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Never Built Columbus: Transit
February 9, 2020 10:00 am
Brent Warren
Here’s a scene from an alternate universe – an OSU student boards a streetcar at 11th Avenue and takes it down High Street to Nationwide Boulevard, where she walks down some stairs to a boarding platform to catch a train to Cleveland for the holidays (oh, and her brother arrives from his home on the […]
UPDATED: COTA to Increase Frequency on 3 Lines, NightOwl to Stay
February 4, 2020 2:12 pm Brent Warren
UPDATE (2/6/20, 9:31 a.m.): The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) has decided to continue service on its NightOwl line on North High Street. See below for a statement explaining the decision from Jeff Pullin, COTA’s Public Information Officer: COTA really looked at the feedback from our customers and our team made the decision based on […]
Group to Decide How to Spend Downtown Parking Meter Revenue
January 29, 2020 1:07 pm Brent Warren
The city is in the process of setting up a benefit district that will allow revenue from parking meters Downtown to stay in the area and be fed back into transit and other mobility improvements. It’s a model that has already been established in the Short North, where a committee made up of neighborhood leaders […]
January 2020 Service Change Public Information Meeting
December 10, 2019 11:00 pm
Anne Evans
Central Ohio Transit Authority will host two public information meetings regarding service changes effective Monday, January 6, 2020: Tuesday, December 10 COTA Downtown Office William G. Porter Boardroom 33 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215 6:00 p.m. COTA makes improvements to its service three times a year – January, May and September. This includes schedule […]
City and COTA Announce Plan for Second Bus Lane Experiment
November 12, 2019 2:24 pm Brent Warren
Last summer, the City of Columbus and the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) temporarily made one lane of Third Street Downtown open only to buses, bikes and scooters. The new alignment was only in effect during rush hour and lasted for just two weeks, but it yielded data and survey results that could be used […]
Pay-by-Phone Now Available on COTA Buses
October 3, 2019 2:13 pm Brent Warren
The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) announced the roll-out of a long-awaited feature at its annual luncheon today. Bus riders can now pay for a ride on a COTA bus using a cell phone, something that the agency has been promising for several years. “We believe this first iteration of digital payment will draw new […]
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 […]
