CU Podcast Episode #13: Coffee with Jeff Johnson
In this week’s podcast we sit down for coffee with Jeff Johnson of Urban In-Fill and The Merion Village Blog to discuss a variety of topics including his “COTA Challenge” experiences, a recent trip to our economic-rival of Indianapolis, rail transportation in the Midwest, urban vegetable gardening, and the ever-changing landscape of our south side neighborhoods.
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April 7th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
COTA Challenge: Q1 2009 Update
April 7, 2009 by Jeff Johnson
It’s time for a quick COTA Challenge update.
Year to date (first quarter, 2009) I have spent $81.25 for 48.27 gallons of gas for the car (there’s still a quarter-tank left). This includes one round-trip drive to Indianapolis.
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April 21st, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Wow - Walker and Anne have 30 bags of cheese in their freezer - Cheese Party in KLD if we have a big power outage again!
April 21st, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Ha! Yeah, we like to stock up. ;)
In other COTA Challenge news… we might have another person making the jump soon:
http://mycolumbusohioblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/no-car/
:D
April 21st, 2009 at 8:57 pm
A good point made my Jeff in that link I just posted:
“When I was weighing the costs, I tried to remember this: Riding COTA supports local jobs. Buying gasoline supports foreign countries.“
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Another fun post for those interested in “The COTA Challenge”:
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/04/21/a-very-small-adventure-riding-the-bus/
June 4th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Bummer. Columbus is losing a GREAT local transit-enthusiast to Chicago… why? Because we don’t have RAIL TRANSIT. :(