DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, PE, Director/City Engineer
COUNCIL DISTRICT IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
A briefing by VIA Metropolitan Transit on the Rapid Transit Corridor Studies
SUMMARY:
VIA Metropolitan Transit (VIA) will provide a briefing to the City Council Transportation Committee on the Rapid Transit Corridor Studies, a program to identify and prioritize rapid transit services on multiple corridors throughout the San Antonio region.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In coordination with the City of San Antonio's SA Tomorrow initiative, VIA is moving forward with implementation of Vision 2040, a long range plan for public transportation in the greater San Antonio region. One of the recommendations from Vision 2040 is to further define major capital investments that facilitate operation of rapid transit services in designated corridors throughout the San Antonio region with the greatest need and opportunity for success. The goal is to identify how best to facilitate rapid transit services, capable of connecting people and neighborhoods to concentrations of employment, education, service, and retail opportunities. The Rapid Transit Corridor Studies include considerations for capital project and operational feasibility, analysis of a multitude of reasonable alternatives, capital and operational cost implications, market conditions in potential station areas, competitiveness for Federal capital grants, and public and stakeholder engagement. These studies take into consideration findings from the VIA and City of San Antonio SA Corridors initiative.
The Rapid Transit Corridor Studies are the first critical step in the process of developing a capital project. Once the studies are completed and capital projects are defined, they may proceed into Project Development, which includes a financial strategy, preliminary design, and an assessment of potential environmental impacts and mitigations. Upon receiving ...
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