The 11-acre property was designed to house VIAtrans operations and fleet maintenance.
VIA Board Adopts $274M Operating Budget
The total consolidated budget in FY23 is $406.6 million ($274 million operating, $132.6M capital) with no fare increases.
The total consolidated budget in FY23 is $406.6 million ($274 million operating, $132.6M capital) with no fare increases.
It is the third VIA Link zone to open since the on-demand transit option was introduced in 2019 with a Northeast Zone and grew in 2021 with a Northwest Zone.
The agency has recorded growth for several months in the first half of 2022 and tracked its largest year-over-year increase in April, with a 21% bump over 2021 numbers.
Installation of 562 Active Air Purification Systems was completed in March.
VIA said the adjustments are meant to be temporary and will primarily focus on fixed-route bus frequency.
With the Transit app, VIA customers have access to an all-in-one experience that combines mobile ticketing with trip planning, real-time tracking, and connections to first-mile/last-mile services. VIA’s mobile ticketing functionality is powered by Masabi's Justride platform.
The new electric buses will allow VIA to retire its fleet of eight Downtown trolleys that were purchased in 2005 and are considered past their useful life.
The addition of RNG fuel will include use of existing infrastructure while expanding VIA’s collaboration with CPS Energy.
Jeffrey C. Arndt manages the seventh-largest city in the U.S.
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