Texas Innovation Alliance
ABOUT
NETWORKING 
OPPORTUNITIES
  • Data sharing and open data
  • First-/last-mile solutions
  • Automated vehicles
TOP CHALLENGES

Team San Antonio envisions a place of connected, inclusive, and safe mobility and is developing innovative solutions to address the following challenges:

  • Rapid Population Growth–San Antonio was named the fastest growing city in the country in 2017 and is projected to grow by an additional 1 million people by the year 2040, almost doubling in population, adding over 150 vehicles daily to the region.
  • Barriers to Alternatives Transportation Choices–Prevalence of highways and single-family neighborhoods create an auto-centric city form and a discontinuous road network limiting multimodal access and isolating residents from alternative transportation choices.Such urban designs disproportionately   impact marginalized   groups such   as   low-income,   minority, and/or disabled populations, highlighting opportunities to promote equity in transportation.
  • Air Quality Nonattainment–In July 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency designated San Antonio as a “nonattainment” area under federally mandated air quality standards. Specifically, Bexar County fell just short of the ozone standard that is part of the health-based National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).  The designation comes despite  substantive progress San Antonio and the surrounding communities have made over the last several years to reduce air emissions.
POINT OF CONTACT
PLANNED AND ONGOING INITIATIVES
Smart City Program (SmartSA)
VIA Metropolitan Transit Mobility on Demand Pilot Project
American Cities Climate Challenge
TEAM MEMBERS
TEAM LEADS
Brian Dillard
City of San Antonio
Art Reinhardt
Interim Deputy Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements
City of San Antonio
Marc Jacobson, PE, PTOE
TSMO Program Manager, Transportation & Capital Improvements
City of San Antonio
Steve Young
Vice President of Information Technology
VIA Metropolitan Transit
Jeanne Geiger
Deputy Director
Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization(AAMPO)
Samer Dessouky, PhD, PE
Professor, Department of Civiland Environmental Engineering
University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
Michael Brown, PMP
Institute Engineer
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
MEMBERS
Brian Dillard
City of San Antonio
Art Reinhardt
Interim Deputy Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements
City of San Antonio
Marc Jacobson, PE, PTOE
TSMO Program Manager, Transportation & Capital Improvements
City of San Antonio
Steve Young
Vice President of Information Technology
VIA Metropolitan Transit
Jeanne Geiger
Deputy Director
Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization(AAMPO)
geiger@alamoareampo.org
Samer Dessouky, PhD, PE
Professor, Department of Civiland Environmental Engineering
University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
samer.dessouky@utsa.edu
Michael Brown, PMP
Institute Engineer
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
michael.brown@swri.org