TRANSPORTATION UPDATES
COMPILED BY ZARA FLORES & AMIRA VAN LEEUWEN
COMPLETED PROJECT
License plate readers pending Kyle Police Department Chief Jeff Barnett gave a presentation to City Council April 18 for automated license plate readers that may be imminent throughout the city. If approved by council in the future, public safety system Flock Safety would be utilized to install mounted cameras in Kyle. Barnett said the department had pre- viously tried to use cameras mounted to police cars, but it was not successful. The new cameras, if installed, would record and store data for 30 days to help investigators solve crimes by sending alerts to officers of suspect license plates, Barnett said. A policy is already drafted, but it is unclear how soon this would be implemented or where exactly all the readers would be placed.
KNOW YOUR ROUTE The new real-time bus tracker feature on the San Marcos website outlines each route and its stops and route frequency. All buses run Mon.-Fri. from 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
ROUTE NUMBER LOCATION
FREQUENCY
Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 Route 4 Route 5 Route 6 Route 7
Hopkins/Wonder World
Every half an hour
N
Thorpe/Post
Once an hour Once an hour
SPRING BRANCH DR.
Thorpe/Uhland Conway/Linda
Every half an hour Once every hour Three times a day Three times a day
Outlets/University Guadalupe/Redwood
H L O O
R
N
Bishop
134
SOURCE: CITY OF SAN MARCOS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
OLD POST RD.
CARTS debuts bus tracker tool The San Marcos Public Works Department and Capital Area Rural Transportation Systems about each route and is meant to help riders plan their trips.
158
N
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED AS OF APRIL 25. NEWS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE OR OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS? EMAIL US AT SBKNEWS@COMMUNITYIMPACT.COM. three intersections in Kyle on April 24: Sanders and Kohlers Crossing, CR 158 and Old Post Road, and Spring Branch Drive and Spring Branch Loop/Fall Creek Drive. Timeline: February-April Cost: $5,441 City of Kyle adds three new stop signs Four-way stop signs were added at
SMTX The Bus is a free munic- ipal mode of transit that operates Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; there are seven routes throughout San Marcos that vary in frequency from 30 minutes to an hour. The tracker tool can be accessed at www.sanmarcostx.gov/bustracker
announced April 10 that a new tool has been developed to give riders the ability to track SMTX The Bus locations in real-time. Both entities collaborated for about two months to build, test and ulti- mately launch this bus tracker tool in the community. The tool also offers information
Timeline: TBD Cost: $50,000 Funding source: city of Kyle
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