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VIA holding public hearings for route changes in August En Espanol
Posted:
5/18/2009
VIA Metropolitan Transit will hold two public hearings to receive comments from citizens regarding proposed route changes scheduled to take effect August 24, 2009. The hearings will be held on the following dates:
Tuesday, June 2
6:00 p.m.
VIA Metro Center
1021 San Pedro
Wednesday, June 3
6:00 p.m.
Converse Area Public Library
601 S. Seguin Road
Converse, TX 78109
The proposed changes are as follows:
21 Kirby/Converse – Route will be extended from Windburn Trail and Kitty Hawk Road to the Randolph Boulevard Park and Ride to cover areas currently served by route 639. Service will be removed from Toepperwein Road beyond Windburn Trail as well as the short segment on Kitty Hawk from Toepperwein to Windburn Trail. Schedules will be adjusted for timely connections at Randolph Boulevard Park and Ride.
77 Martin – Schedule will be adjusted to improve adherence.
630 Randolph/Sunrise – Route will no longer be interlined with route 639. Route 630 will now be interlined with routes 505 and 632, and the schedule will be adjusted.
632 Randolph/Ventura – Route will be interlined with routes 17, 509, and 630, and the schedule will be adjusted.
639 Randolph/Converse – Route will be eliminated. The portion of the route between Windburn Trail and Randolph Boulevard Park and Ride will be served by the modified route 21, which offers more frequent 30-minute service during weekday peak hours.
In addition to the above changes, the pocket schedules for routes 17, 505, and 509 will be adjusted to reflect the new interlines as described in the changes to routes 630 and 632. Schedule times will not be changed.
Yellow Streetcar Route – The weekday service to Alamodome Parking Lot "C" via Cherry Street will be eliminated. The weekend routing on IH-37 northbound Frontage Road will now also be the routing on weekdays.
The public hearing facilities are accessible by wheelchair. People who are deaf or hard of hearing may request an interpreter 48 hours prior to the meeting by calling TDD 362-2019 or the Public Affairs office at 362-2370.
Written comments on the service changes should be submitted to VIA’s Public Affairs office at P.O. Box 12489, San Antonio, Texas 78212 by June 3, 2009. Written comments can also be submitted through VIA's contact web page.
For more information on the proposed service changes, call Steve Patrinick at 362-2142.
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