Summer launch possible for Statesboro city buses - Statesboro Herald

By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.

Summer launch possible for Statesboro city buses

CARES Act all but eliminates city’s first-year cost; fares yet to be set, but first 6 months likely free

This image, from designs created for the city by Davis Marketing Company, shows a composite of logo and graphic-wrap elements preferred by council members and the mayor for the city buses, but it is not necessarily the final design. An agreement pending among the Bulloch County government and the four cities within the county for a five-year extension of the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax allocates $3 million for Statesboro’s small-bus public transit system.

Statesboro city transit bus — This image, from designs created for the city by Davis Marketing Company, shows a composite of logo and graphic-wrap elements preferred by council members and the mayor for the city buses, but it is not necessarily the final design. An agreement pending among the Bulloch County government and the four cities within the county for a five-year extension of the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax allocates $3 million for Statesboro’s small-bus public transit system.

The small-bus public transit service the city of Statesboro has been planning in cooperation with the Coastal Regional Commission has taken shape, awaiting some City Council decisions and a possibly pandemic-delayed delivery of buses.

Sign up for the Herald's free e-newsletter