Corridors

Nearly all of San Antonio’s regional centers and urban centers are located along or at the intersection of major transportation corridors. Attractive, multimodal corridors will help connect regional and urban centers to each other. Many will include premium transit service to help manage congestion and bolster safe, convenient and affordable transportation options. But, the corridors must serve more than just a transportation function.

Successfully implementing the SA Tomorrow vision means rethinking those corridors. We need our corridors to provide safe and comfortable access and mobility, serve as attractive gateways and frame compact, walkable mixed-use development. They will also be targeted for higher-density housing and more employment opportunities. A multi-objective and multi-layered approach to corridor improvements can help ensure they are safe, comfortable and attractive for future residents, employees and nearby existing residents.

VIA's Vision 2040 comprehensive transit plan calls for five priority Primo bus corridors to expand on the existing Primo bus route on Fredericksburg Road; the existing Primo route on Fredericksburg Road is planned for Primo Plus or LRT service.

MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS AND COMPLETE STREETS

Many of the community’s major transportation connections are auto-oriented and difficult for pedestrians and cyclists to navigate. Our transportation corridors should serve multiple modes of transportation and better balance the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, transit patrons, motorists and freight vehicles. Allowing a certain mode of transportation or even providing a dedicated facility for pedestrians or cyclists may not be sufficient. The quality and condition of pedestrian, bicycle and transit infrastructure contributes greatly to the attractiveness, safety and use of these facilities. For example, a narrow sidewalk with no buffer between pedestrians and speeding traffic, no landscaping and no furnishings will be less attractive, safe and used than a wider sidewalk with attractive lighting, benches and a wide planted buffer with large street trees.

VIA PREMIUM TRANSIT CORRIDORS

VIA’s Vision 2040 Plan identified several corridors for premium transit service. VIA selected the corridors based on existing and potential concentrations of transit users and for their ability to connect two or more regional centers. The premium transit corridors are organized into three types of premium transit service: Priority Primo Bus Corridors, Primo Plus and Light Rail Corridors, and Express Routes.