Mobility Transit Services LLC blames some problems on other parties, including the city itself, and denies others, but does acknowledge a few errors.
By Susan McCord | Friday, May 25, 2012
Drug testing that wasn't random, failure to report a bus accident for 244 days and late payments to Georgia Power that nearly got the electricity cut off at Augusta Public Transit are three key ...
By Susan McCord | Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The troubled firm in charge of Augusta Public Transit canceled its employee health insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia last week.
By Susan McCord | Monday, May 7, 2012
Mobility Transit's days as operator of Augusta Public Transit may be numbered.
By Susan McCord | Monday, May 7, 2012
An official for Mobility Transit Services LLC met accusations that his firm might be shortchanging driver trainees with a bit of news Monday: Mobility has a new president.
By Susan McCord | Monday, April 16, 2012
The decision to outsource Augusta Public Transit remains controversial, but new operator Mobility Transit Services says ridership is higher since the private firm took over.
By Susan McCord | Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011
If some Augusta commissioners have their way, more city services would be farmed out to private companies.
By Susan McCord | Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011
Augusta's public buses were involved in 47 crashes in the past year, costing taxpayers $56,000 in insurance claims, down from 69 crashes at a cost of $182,735 the previous year.
By Carole Hawkins | Saturday, Aug 13, 2011
Mobility Transit LLC will cause "a cultural change" at Augusta Public Transit if the company is allowed to take over its management, Mobility founder Kevin Adams described to Augusta commissioners ...
By Susan McCord and Carole Hawkins | Thursday, May 5, 2011
Augusta's public services committee is expected to vote Monday on the vendor chosen to take over management of the city's bus system for the next five years.
By Susan McCord | Sunday, April 24, 2011
Four private companies submitted qualified bids by Friday's deadline and will compete for the contract to run Augusta's bus system.
By Carole Hawkins | Friday, March 4, 2011
Augusta hopes to build a better bus system by hiring a private management company to operate it. In December, the city sent out a bid request that seeks a company to run Augusta Public Transit.
By Carole Hawkins | Monday, Jan. 17, 2011
Backed by a feasibility study that said a trade, exhibit and event center would create jobs and provide an economic boost for downtown, the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau asked that $27 ...
By Johnny Edwards | Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009
By Johnny Edwards | Monday, Dec. 7, 2009
The Augusta Commission is expected to pass today a 2010 budget that does not include a tax rate increase but plans for $4.3 million in expenditure reductions.
By Johnny Edwards | Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009
Questions and answers before Nov. 3 vote
Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009
Augusta commissioners took the first step Monday toward raising the city's sales tax by a penny next year.
By Johnny Edwards | Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009
Resolution for eighth penny will go before full commission next week.
By Johnny Edwards | Monday, Nov. 23, 2009
City Administrator Fred Russell gave Augusta commissioners an option Tuesday for balancing the 2010 budget without any of the tax rate increases he has floated in recent weeks.
By Johnny Edwards | Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
The following questions were sent to Augusta Commission candidates in writing, and they returned their answers via e-mail within a few days. Some answers were edited for space.
By Johnny Edwards | Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
