Public Transportation Contact Info
VIA Metropolitan Transit
800 West Myrtle
P.O. Box 12489
San Antonio, TX 78212
210-362-2050
Web site
Public Transportation Coverage - Bus Transport
The following map illustrates those areas of San Antonio that have easy access to public transportation.
Easy access is defined as no more than a one-half mile walk from a bus route. Bus stop information is ignored.
In cases of overlapping transit authorities, the transit system in review is shown in light purple and all other transit systems are shown in yellow.
Source: Federal Transit Administration and Synergos Technologies, Inc.
Selected Public Transportation Stats
The following tables and charts give a financial and operations overview of the public transportation network in San Antonio.
Source: Federal Transit Administration - National Transit Database (1996-1998) and Synergos Technologies, Inc.
System Wide Information
General Information
Service Area Statistics
Square Miles
Population
Service Consumption
Annual Passenger Miles
Annual Unlinked Trips
Average Weekday Unlinked Trips
Average Saturday Unlinked Trips
Average Sunday Unlinked Trips
Service Supplied
Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours
Veh. Available for Max. Service
Veh. Operated in Max. Service
Base Period Requirement
Financial Information
Fare Revenues Earned
Directly Operated
Purchased Transportation
Total Fare Revenues Earned
Sources of
Operating Funds Expended
Passenger Fares
Local Funds
State Funds
Federal Assistance
Other Funds
Total Operating Funds Expended
Summary of Operating Expenses
Salaries, Wages and Benefits
Materials and Supplies
Purchased Transportation *
Other Operating Expenses
Total Operating Expenses
Reconciling Cash Expenditures
Sources of Capital Funds
Local Funds
State Funds
Federal Assistance
Total Sources
Uses of Capital Funds
Rolling Stock
Facilites and Other
Total Uses
|
1997
1,237
1,260,287
164,122,446
38,935,530
128,954
78,874
37,234
26,181,122
1,682,371
921
638
207
17,377,700
0
17,377,700
8,451,718
55,847,303
0
4,741,408
7,033,452
76,073,881
54,657,894
9,999,065
4,607,085
6,392,243
75,656,287
417,594
1,399,918
0
5,599,673
6,999,591
0
6,999,591
6,999,591
|
1998
1,234
1,363,247
176,754,150
42,004,121
135,148
86,297
55,492
27,829,712
1,762,919
809
626
224
17,087,283
423,963
17,511,246
10,975,368
59,282,584
0
2,696,557
8,293,463
81,247,972
58,576,286
9,993,514
5,303,833
7,085,219
80,958,852
289,120
1,026,938
0
4,107,751
5,134,689
0
5,134,689
5,134,689
| Change
Over
Prior Yr
(3)
102,960
12,631,704
3,068,591
6,194
7,423
18,258
1,648,590
80,548
(112)
(12)
17
(290,417)
423,963
133,546
2,523,650
3,435,281
0
(2,044,851)
1,260,011
5,174,091
3,918,392
(5,551)
696,748
692,976
5,302,565
(128,474)
(372,980)
0
(1,491,922)
(1,864,902)
0
(1,864,902)
(1,864,902)
|
|
Mode of Transportation Breakout Information
|
Bus | Demand
Response |
Operating Expense
Capital Funding
Rolling Stock
Facilites and Other
Annual Passenger Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles
Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours
Annual Unlinked Trips
Average Weekday Unlinked Trips
Fixed Guideway Directional Route Miles
Vehicles Available for Maximum Service
Vehicles Operated in Maximum Service
Directly Operated
Purchased Transportation
Average Fleet Age in Years
Peak to Base Ratio
Percent Spares
Safety
Incidents
Injuries
Fatalities
Performance Measures
Service Efficiency
Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Mile
Operating Expense per Vehicle Revenue Hour
Cost Effectiveness
Operating Expense per Passenger Mile
Operating Expense per Unlinked Passenger Trip
Service Effectiveness
Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Mile
Unlinked Passenger Trips per Vehicle Revenue Hour
| $63,676,786
5,112,820
0
5,112,820
165,088,716
19,044,903
1,334,877
41,059,704
131,751
.0
498
420
420
0
14.9
1.9
19%
68
102
1
3.34
47.70
0.39
1.55
2.16
30.76
| $17,282,066
21,869
0
21,869
11,665,434
8,784,809
428,042
944,417
3,397
.0
311
206
90
116
4.3
.0
51%
40
34
0
1.97
40.37
1.48
18.30
0.11
2.21
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