VIA Metropolitan Transit

VIA Says Thanks By Offering Active-Duty Military Half-Price Fares

By Tricia Schwennesen • Feb 9, 2016
VIA Metropolitan

VIA Metropolitan Transit launched a new campaign today that offers active-duty military half-price fares.

The campaign, called “Active Duty, Act of Thanks,” is a new fare program for active-duty military offering half-price rates on regular bus service, Express Route service and several pass programs including the $7-day pass and a monthly pass.

VIA Adds Free Wi-Fi To All Buses And Transit Centers

By • Sep 1, 2015
Joey Palacios / Texas Public Radio

VIA Metropolitan Transit will be the first large transit authority to install free Wi-Fi on all of its busses. The 4G service is being added with no additional cost to riders.

For many people, like student Dominique Marshall, VIA is their main form of transportation. “I ride it Monday through Friday, to and from school,” she said. John Dalasta is the same, but he uses it for work. “I use it to go where I have a temporary job right now and I don’t feel real safe driving because of a medical problem.”

The Source: Improving Mass Transit In San Antonio

By • Jul 29, 2015
Ryan Loyd / TPR

After San Antonio city leaders pulled the plug on the biggest mass transit project in several generations–streetcar–many are looking to VIA, the city-wide transit system, to still find ways to more efficiently move people around. 

City Council Member Rey Saldaña, determined to get a ground-level view, took the bus and only the bus for a month. Now he has some ideas on how to improve it.

Guest:

  • Rey Saldaña, district 4 City Council Member

Innovation, The VIA Way: Here Comes The Bike Lid

By • Jan 27, 2015
Eileen Pace

Some San Antonio commuters load their bikes onto VIA bus racks. But now, if they don’t need their bikes at the other end, there’s an option — VIA’s new 'Bike Lids.'

Perhaps there’s no place at work to store a bicycle. Or perhaps the bus drops the rider off so close to their destination that the bike won’t be needed. Enter the Bike Lid, covered parking for your bike. You can’t miss the series of racks with the big plastic helmets on top. 

San Antonio's Transportation Future

By • Nov 26, 2014

In the next 25 years, a million more people will be living in San Antonio.

If you think the roads are crowded now, it's going to get a lot worse, unless the city of San Antonio doesn't takes action.But what can we do beyond building more miles of highways?How do we spur a real mass transit plan?Can we convince people to live closer to their jobs?What new technologies are coming online that will change how we do transportation?The City of San Antonio is starting work on a comprehensive transportation plan. Our guests are:

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