[Advising] FW: UTSA & VIA partnership: Ride VIA with FREE pass provided to students, faculty, and staff.

From: #UTSADowntown <utsadowntown(a)lists.it.utsa.edu&gt; Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:29 AM To: utsadowntown(a)lists.it.utsa.edu Subject: UTSA & VIA partnership: Ride VIA with FREE pass provided to students, faculty, and staff. Hello, everyone! For many years, students, faculty and staff have asked for better transportation options between campuses. As a Presidential Initiative, the Downtown Campus Task Force surveyed students, staff and faculty and transportation consistently was one of the top issues. Based on this feedback, we were able to negotiate a partnership with VIA so that beginning in the Fall, ALL UTSA STUDENTS, STAFF AND FACULTY CAN RIDE FREE between campuses and around the city. Many thanks to Clay Haverland with Campus Services, and many others, who helped get us to this point. Check out the article below and on UTSA Today. Best, Elvira E. Leal, M.Ed. Assistant Vice President for Strategic Initiatives The University of Texas at San Antonio UTSA Office of the President 501 W. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., BV 4.306 San Antonio, Texas 78207 p. (210) 458-4009 c. (210) 240-8544 UTSA Downtown Campus Initiatives<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%... President's Operational Initiatives<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%... New UTSA, VIA partnership provides free transportation for Roadrunners (March 20, 2019) - UTSA today announced a new partnership with VIA Metropolitan Transit that provides the entire university community with free bus passes to transport them between campuses and throughout San Antonio. Beginning with the fall 2019 semester, VIA will provide free, unlimited access to bus service anywhere in the city for current students, faculty and staff. As San Antonio's urban serving university, the VIA U-Pass<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%... program will offer cost savings and sustainable commuting options for all Roadrunners. Read full story: http://www.utsa.edu/today/2019/03/story/UTSA-VIApartnership.html<https...