VIA Metropolitan Transit

Nearly eight in 10 voters rejected a proposal to discontinue VIA service and replace it with a free local transportation alternative, despite concerns over the city's growing sales tax contribution.

VIA Link After Midnight is a new service aimed at helping late-shift workers travel home from midnight to 4 a.m., between downtown and Loop 410. Trips cost the standard fare of $1.30.

On The Source, District 6 Councilmember Ric Galvan said the VIA board vote leaves no immediate path forward for free fare. “I don’t see a specific pathway forward in developing a program at this time,” he said.

San Antonio leaders are weighing a major shift in public transportation policy after Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones asked VIA Metropolitan Transit to develop a plan for testing fare-free bus service on the city’s busiest routes.

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is asking VIA Metropolitan Transit to map out how the agency would test free bus rides on its busiest routes.

City leaders received an update on VIA’s Green and Silver rapid transit lines Wednesday while council members debated fares, funding gaps and the future of transit investment in San Antonio.

A $150,000 investment from District 7 will cover transit costs for up to 5,500 middle and high school students as the city aims to reduce chronic absenteeism.

Students between ages 12 and 18 will be able to receive free VIA Metropolitan Transit bus passes through a new program from the City of San Antonio.

Via metropolitan transit is moving on the development of mass transportation. There are the Green and Silver advanced rapid transit lines. The Better Bus Plan looks to boost frequency on key routes. What is Transit Oriented Development (TOD)? What is the long-term vision for VIA?

VIA also offers a route planner to see which buses you need to take from your starting point to your destination.