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COTA Launches New Airport-Downtown Bus Service Today
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The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) has been making the news a lot over the span of the past week, with updates on the CBUS Circulator, the fall levy renewal, and real-time tracking technology going into effect this Friday. Another significant service update the for bus system arrived this morning when the new AirConnect route officially launched. The new […]
COTA Placing Levy Renewal on November Ballot
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The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) announced yesterday that it will be placing a levy renewal on the November 8th general ballot this fall. The levy asks voters to renew COTA’s quarter-percent sales and use tax, which is otherwise set to expire on March 31st in 2017. “In order for COTA to maintain the level […]
Big Ideas for Transit Laid Out in New Framework Plan
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If you want to sit around and wait for a train in Columbus, you could be waiting for a long time. Local planner and transit enthusiast JM Rayburn got tired of waiting though, and decided to launch a project that could spark change with how Central Ohioans think about transit systems. The culmination of that […]
Next Phase of Interstate 70/71 Construction Delayed Until 2018
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The next phase of the multi-part Interstate 70/71 “Columbus Crossroads” construction project has officially been pushed back another year to 2018, according to officials at the Ohio Department of Transportation. This phase, known as the “Project 2D — East Interchange” includes the highway intersection where I-71 and I-70 meet on the southeast side of Downtown […]
CoGo Adding Five New Stations, Updates Pricing Model
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The CoGo Bike Share system will continue to grow and expand this year with the addition of five new station locations this summer. The pricing model for ridership is also making a couple of changes. The daily rental rate is jumping from $6 per day to $8 per day, while a new three-day pass will […]
Columbus Named Finalist in $40 Million Transit Upgrade Program
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Columbus has been named one of the seven finalist cities in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Smart Cities Challenge” — an application-based program that will award up to $40 million to one city’s proposal to implement technology-based solutions for improving transit systems. “With 78 applicants, for Columbus to make the final seven shows a great deal […]
New COTA Program Surpasses Goal in Getting Downtown Workers Commuting
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Last April, the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District and Central Ohio Transit Authority unveiled a pilot program for Downtown workers, which allowed commuters to ride COTA buses to work at no personal cost, in an effort to reduce demand for parking spaces, which has become expensive and scarce for many workers. The newly released 2015 year-end Downtown […]
Megabus Ends Columbus-Cleveland Service
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The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported yesterday afternoon that intercity bus service Megabus has recently ended its Columbus-to-Cleveland service as a part of a larger route cut between Cleveland and Atlanta. The PD reports that the scale back in service comes from declining ridership due to low gas prices across the US. A Megabus Customer Service Specialist […]
COTA Unveils New Airport Service Bus Design
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Blue is for CBUS and Red is for Airport. That’s all that convention-goers and Downtown visitors will need to remember when COTA launches their new airport shuttle service in May. The design schematic was presented yesterday for the first time at a COTA Board of Trustees meeting, and the design closely resembles the look of […]
Columbus Opens City’s First Protected Bike Lane to the Public
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While cyclists have already been utilizing some of the completed portions of the new bike lanes along Fourth and Summit Streets for several weeks, the new project officially opened to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony held yesterday afternoon by city leaders. The new installment includes the first protected lane in the City of […]
Commuters Have Doubled in Columbus in Past 25 Years
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Last week, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) released their annual Urban Mobility Scorecard, which provides a detailed look at the latest traffic congestion data all across the United States. While the report didn’t show anything too unusual over last year’s report (slight uptick in congestion all across the US, Columbus still scores fairly average), the data […]
COTA and Car2Go Announce Park & Ride Partnership
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Earlier this month, car2go announced that it would be shrinking its local car sharing service area, removing outlying areas that saw lesser usage in order to serve the higher volume areas of the city. The changes, which took effect today, removed portions of northern Clintonville, Linden, West Franklinton, the eastern side of Olde Towne East and […]