The agreement with Bexar County secures $102 million to fulfill the agency’s local funding obligation for the VIA Rapid Silver Line, a move that now allows the project to proceed in seeking a 50% match in federal funding.
The VIA board unanimously approved creation of the new Downtown Link zone at a special-called board meeting.
The transit industry has both embraced and allowed the singular definition of value to be that of ridership. Ridership goes up somehow the industry did something great.
Thought leader and 21-time best-selling author Seth Godin recently shared in his daily blog a sentence that captured our attention “more and better aren't the same…" Indeed, and the space between more and better is the state of the public transit industry’s crossroad.
The rail and BRT projects will bring about transformative change in their communities by providing transit opportunities to new riders, creating jobs, and jumpstarting economic development.
VIA attributed the increase in ridership primarily to its frequency on key routes. The agency's ridership data confirm that there is a correlation between bus frequency and ridership.
NaviLens is wayfinding and information technology that helps blind and low-vision riders navigate to a bus stop, access real-time next bus arrival information, and receive directions to the bus when it arrives at the bus stop.
In the FTA’s approval letter, the federal agency notes that VIA has committed local dollars against the project, which is estimated to be about $446.3 million.
The new Randolph zone covers an 18-square-mile area, including Brooke Army Medical Center and Randolph Transit Center, and provides transit to employment hubs including Amazon, H-E-B, and others.
VIA’s fourth VIA Link zone, “VIA Link Randolph,” will provide service connecting an 18-square mile area with connections to Randolph Transit Center, Planned Eastside Mobility Hub, Artisan Apartments, and JBSA Fort Sam Houston Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC).
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