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Public Notice of The COMET Service Committee Meeting for August 2022
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Service Committee Meeting will be held Wednesday August 10, 2022 at NOON. This meeting will have a special section dedicated to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. ...
Public Notice of The COMET Finance Committee Meeting for August 2022
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Finance Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in ...
Public Notice of The COMET Board of Directors' Meeting for July 2022
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 meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in ...
Public Notice of The COMET Service Committee Meeting for July 2022
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Service Committee Meeting will be held Wednesday July 13, 2022 at NOON. This meeting will have a special section dedicated to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. ...
Public Notice of The COMET Finance Committee Meeting for July 2022
A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Finance Committee Meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. The meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in the ...
COMET SUSPENDS SERVICES IN BATESBURG-LEESVILLE BEGINNING JULY 1
(June 24, 2022) Columbia, SC – The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) announced that as of July 1, 2022, it would suspend Route 97, which provides service to Batesburg-Leesville in Lexington County. The decision was made by the organization’s Board of Directors due to low ridership on the ...
Public Notice of The COMET Board of Directors' Meeting for June 2022
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 meeting will be held at the Lowell C. Spires Jr. Regional Transit Facility – 3613 Lucius Road, Columbia, SC 29201 in ...
Honoring Sarah Mae Flemming 68 years later
Sarah Mae Flemming is a champion and hero of civil rights thanks to her brave contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in 1954. Her legacy and actions were instrumental in helping end segregation in the U.S. Flemming was born June 28, 1933 as the oldest of seven children. She grew ...
Public Notice that there will be no Finance Committee Meeting for June 2022
Finance Matters will be discussed in the Special Called Board Meeting on June 8, 2022 at 10 a.m.
Public Notice of The COMET Service Committee Meeting for June 2022
(NOTE: There was no Service Committee meeting held in May 2022 due to absence of a quorum. This packet contains information from May as well as information for June 2022.) A meeting of the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) Board of Directors Service Committee Meeting will be held Wednesday ...
Public Notice of a Special Called Board Meeting for June 8, 2022
A Special Called Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. There will be no Finance Committee meeting during this time or for the month of June. Download the Meeting Packet HERE Watch the meeting HERE You may access the meeting in-person at 3513 Lucius Road, ...
The COMET's accomplishments over the years
Since 2013, the Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (CMRTA) has been known to the public as The COMET. This came after the Transportation Penny Tax Program was approved by Richland County in 2012. This program enacted a 1% sales tax that raised funds for transportation in Richland County.

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