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(February 24, 2020) Columbia, SC – The COMET received funding from the Lexington County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to start a new lifeline 31-day transit pass program. For those who need social services, health care, employment and quality of life opportunities, The COMET will offer bus passes at ...

 (February 12, 2020) Columbia, SC – The COMET is hosting a contest promoting the Soda Cap Connector Trolley. The winners will be entered in a drawing to win a dinner and receive a pair of tickets to see “A Streetcar Named Desire” at Trustus Theatre on Wednesday, Feb 19 at ...

(February 10, 2020) Columbia, SC– Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET), has been awarded a $151,776 grant by The Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The grant was awarded as part of the FTA’s Human Trafficking Awareness and Public Safety Initiative to reduce human trafficking across the Midlands of South Carolina. ...

(Columbia, SC, February 5, 2020) – The Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce has named Central Midlands Transit Authority/The COMET, Small Business of the Year. This decision was announced at the recent Cayce West Columbia Chamber awards dinner held at the Doubletree Hotel. “We are honored to receive this award. At ...

(January 16, 2020) Columbia, SC – As part of the service enhancements approved by the Board of Directors in October 2018, The COMET is launching a pilot rural route which would connect the West Columbia SuperStop at Williams Drive at Charleston Highway and Batesburg-Leesville via Lexington. The service will operate, ...

(January 09, 2020) Columbia, SC – The COMET and National Safe Place Network (NSPN) are pleased to announce their new partnership to expand the safety net for youth in crisis, beginning January of 2020. Through the Safe Place transit model NSPN offers partial Safe Place services in the Greater Columbia ...

(January 09, 2020) Columbia, SC – The COMET and National Safe Place Network (NSPN) are pleased to announce their new partnership to expand the safety net for youth in crisis, beginning January of 2020. Through the Safe Place transit model NSPN offers partial Safe Place services in the Greater Columbia ...

(January 6, 2020) Columbia, SC – The COMET today announced an easy and user-friendly way to track your bus with the new mobile app Transit. Transit counts millions of active users in more than 200 cities worldwide and is now available for riders of The COMET who will be to ...

(January 6, 2020) Columbia, SC – The COMET today announced an easy and user-friendly way to track your bus with the new mobile app Transit. Transit counts millions of active users in more than 200 cities worldwide and is now available for riders of The COMET who will be to ...

The COMET invites you to participate in the Access Advisory Committee (AAC). The mission of the AAC is to improve transit mobility options and services for seniors and people with disabilities. The benefits of participating include but are not limited to: • Letting us know what you need to better ...

(December 12, 2019) Columbia, SC – The COMET is helping make the busy holiday season easier this year with two trolleys returning to the Soda Cap Connector for the free downtown route. Both trolleys will have a festive new look for the holiday season, reminding people that the free route ...

(November 15, 2019) Columbia, SC – Just in time for the holiday season, The COMET announces a festive new look for the popular circular, The Soda Cap Connector. Two of the Soda Cap Connector buses will soon be trolleys. “This is our gift to the people of Columbia and the ...