SPARTA gets review

Spartanburg bus rider audit under way

JANUARY 21, 2010 10:53 a.m. (0)

Aboard a minibus on the North Church Street route 10 riders – men and women, most of them middle-aged or older – turned to 11, 12, 15 and then a precarious 19 before folks started getting off at the Spartanburg Regional Hospital stop.

Initially silent, conversation turned to the crowded conditions before long.  Continue reading...

 

City Council notes

From the Sept. 7 work session

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 10:22 a.m. (0)

Changes are coming to Greenville’s community centers.

City Parks and Recreation Director Dana Souza told members of the Greenville City Council that all non-academic elements of the after-school programs at the city’s community centers will be eliminated this fall.

The department will eliminate after-school program and senior programming at the Juanita Butler Community Center and turn it into a teen center. The YWCA, which is across the street from the center, will provide after-school programming for children, Souza said. Senior programs will be based at the David Hellams Community Center, he said.  Continue reading...

 

Greenlink extends bus hours

New route will address increases in ridership

FEBRUARY 17, 2011 2:46 p.m. (0)

The Greenlink bus system will merge two routes on March 5 to create a new route with longer hours.

The route, which runs through the Berea area, will now run from 5:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. on Saturdays.

Shelia Schmitt, the general manager of Greenlink said changes and improvements are always in the works as they look to improve services to customers. A key part in this new route that will address increases in ridership is the expansion of hours offered to customers.  Continue reading...

 

Update desk: Proterra

Electric bus company deals with funding problem

APRIL 14, 2011 12:59 p.m. (0)

Proterra, the company building electric buses in Greenville, is enmeshed in a Ponzi scheme through a funding deal with a company controlled by the perpetrator of the fraud. There is no allegation of wrongdoing on Proterra’s part.

The money for the $20-million loan to Proterra was among investments the Securities and Exchange Commission charged were misappropriated from investors, including the pension fund of the PDVSA, Venezuela’s state-owned oil company.

The loan to Proterra came from MK Energy and Infrastructure, one of about 15 companies owned or controlled by Francisco Illarramendi, all of which have been seized by a court-appointed receiver.  Continue reading...