Augusta Commission members will get a first glimpse at a consultant’s operational analysis of Augusta Public Transit during a meeting Tuesday. In July, the commission approved hiring Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates to perform a comprehensive analysis of city bus and paratransit service, looking at route usage, performance, ridership and other data to develop ways to improve the service. Transit used federal grant funds to cover 80 percent of the project’s $115,123 cost. read more