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COTA willing to run streetcars, sees benefits
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
BY TIM DOULIN
COTA is willing to operate and maintain the streetcar system if it is built, said William Lhota, COTA’s president and chief executive. COTA has talked with the city, he said. “I think it is a positive because it further ensures it will be seamlessly integrated into the COTA system,” Lhota said.
COTA is a “strong possibility” to operate the streetcar system, “but we haven’t made a decision yet,” said Antone White, a spokesman for Mayor Michael B. Coleman. For one thing, the City Council must decide whether to give the go-ahead for the streetcar line. That decision is expected this year.
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COTA willing to run streetcars, sees benefits
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Does this mean that streetcars are never allowed to run past 6:30 p.m.?
Will they be allowed to arrive at stops at times posted on a schedule?
Will they be able to run more frequently than every 45 mintes?
COTA wants its grubbies in the nice, lush, hot streetcar pie. Streetcars will come in spite of COTA and COTA should not be rewarded for decades of malfeasance.
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So, to summarize:
The biggest argument in favor of COTA is efficiency.
The biggest argument against COTA is COTA.
:(
I’m usually a fan of competition, but transit agencies are a different animal. You don’t want COTA trying to put the streetcar agency out of business.
When streetcars used to run the streets of Columbus, there were multiple private companies operating lines in Downtown and elsewhere.
The lines that went out to the suburbs were developed/operated by developers trying to get residents to move to a certain area. The seling point was that someone could live outside the city and get Downtown right quick.
These lines also synched up with national heavy-rail systems that were popular when that form of travel was super common.
I don’t know if that’s irony — but it’s totally shitty. I don’t trust that guy. It’s like the old rule that you should never visit a doctor with dying window plants.
I’m not sure if I’m more irritated that the guy running COTA just “happened to notice” high gas prices on his commute…as I would think that would be something he’d try and keep up with…
or that he’s commuting that much of a distance and not riding his own service.
either way, I’m peeved LOL
or that he’s commuting that much of a distance and not riding his own service.
either way, I’m peeved LOL
I guess I’m not shocked, and therefore not pissed. How many CEOs of large Columbus organizations do you think ride COTA? Does the CEO of Walmart buy his clothes and furniture there? I don’t think jobs should have residency restrictions.
The biggest argument in favor of COTA is efficiency.
The biggest argument against COTA is COTA.
:(
Assuming COTA would be more efficient, they shouldn’t have trouble coming in with the lowest bid, right?
COTA would probably do fine, but I think we should give private companies (example: First Transit) a chance to bid too. Maybe a private operator would do such a great job that we would want to privatize other bus routes. Maybe they wouldn’t and we could terminate their contract.