SAN ANTONIO – If you use the services of VIA Metropolitan Transit, be advised that some of their bus routes are changing.
These changes will go into effect Monday, January 5, 2015.
- 2 Blanco Frequent – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the midday base period on weekdays.
- 5 McCullough – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods on weekdays.
- 7 Sightseer Special – Route will be modified to travel on Parland Place after leaving the San Antonio Botanical Garden.
- 16 Fort Sam Houston USO Express – Some Saturday morning trips will be eliminated.
- 30 Rigsby – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods on weekdays.
- 34 S. St. Mary's Frequent – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the midday base period on weekdays.
- 42 Roosevelt – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods on weekdays.
- 51 Nogalitos Frequent – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the midday base period on weekdays.
- 65 Lackland AFB USO Express – Some Saturday morning trips will be eliminated.
- 82 Culebra Frequent – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the midday base period on weekdays.
- 88 Bandera – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods on weekdays.
- 534 Wurzbach Frequent – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the midday base period on weekdays. Route will also be modified to use NW Military Drive rather than Lockhill-Selma Road between Loop 410 and Belair/Lockhill-Selma/NW Military.
- 550/551 Looper Skip – Service will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods on weekdays and during the midday peak period on Saturdays.
- 609 Ingram/Mainland – Service will be increased from every 60 minutes to every 30 minutes during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods on weekdays.
- 630 Randolph/Sunrise – Service on the trunk portion of the route will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes during the day on weekdays and Saturdays. Also during the day on weekdays and Saturdays, the Sunrise extension will be separated into two loops with one running on Summer Fest Drive and the other running on Candlemeadow.
In addition to the changes listed above, the following routes will be modified to return service to normal operations following the completion of road construction: 24, 25, 51, 54, 100, and the Blue Circulator.
For more information, including new pocket schedules, visit www.viainfo.net.
Printed pocket schedules will soon be available at all VIA information centers and on buses.
To see how these changes affect your trips, use the online Personal Trip Planner up to 14 days in advance and enter a trip date later than January 15, 2015.
For more information on the service changes, call 362-2020.