VIA Primo is a Bus Rapid Transit

Bus rapid transit

Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...

 service to be provided by VIA Metropolitan Transit

VIA Metropolitan Transit

VIA Metropolitan Transit is the mass transit agency serving San Antonio, Texas. It began operation in 1978 as a successor to the San Antonio Transit System...

 in San Antonio, Texas. It will be located along the Fredricksburg Road Corridor from the South Texas Medical Center

South Texas Medical Center

The South Texas Medical Center consists of of medical-related facilities in northwest San Antonio.The STMC, which directly serves 38 counties, consists of forty-five medically related institutions; separate medical, dental and nursing schools, five higher educational institutions, twelve...

, through to Deco District to Downtown San Antonio

Downtown San Antonio

Downtown San Antonio is the central business district of San Antonio, Texas, United States.Downtown is encircled by three numerical freeways, I-35, I-37, and I-10...

. It is also going to connect the University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Texas at San Antonio

The University of Texas at San Antonio, commonly referred to as UTSA, is a state university in San Antonio, Texas. With an enrollment of more than 30,000 students, it is the third-largest of nine universities and six health institutions in the University of Texas System and the eighth-largest in...

's main campus to its downtown campus. VIA Primo is scheduled to open in 2012 and will be VIA Metropolitan Transit's first non-conventional bus offering.