Another issue here is that there will be no public hearing on this issue unless someone ASKS for it. Without a hearing, it just goes forward with no other public information about being presented. Anyone may ask for a hearing, but I would especially think that there are people who really need a functional system that is not just focused on people who have access to Medicaid as a payment source due to illness or disability. Requesting such a hearing before January 24 would give the opportunity to have all this information presented and for questions to be asked and answered.
-Jane Osborn
Tag Archives: MIDS
What is MIDS, anyway?
Lowndes County officials assure citizens who use the county’sThat may make MIDS the biggest bus system in the county. VSU may have more busses. Does Moody run busses?current transit program that they will not be affected if the proposed Valdosta-Lowndes County Transit Service Plan is implemented in the area.
The current Lowndes County 5311 Transit Program falls under the jurisdiction of the Georgia Department of Transportation. Ten percent of the program is subsidized by the state and 80 percent is subsidized by federal funds. Lowndes County provides 10 percent of the cost of each bus.
Lowndes County’s 5311 Transit Program was implemented in December 2001 with only three buses. The program now includes six buses that provide transportation throughout Lowndes County.
More about MIDS: Continue reading
Public transportation and public records in Lowndes County
Here are the notices about public transportation that was supposed to be done some time ago. I am trying to figure out how the county will compensate private providers for all this transportation.Good question. I can’t answer it, but maybe I can point at some related information that might help.
She was referring to two public notices in the VDT of that same day,
Exhibit 8B,
which is about the MIDS service,
which is one of the ones in the list in
Exhibit 8A.
If you call MIDS, a small van will pick you up and deliver you,
all for a flat fee, if I understand it correctly. It’s the closest
thing we have to a bus system around here.
It looks like MIDS comes up for renewal about every two years, according to the agendas: Continue reading