How San Antonio is implementing Complete Streets and Vision Zero to reduce deaths, improve mobility citywide

A citywide push to redesign streets for safety and access

San Antonio is expanding a multi-pronged strategy to reduce severe crashes and make streets easier to use for people walking, biking, taking transit, using wheelchairs and driving. The effort is anchored by an updated Complete Streets Policy adopted in September 2024, along with an updated Vision Zero Action Plan approved in the same budget cycle.

Complete Streets policies set standards for how public streets should be planned, designed and maintained so that transportation decisions consider all users, not only motorists. City transportation officials have described the current work as moving from policy to implementation, including the development of tools intended to guide how projects are planned and built across departments and in coordination with developers.

National recognition and an implementation phase

In June 2025, San Antonio’s Complete Streets Policy was ranked No. 1 nationally in an evaluation of policies adopted in 2023 and 2024. City officials said the recognition reflected the policy’s emphasis on safer streets for vulnerable road users and a clearer framework for how projects should be delivered.

Following that recognition, the city hosted a two-day Complete Streets workshop in late September 2025 that included a public meeting and professional sessions such as walk and bike audits. The stated goal was to share best practices and gather input as the city develops an implementation toolkit and a design guide.

Bike Network Plan maps 1,700+ miles of recommended projects

In January 2025, City Council adopted the 2025 San Antonio Bike Network Plan, a long-range blueprint recommending more than 1,700 miles of new or upgraded bicycle infrastructure. The plan evaluates conditions across the city and ranks projects by factors including feasibility and expected benefit, while recognizing that existing bike lanes and trails are not always connected into a continuous network.

• Adopted by City Council on January 30, 2025
• Recommends more than 1,700 miles of new or upgraded bike infrastructure
• Organizes corridors into network types intended to improve connectivity

Data, funding and targeted safety campaigns

San Antonio has also paired planning with targeted safety measures. In September 2024, the city announced $7 million in grant awards supporting street improvements and projects aligned with Vision Zero’s goal of ending traffic deaths. In November 2025, the city launched “Keep Crossings SAfe,” focusing education and outreach on three corridors identified on the High-Injury Network: Zarzamora Street, Fredericksburg Road and W.W. White Road.

The campaign uses corridor-level focus to address the locations where severe and fatal crashes are concentrated, alongside broader street design and policy changes.

In December 2025, the city also rolled out an interactive High-Injury Network dashboard designed to show where severe and fatal crashes occur, a move intended to improve public visibility into risk areas and support targeted interventions.

Governance and what happens next

To provide ongoing public input on implementation, City Council created a Multimodal Transportation Commission in May 2025. The advisory body is intended to help guide how policies affecting pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders and drivers are carried out.

City materials indicate the Complete Streets Design Guide is expected to be released in late 2025 or early 2026, positioning 2026 as a key period for translating policy commitments into project standards, corridor upgrades and measurable safety outcomes.