Vision San Marcos Comprehensive Plan

medium, or difficult.

several communities, from San Antonio

BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES

Sidewalks are an essential piece

to Georgetown, along the ever growing

Bicycle and pedestrian facilities are

to the transportation puzzle as they

I-35 corridor. The planned passenger rail

significant mechanisms in building a

accommodate and encourage pedestrian

service (LSTAR) will be designed to be

sustainable transportation system. From

mobility. Sidewalks are equally as

time-competitive and cost-competitive with

2008 to 2010, 5.3 percent of San

important to the transportation system

automobile travel, while offering a higher

Marcos’ workforce either walked or used

as roadways and are complementary to

on time performance and reliability.

a bicycle as means to travel to work or

public transit.

Individual benefit from LSTAR will come in

school.

The city’s existing sidewalk inventory is

the form of a congestion-proof alternative

The 2012 San Marcos Bicycle Map

shown on the Bike/Ped map by condition

to driving on the region’s congested

illustrates the City’s existing and proposed

(good, fair, poor). The current sidewalk

roadways. In year 2035, benefits of the

non-motorized transportation facilities.

network has missing links in critical areas

passenger rail include:

The bicycle routes depicted are the result

of the city as well as poorly maintained

• 726,000-1,288,000 annual passenger

of a suitability assessment based on the

sections. Development Services

hours saved

following five factors: (1) traffic density;

Department

• $719 million in estimated fuel savings

(2) on-road bicycle facilities; (3) change

staff is developing criteria to guide future

annually

in elevation; (4) road conditions; and, (5)

sidewalk projects in essential locations to

• 3.2 to 5.8 million annual boardings

citizen feedback. Each bicycle facility

improve pedestrian mobility around the

presented was rated on these factors and

city.

assigned an accessibility rating of easy,