VIA bus route set to return to A&M-San Antonio

November 12, 2025
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A VIA bus picks up commuters traveling Route 44 on Pleasanton Road Nov. 12. Photo by Thomas Hernandez

VIA Metropolitan Transit has confirmed that bus service will return to campus in January.

“Route 44 Pleasanton will be extended to the TAMUSA campus starting on January 12, 2026,” Celine Dobbs, manager of strategic planning and communication for VIA, wrote in an email to The Mesquite Nov. 6.

Dobbs said the extension is part of service changes that VIA’s board approved Oct. 28.

VIA Metropolitan Transit Route 44 expansion plan. Graphic courtesy of Celine Dobbs, manager of strategic planning and communication for VIA.

The route is being expanded by approximately 3.8 miles, according to Google Maps.

The campus has not had bus service in three years, since Route 672 was discontinued and replaced by VIALink in October 2022.

VIA is making service changes to 27 routes in January to make bus service “more direct, frequent, simple and convenient,” Sandip Sen, VIA’s vice president of service planning and scheduling, said at the board meeting Oct. 28.

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Rolando Morales

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Rolando Morales is a communications junior with a minor in marketing at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Rolando received his associate of arts degree from Palo Alto College in 2024 and his high school diploma in 2021 from Harlandale High School. In the past, he worked as a cast & crew member for two years at his local movie theater and at his college events team for a month. In his leisure, he enjoys reading, watching movies, playing video games and drawing. After graduation, he hopes to pursue a career as a journalist or reporter.