{"id":811344,"date":"2026-05-21T03:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/811344\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T03:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:39:16","slug":"san-antonio-cyclists-ride-in-silence-to-honor-fallen-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/811344\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio cyclists ride in silence to honor fallen riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 10-mile ride was to remember cyclists who have died or been injured on public roadways<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Cyclists rode through downtown Wednesday night without saying a word. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This is called the <a href=\"https:\/\/activatesa.org\/RideofSilence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/activatesa.org\/RideofSilence\/\">Ride of Silence<\/a>. It\u2019s an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rideofsilence.org\/main.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.rideofsilence.org\/main.php\">annual event<\/a> that happens internationally to remember cyclists who have died or been injured on public roadways. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In San Antonio, SATX Social Ride and ActivateSA put on the ride. Joey Pawlik, the executive director of ActivateSA, said this is an opportunity to push for public safety. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s important here locally that we address the safety concerns we have, and the fatalities and serious injuries that have happened on our roadways to cyclists,\u201d Pawlik said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This year, cyclists rode 10 miles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Between 2021 and 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/activatesa.org\/RideofSilence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/activatesa.org\/RideofSilence\/\">ActivateSA<\/a> said 35 cyclists were killed in the city, and 117 others were seriously injured. So far in 2026, ActivateSA said one cyclist has died. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Authors<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 jbJvfh cLUOeE author-container\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\">Avery Everett headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/AEMVCO09754BVMAREPOITBNAEK\/\" title=\"View Avery Everett&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Everett<\/a>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Avery Everett is a news reporter and multimedia journalist at KSAT 12 News. <\/p>\n<p>Avery is a Philadelphia native. If she\u2019s not at the station, she\u2019s either on a hiking or biking trail. A lover of charcuterie boards and chocolate chip cookies, Avery\u2019s also looking forward to eating her way through San Antonio, one taco shop at a time!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\">Matthew Craig headshot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 10-mile ride was to remember cyclists who have died or been injured on public roadways SAN ANTONIO&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":811345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,119199,4903,3778,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-811344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-america","tag-bicycles","tag-crash","tag-cycling","tag-san-antonio","tag-sanantonio","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116610489969164220","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}