aat - Alamo Alternative Transportation

For the longest time, my life has gotten in the way. I was either spending time with my family or hauling toilet paper to those who needed it. But ever since I heard about the Traffic Apocalypse at the Elton John concert , the solution immediately came right up to my mind. I've finally found the time to write on how to solve this problem. Now will it get implemented? Well, that's up to the city of San Antonio. What Won't Work:      Before I get into the solutions, people will need to understand why building a new arena at the edge of town isn't a solution nor widening the freeway. For one, widening the current freeway (I-37) next to the Alamodome will only cause more congestion whether there's an event happening or not. Now the other solution that I've heard is putting a New Alamodome out on the edge of town. I'm assuming that it would probably be where the Missions baseball team currently plays at which is out by Lackland AFB. But even then, you're ...

About yesterday (Sept 12, 20216), I decided to respond to a tweet from D2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez.  Even though it's on Twitter and it's a very long Twitter thread, I feel that others need to read it.  Instead of sharing the entire twitter thread, I've decided to turn it into a blog post.  On Sept 10, 2021, Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez tweeted the following :  Tweet 1 My response to this tweet is a very lengthy one .  But lets get started.  Tweet 2 Tweet 3 I've seen better bus stop shelters in "other cities." So far the bus shelters that I've seen do the job right is the standard model that is used by Trinity Metro and DART in the DFW area.  Tweet 4 Tweet 6 The Pictures are of the bus stops on 3rd st between Houston and Ave E and the other is on Houston St between I-10 and E Commerce.  Although they don't do a good job at showing a bus stop located on a narrow sidewalk, they do shows VIA attempt to put seats down.  Tw...

I know that this is going to make some of my readers mad, but it must be done. I understand that most of the Cycling community is against this but all of you should be for ATD Proposition A when you go vote for a President and here's why.... Can't use the trails after dark : I hear constantly from my fellow cyclist that the trail system should be a part of an overall network for bicycle transportation. That's sounds great until you eventually learn that it's illegal to use the Linear Creekways after dark, Sec. 22-28. Public parks hours of operation and curfew. I have heard of several instances of people trying to use the Leon Creek after dark only only to be kicked off the trail and ticketed. I have been lucky enough to only to be kicked off the Salado Creek Greenway once by Park Police and told not to go through Los Patios which I promptly stopped. I would prefer to have overnight bus service over being ticket for using the safe way after dark. Also, these trails are l...

This event took place back in Aug 15, 2020 Image 2020-9-1 For as long as I can remember, VIA alway sucked.  I've been riding since 1990 and during the hot summers, you are forced to wait out in the sun at a +100°F bus stop.  That was until Saturday, August15, 2020 when me an my girlfriend got off at McCreless to transfer buses.  At the bust stop was a "Shelter Bus" (Image 2020-9-1) with the AC struggling to keep the inside of the bus nice and frosty. With the hot Texas sun frying the surrounding concrete, we rushed aboard the shelter bus, and of course, we wore our masks.  I meant to take more pictures, but my connecting bus arrived soon after and we rushed off. Two things that VIA should consider in the future when setting up these buses.  One, if you are going to keep the front door open, leave the ADA ramp out as well. Two, have the bus driver who is minding the Shelter Bus be prepared to run over to allow people who are slow to be able to catch their conecti...