Downtown transit – an interesting experience
One of the things I did to help me in my move downtown was to purchase a VIA monthly pass so I could leverage public transportation as much as possible. The pass is reasonable at $30 and allows you to...
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VIA wants to hear from you
Starting tomorrow night VIA Metropolitan Transit will be hosting a series of open houses to hear about and provide feedback for their SmartWaySA Long Range Plan. The plan provides a roadmap through...
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A Ferris Bueller Day
Today was a pretty cool day. One of those days where there’s really no agenda or plan, just kicking back with a friend taking in what comes at you. It was a Ferris Bueller Day in my terms. In fact,...
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Broadway–the city’s fixer-upper
Yesterday about 15,000 people came down for the city’s first ever SiClovia, a four hour bike, jog, walk, skateboard, Zumba, you name it time when folks just enjoyed a good time “playing in the street.”...
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Streetcars–have we finally settled on a plan?
San Antonio’s potential foray into rail-based transportation seems to be getting a lot of play lately, and for good reason. VIA is floating a number of proposals to both the city and the county to help...
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Opportunities in the “Decade of Downtown”
The past several weeks have been busy for anyone following the redevelopment of downtown San Antonio. Last week city council gave the go-ahead to help fund planning and implementation of a downtown...
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Who will tell the emperor?
You remember the story, “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” It is a simple story describing a case in society known as “pluralistic ignorance,” where “no one believes, but everyone thinks that everyone...
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VIA could take a lesson from our neighbor to the north
VIA is on a mission to approve modern streetcar this year, regardless of whether the public likes it or not. In fact, VIA’s public input meetings have been more about showing the public what it has...
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Transportation plan or agenda item?
In many cities across the nation, rail transportation solutions are part of an overall long-range transportation plan, usually implemented when density reaches a point to merit the highly expensive...
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