Mike Fisher/San Antonio Express-News Bus Rapid Transit service starts this month VIA Metropolitan Transit’s first bus rapid transit line, called VIA Prímo, launches service Dec. 17. Prímo features: 1 More frequent service — from about 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Prímo buses will pass by stops and stations every 10 minutes 1 Service between downtown and the medical center, with every third bus traveling to the main campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio 1 Buses 20-feet longer than most VIA buses 1 A sleeker, more rail-like experience 1 Large, covered waiting areas, called stations 1 Wi-Fi 1 Level-boarding, so the bus isn’t required to lower for passengers to get on and off 1 Bicycle racks inside the bus Source: VIA Metropolitan Transit *Special event use only University Hospital Ewing Halsell Callaghan Crossroads De Chantle Babcock Mary Louise Huisache A B C D E University Clinic Westside Multimodal Transit Center (W.M.T.C.) UTSA Market Square 1 2 3 4 F G H Bexar County Justice Center International Center Alamo and Market Convention Center 5 6 7 8 A B C D E F G H FREDERICKSBURG RD. SAN PEDRO AVE. VIA Prímo route Thompson Center (R.T.T.C.)/ Alamodome* Ellis Alley Houston and I-37 Commerce and Bowie River Center Mall 9 10 11 12 13 Commerce and Navarro VIA Info Center Milam Park Commerce and Leona 16 17 15 14 Downtown stops Prímo stations Medical Center Transit Center Westside Multimodal Transit Center Robert Thompson Transit Center 410 10 10 35 37 281 281 0 1 MILE N FL O Y D C U RL D R . B A B C O C K R D. M E D I C A L D R . E W I N G H A L S E L L DR. Medical Center Transit Center WURZBACH RD. VIA Prímo Circulator Medical Center bus circulator When bus rapid transit service begins, the new South Texas Medical Center Transit Center at Babcock Road and Medical Drive opens, replacing the old center on Merton Minter. The transit agency will also launch its medical center shuttle service, called the Medlink Circulator, which will take passengers from the new transit hub to places in the medical center not on the Prímo route. 10 35 37 281 S. SALADO ST. FLORES ST. GUADALUPE ST. N . A L AMO ST. CÉSAR E . C H Á V E Z B LVD. ST. MARY’S ST. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 17 13 14 15 COMMERCE ST. MARKET ST. W.M.T.C. R.T.T.C. 2 The Alamo BABCOCK RD. M E D I CAL D R . COMMERCE ST. 0 0.5 MILE 0 0.25 MILE South Texas Medical Center Every third bus goes to UTSA 10

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Page 1: VIA Prímo Medical Center bus circulator routeextras.mysanantonio.com/pdf/20121209PrimoBusRoute.pdfVIA Metropolitan Transit’s first bus rapid transit line, called VIA Prímo, launches

Mike Fisher/San Antonio Express-News

Bus Rapid Transit service starts this monthVIA Metropolitan Transit’s first bus rapid transit line, called VIA Prímo, launches service Dec. 17.

Prímo features:1 More frequent service — from about 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Prímo buses will pass by stops and stations every10 minutes1 Service between downtown and the medical center, with every third bus traveling to the main campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio1 Buses 20-feet longer than most VIA buses

1 A sleeker, more rail-like experience

1 Large, covered waiting areas, called stations

1 Wi-Fi

1 Level-boarding, so the bus isn’t required to lower for passengers to get on and off

1 Bicycle racks inside the bus

Source: VIA Metropolitan Transit *Special event use only

University Hospital

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Medical Center bus circulatorWhen bus rapid transit service begins, the new South Texas Medical Center Transit Center at Babcock Road and Medical Drive opens, replacing the old center on Merton Minter. The transit agency will also launch its medical center shuttle service, called the Medlink Circulator, which will take passengers from the new transit hub to places in the medical center not on the Prímo route.

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