Residents in Monte Vista and Alta Vista worry the new rapid bus line will send more cars zooming through their quiet side streets.
San Pedro Avenue looks much like the other thoroughfares branching out from downtown San Antonio , with two lanes going north and two lanes south, dotted with bus stops that are easy to overlook amid the historic mansions and sprawling oak trees of two of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, Monte Vista and Alta Vista .
wants to add a tax to your cell phone bill In a $466 million local-federal project, VIA is remaking San Pedro into the spine of what it calls the Green Line, an “advanced rapid transit” route designed to attract crowds of new riders by offering more frequent and reliable service than Alamo City residents are accustomed to currently. The Green Line buses will come every 10 minutes on weekdays, whereas the buses on San Pedro’s Route 4 now come half as often. The route will stretch 10.
Bexar County provides crucial $102M for VIA rapid bus line Mass transit vs. neighborhood safety Monte Vista and Alta Vista sit beside each other on either side of San Pedro, with Monte Vista to the east, Alta Vista to the west. Hildebrand marks the northern boundary of both neighborhoods; Alta Vista stretches far enough south to include San Pedro Springs Park, while the southern boundary for Monte Vista is Ashby Place, two blocks north of San Antonio College.
The San Antonio River is mostly treated wastewater. Here's why. Historic transit routes Both the Green Line and the Silver Line will follow the paths of former streetcar lines for parts of their routes. In the early 20th century, a streetcar ran from downtown up San Pedro Avenue to San Pedro Springs Park. On the near West Side, the Silver Line will follow Commerce Avenue, which had a streetcar line as far as Elmendorf Lake.
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