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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".
The service used original San Antonio streetcar No. 300, built in 1913 by the American Car Company and owned by the San Antonio Museums Association ever since the abandonment of the city's last streetcar lines in 1933. [1] The new Art Museum was opened in 1981 in the former Lone Star Brewery complex, which had been one of TXTC's customers.
Purchased by the city of San Francisco in 1952, with one line of the system reopened, and still in service. Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway: Cable February 16, 1880: May 6, 1912 San Francisco cable car system [32] San Francisco: Cable 1878 Muni Metro: Electric Light rail (after 1980s upgrades) c. July 29, 1891. 1917 (1980)
Siemens and Trapeze Group Team up to Improve San Antonio, TX Bus System Travel Times City-wide transit project to manage bus fleet traffic is first software solution of its kind in the United ...
This is a list of cities and towns in North America that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area.
In addition to New Orleans' streetcars, Toronto's conventional electric streetcar system also avoided abandonment, as did portions of the streetcar systems in San Francisco, Boston, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, [33] as well as Mexico City. The Newark, Philadelphia, and Boston systems run into subways downtown, while the ...
KC Streetcar Authority is anticipating that the Main Street extension will be opened to riders sometime in 2025. In this file photo from mid-August, a streetcar rolled on tracks down Main Street ...
As of May 2019, there are 28 light rail systems, 14 modern streetcar systems, and approximately 10 heritage streetcar systems (plus the San Francisco cable car system, and Morgantown's light rail–like Personal Rapid Transit system) offering regular year-round transit service, for a total of over 52 operational light rail-type systems in the ...