With Your Cool or Culture Pass…Ride The COMET to Fun in Columbia!
Cool and Culture Pass Users! Why drive when you can take The COMET! Take advantage of Soda Cap Connector, a free downtown circulator connecting many of the Downtown attractions while using the Cool Pass or Culture Pass and best of all the… [Read More]
The COMET Riders Can Now Get $2.00 Off Admission At South Carolina State Museum!
Thanks to a partnership with South Carolina State Museum, The COMET riders who show a bus pass can get $2.00 off general admission. Visit http://scmuseum.org/ for details! Soda Cap Connector Route 1 can get you to the front door of the South… [Read More]
Columbia College and Allen University Affiliates Can Ride Free On The COMET!
Columbia College and Allen University affiliates which includes employee, students, faculty can ride The COMET free by showing their ID cards to the bus operator. Allen University is served by Routes 2, 12, 22, 42 and The 501 and… [Read More]
Route 61 Detours During Gamecock Games
Route 61 detours during Gamecock games is listed below: From COMET Central, the route will take Sumter Street to Gervais Street Left on Gervais Street Right on Millwood Ave Merge onto Devine Street Right on S. Beltline Left on Bluff… [Read More]
Take The COMET To The South Carolina State Fair on October 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 2019
Back after 13 years! The COMET will connect you to the South Carolina State Fair ! Shuttles operate on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on October 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20! Shuttle operated from South Carolina State Museum to the Fair…. [Read More]
Catch The COMET to Koger Center for The Arts and Get 10% off Box Office Tickets!
The COMET and Koger Center for the Arts have a new partnership! If you have a The COMET pass and you show it at the Koger Center for the Arts Box Office, you will get a 10% off discount off “Koger Center Presents” and University of South… [Read More]
THE COMET ADVANCE SCHEDULING FOR TRIP RESERVATIONS
Starting October 4, 2019, The COMET will allow DART riders an opportunity to make trip reservations up to seven (7) days in advance. Individuals can request a trip by calling the DART reservationist at (803) 255- 7123. Trip reservations are accepted… [Read More]
Take The COMET On The Go! Partnership with Lyft and Uber
The COMET is helping you go around the Columbia Metropolitan Area easily! The COMET will pay up to $5.00 for ridesharing trips that start and end in The COMET fixed route service area on Lyft and Uber through the following two programs: COMET… [Read More]
TransLoc Issues
The COMET currently has 45 vehicles running on AVID 3G devices for TransLoc Rider. This is old technology that creates intermittent outages as cellular providers are sunsetting the 3G network. Until The COMET updates these devices, tracking… [Read More]
Installing Benches, Shelters and Bus Stop Signs: The Top 5 Things You Need to Know
1. Right-of-way is the hardest part. SCDOT will permit shelters on state property, but without we need easements from private property owners. Power poles tell the story of where the ROW is. 2. Indemnification. In SC, governments cannot indemnify… [Read More]