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The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority is currently accepting applications for the third year of The COMET Academy, a leadership development program for those who’d like to learn about the public transit system.   The goal of The COMET Academy is to create community members who serve as a resource and ...

A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Service Committee Meeting is held on the SECOND Wednesday of each month at NOON.  The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 ...

A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Finance Committee Meeting is held on the SECOND Wednesday of each month at 10:00 A.M.  The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – ...

A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors Meeting will be held on the FOURTH Wednesday of each month at NOON, unless otherwise noted. The next meeting is Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at noon. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional ...

A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Ad-Hoc Subcommittee for Executive Director Search will be held on Monday, May 22, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held VIRTUALLY via Zoom. Meetings are recorded and may be accessed afterwards through The COMET’s ...

The May 2023 meeting of The COMET Finance and Service Committees will not be held this month and will defer to June 2023. The meetings will resume at that time.

(May 3, 2023) Columbia, SC – Bus Operators and Maintenance staff of The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) scored in every category at the recent Transportation Association of South Carolina (TASC) Roadeo recently held in Columbia as part of the TASC annual meeting. First-place winners were Philip Patterson, ...

A Work Session of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Ad Hoc Subcommittee for ED Search will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in the ...

A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors Meeting will be held on the FOURTH Wednesday of each month at NOON, unless otherwise noted. The next meeting is Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at noon. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional ...

A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Service Committee Meeting is held on the SECOND Wednesday of each month at NOON.  The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 ...

A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Finance Committee Meeting is held on the SECOND Wednesday of each month at 10:00 A.M.  The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – ...

(April 4, 2023) Columbia, SC – The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) announced that as of May 7, 2023, it would make service changes to Routes 93x and 44x. Route 93x, an express route from Newberry, will be discontinued in its present form due to low ridership. Some ...

A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority Board of Directors Meeting will be held on the FOURTH Wednesday of each month at NOON, unless otherwise noted. The next meeting is Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at noon. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional ...