Policy Board will not meet in February . The next meeting will be held on Monday, March 23, 2020, at 1:30 PM at VIA Metro Center, 1021 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78212.

As a reminder, you can watch meetings of the Transportation Policy Board live online at alamoareampo.org/mpolive. Meetings are also indexed the following day and available for you to view 24 hours a day 7 days a week after the meeting concludes.