Nora D. Sanders

This document is an Executive Summary of the Best Friend Express (BFE) Transit Improvement Study, commissioned by the Lower Savannah Council of Governments (LSCOG). The study comprehensively reviews existing public transportation services in Aiken and North Augusta, South Carolina, to provide recommendations for improving accessibility, efficiency, and long-term sustainability. Key strategic elements include enhancing service frequency and reliability, adding passenger infrastructure, increasing public awareness through branding and marketing, and extending service to new areas. The plan aims to increase ridership, improve operating efficiencies, and better define transit's value to the community, guided by principles of mobility, accessibility, equity, economic development, sustainability, and accountability.