Together with its sister company Merced Transportation, VIA has extensive experience in starting, growing, and improving transportation projects. Below are noteworthy milestones in the companies’ histories:
- First private school bus operations serving children with disabilities in Merced County
- One of the first operators in the western United States to operate European motorcoaches
- First contractor selected to operate the Merced County transit system. Helped grow the service from a small van operation into a true transit system
- Established “The Yosemite Connection” (the forerunner of YARTS) providing the first multiple daily schedules to Yosemite from Merced
- Selected by a leading international tour operator as their primary provider of charter bus services in the west and southwestern states
- Established a specialized health-care transportation collaborative effort for an underserved population
- Founded the first public transit system serving the Merced campus of a major public university
