VIA’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted not to support a request from San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and several council members on experimenting with a pilot program that would provide free bus service on certain routes in San Antonio.
Last week, Jones sent a letter to VIA President and CEO Jon Gary Herrera asking what VIA needed to be able to start a six-month fare-free pilot program. However, VIA administration during a board meeting Tuesday night advised that it would be detrimental to the financial health and safety of the organization which provides bus service across Bexar County.
Members of the the VIA workers union, which includes drivers, mechanics, and other staff, had expressed their opposition to the proposal…