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The VIA Metropolitan Transit Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint Jon Gary Herrera as the new CEO. He will succeed Jeff Arndt beginning Jan. 4, 2025.

VIA Transit hires its first Latino president and CEO

by Iris Dimmick November 12, 2024November 12, 2024

VIA’s board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint San Antonio native Jon Gary Herrera as head of the mass transit agency.

ATU members attend the VIA board meeting on Tuesday.

VIA Transit workers rally to protect working conditions

by Iris Dimmick July 23, 2024July 25, 2024

A rendering shows a VIA Rapid Green Line bus at a stop along San Pedro Avenue.

San Antonio lays groundwork for downtown-to-airport transit line

by Andrea Drusch June 28, 2023June 29, 2023

Getting greener: VIA to roll out eight electric buses this summer

by Lindsey Carnett March 3, 2023March 3, 2023

A rendering shows VIA's planned Advanced Rapid Transit network that would run North-South along San Pedro Avenue from the San Antonio International Airport and extend through the Blue Star arts complex.

VIA brings on professional help to secure federal funds for bus-to-airport service

by Andrea Drusch October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

Via Metropolitan Transit officials said Friday that they expect a new rapid transit line from downtown to the airport will become a reality five years ahead of schedule.

VIA CEO confident airport-to-downtown rapid bus project is on fast track for federal funding

by Andrea Drusch June 17, 2022June 17, 2022

A Via Metropolitan Transit bus passes by Our Lady of the Lake University on Thursday.

Business & Development

Staffing shortages at VIA persist, prompting service reductions

by Waylon Cunningham February 20, 2022February 21, 2022

Republic Services Tessman Road Landfill is located at 7000 I-10 East. Photos taken on January 1, 2020.

Waste gas from landfill will offset up to 75% of VIA’s bus fuel demand

by Brendan Gibbons January 3, 2021January 4, 2021

The public vs. power: San Antonio’s growing points of friction

by Robert Rivard December 13, 2020December 13, 2020

Tuesday at San Antonio CityFest

by Samantha Ruvalcaba October 6, 2020October 5, 2020