[KevinFromTexas]

Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

350 miles of new bike lanes coming to San Antonio streets.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/about_us...day_focus.html

Here's an expanded article on this. It includes a map. The bike lanes look to be planned for every area of the city.

I must say, Julian Castro is an encouraging civic leader.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc...wFullArticle=y

Bike lanes now in fast lane for S.A.
By Colin McDonald - Express-News
Web Posted: 05/25/2010 6:43 CDT

For years, San Antonio has built streets and approved developments with little to no accommodation for anything but motor vehicles. Now with obesity rates off the charts, the region on the verge of violating federal air standards and a new mayor who sees bicycles as part of being a competitive and attractive city, bike lanes are gaining ground.

It’s a move Portland, Ore.; Seattle; Minneapolis; and New York made decades ago.

Although difficult and slow, the transformation has started: A federal grant will promote bicycling and department heads have issued new marching orders.

“It seems the bureaucratic molasses has given way to fuel,” Mayor Julián Castro said recently.

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