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Westside Multimodal Tranist Center

The goal of the Westside Multimodal Transit Center (WSMMTC) is to create a central station for multiple modes of transportation to come together, offering seamless connections for customers. The facility now servies as a terminus for Primo, VIA’s bus rapid transit service(BRT), numerous bus lines that converge in downtown, streetcar, the anticipated Austin-San Antonio commuter rail, as well as possible inter-city bus service, AMTRAK, and taxi services. It also has great potential to serve as an impetus for near-west side economic revitalization.

WSMMTC Fact Sheet
WSMMTC Fact Sheet - Espanol

Phase 1

Phase 1 of the WSMMTC includes the purchase of an historic train station currently occupied by Generations Credit Union, and its renovation into a passenger waiting facility complete with a customer information center, ticket sales office, and other indoor transit amenities. Outdoors, a transfer facility with on-street shelters and real time passenger information will be provided. VIA received a “Finding of No Significant Impact” on the VIA Primo Environmental Assessment (the BRT program along Fredericksburg Road), which included the first phase of WSMMTC. Phase I of this project is expected to be completed in Summer 2013.

Phase 2

The proposed WSMMTC Phase 2 project includes the construction of a new transit plaza just east of the current WSMMTC Phase 1 project. The transit center will provide additional community amenities and will serve as an anchor for economic development.

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