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VIA's original logo, used until 2014. VIA was created in 1977 when the citizens of Bexar County voted in favor of a one-half cent sales tax to fund the service. Subsequently, VIA purchased transit assets from the City of San Antonio and began operations in March 1978, taking its name from the Latin word for "road".
VIA Primo (stylized as prímo) is a bus rapid transit service operated by VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, Texas, United States. As of January 2019 [update] , it comprises three lines. Route 100 runs along the Fredericksburg Road corridor, from the Medical Center Transit Center, in the vicinity of the South Texas Medical Center , to ...
VIA Metropolitan Transit is the metropolitan area's public transportation authority, serving the entire city of San Antonio and many of its suburbs throughout Bexar County. San Antonio Station serves as the area's Amtrak train station. Interstate highways. Interstate 10- West to El Paso, east to Houston
VIA Metropolitan Transit (VIA for short) operates bus service in the San Antonio area. VIA is expected to add bus rapid transit service to the area by 2012. The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro) operates bus service throughout the city of Austin and also operates the Capital MetroRail commuter rail line.
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985), is a landmark United States Supreme Court [1] decision in which the Court held that the Congress has the power under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution to extend the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires that employers provide minimum wage and overtime pay to their employees, to state and local governments. [2]
1975 – Lila Cockrell elected Mayor, San Antonio's first woman mayor. 1978 – City passes ordinance creating VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority, the public transport system for San Antonio. 1980 San Antonio Botanical Garden opens. Annual Tejano Music Awards begin. Area of city: 263.5 square miles. [6] San Antonio Food Bank active (approximate ...
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The restored depot of the former International-Great Northern Railroad in Rockdale, Texas I-GN station in San Antonio, Texas, built in 1908. It was bought in 1988 and restored by the San Antonio City Employees Federal Credit Union. In 2015 it was adapted for use as the headquarters of VIA Metropolitan Transit. It is now known as The Grand at ...