Here’s some more detail on Athens Transit parting ways with the Summit Agency, for anyone who’s interested. JMac at Beyond the Trestle seems to have become obsessed with this issue, so maybe this background information can clear up some issues he and others have raised.

In a letter to Athens-Clarke Manager Alan Reddish, The Summit Agency President Laurie Rainey asked him to:

• Get rid of the $75,000 guarantee and split all revenue down the middle.
• More flexibility in what types of ads are acceptable.
• Allow the ads to be made of more types of materials (the contract calls for polycarbon).
• Have Athens Transit provide access to buses on Sundays to install ads.
• Assign one person at Athens Transit as the point of contact for Summit.