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Downtown Bus Ridership Has Doubled Over Past Year
August 14, 2019 4:22 pm
Walker Evans
Thanks to a unique program that offers free bus passes to most Downtown workers, transit ridership for the Downtown area has more than doubled year-over-year since the program went into effect. The C-pass program is a collaborative effort between the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District (SID), Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) and the Central Ohio […]
Enrollment Now Open for Free Downtown Bus Pass Program
April 26, 2018 2:00 pm
Brent Warren
Eligible employers can start signing up for the Downtown C-Pass program on May 1, and employees can start using their free, unlimited bus passes starting June 1. Any business, organization, or government entity that is located within the boundary of the program — with a few exceptions — is eligible to participate. It’s a district […]
Study Asks: How Will Driverless Cars Change Downtown Columbus?
January 11, 2018 12:48 pm Brent Warren
The 2016 Smart City Challenge win put Columbus at the forefront of a national conversation about autonomous vehicles, and plenty of people have since weighed in with opinions about what the technology will mean for the future of cities. A group of City and Regional Planning students at OSU recently studied the issue for a studio […]
Downtown Commission Hears Ideas for Discovery District, Plans for Lev’s Pawnshop Building
September 27, 2017 8:00 am Brent Warren
A new “Placemaking Plan” for the Discovery District was presented to the Downtown Commission on Tuesday. Cleve Ricksecker, Executive Director of the Discovery District Special Improvement District, updated the commission on some of the highlights of the plan, including a Discovery Trail meant to connect destinations like the Main Library, the Columbus Museum of Art, […]
Free Bus Passes for Downtown Workers Coming in 2018
August 3, 2017 11:56 am Brent Warren
The board of the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District gave its stamp of approval yesterday to a plan to provide free bus passes for as many as 40,000 Downtown workers. The program has been in the planning stages for over two years, including a small pilot program that ran from June of 2015 to December […]
Capital Crossroads Working Towards Free Bus Pass Program for Downtown Workers
March 19, 2017 8:00 am Brent Warren
When it comes to transit, discussions about light rail and streetcars — or high-profile, big-money initiatives like Smart Columbus — tend to grab the headlines. The Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District is betting that a much more modest program can help to revitalize Downtown while also putting a dent in Columbus’ infamous “car culture.” It will […]
Pop-Up Retail Incubator Launching Downtown
November 10, 2016 6:45 pm
Susan Post
A new pop-up retail incubator is closing the gap between local independent retailers and vacant storefronts Downtown. The Gay Street Collaborative, the Downtown Special Improvement District and The Columbus Foundation are collaborating on POP Columbus — a dual storefront space retailers can rent for anywhere between one day and two months, located at 44 N. High […]
