On Sunday August 21, 2011 at approx. 8:28 A.M.I observed Citibus of Lubbock, Texas doing a unauthorized charter that is not allowed under the FTA- Charter Service Rules Title 49 — Part 604
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Facts
1. This was a charter that we did last year... See Citibus notice from 2010 – (attachment ) Why would it be a charter last year and not this year ?
2. Charter was done on a Sunday August 21,2011 when Texas Tech was not in session yet.
3. The route that Citibus made this year so they could do this charter I believe is a temporary route . See Attachment ( Greek Circle Route ) Notes that is not the route the followed.
4. When I spoke with Shannon Garrett from Citibus through e-mails (attachment ) she claimed no knowledge of event but, they staged 8 buses there on a Sunday.
5. I also informed her of the potential violations of rules, She also stated maybe they were used a fixed route but according to their website they don’t run these on Sundays. see http://www.citibus.com/
6. There are also further violations that I have already filed a previous complaint about them doing what they call special service charters which include a Friday Art Trail and a Spirit Express bus which they put out a notice for but wont acknowledge that I told them that our company was interested in providing that service. They have brochure's on both these events- (attachments)
7. Monetary damages just on this was charter was over $30,000.00. (If the government provided funding for our buses like they do Citibus then we would be able to compete with their prices which is why this rule was made)
New Mexico Texas Coaches, LLC - Comments
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