central ohio transit authority

Tonight on the Show, the Transit System Review (TSR) of the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) will take effect on Monday May 1, 2017. What YOU need to know about the TSR, and what it is, and why it will forever change the way you get around town.

- GRID-like Pattern in Downtown
- Simplified Bus Lines and Route Numbering
- More Frequent Lines
- More Frequent Service on the Weekends
- Covers More Area in the Standard/Frequent Service Pattern

FREQUENT LINES:
# 1 Kenny/Livingston (between Riverside Hospital & Reynoldsburg Park & Ride; Standard between Riverside Hospital and Sawmill Road)
# 2 East Main/North High (between Fenway Road & Main St./Hamilton Road; Standard EAST of Hamilton Road)
# 5 W 5th/Refugee (between Grandview and Driving Park; Standard WEST of Fifth Avenue & Riverside Drive and EAST of Whittier St & Seymour Avenue)
# 6 Cleveland/Sullivant (between Downtown and State Route 161; Standard WEST of High & Main Streets and NORTH of Cleveland Avenue & State Route 161)
# 7 Mount Vernon (between Downtown and Fifth and Cassady Avenues; Standard NORTH and EAST of Fifth and Cassady)
# 8 Karl/South High (between State Route 161 and S High & Hanford Street; Standard SOUTH of S High & Hanford St)
# 10 East/West Broad Street (between Westwoods Park and Ride and Whitehall; Standard EAST of Whitehall Park and Ride)
# 23 James/Stelzer
# 34 Morse

STANDARD:
# 2L North High/Polaris Parkway
# 3 Northwest/Harrisburg
# 4 Indianola/Lockbourne
# 9 West Mound/Brentnell
# 11 Bryden/Maize
# 12 McKinley/Fields
# 21 Hilliard-Rome
# 22 OSU/Rickenbacker
# 24 Hamilton Rd
# 25 Brice
# 31 Hudson
# 32 North Broadway
# 33 Henderson

RUSH-HOUR ONLY:
# 13 Arlington/1st
# 41 Crosswoods/Polaris
# 42 Sharon Woods
# 43 Westerville
# 44 Easton
# 45 New Albany
# 46 Gahanna
# 51 Reynoldsburg
# 52 Canal Winchester
# 61 Grove City
# 71 Hilliard
# 72 Tuttle
# 73 Dublin
# 74 Smoky Row

OTHER:
Night Owl (Thursday-Saturday ONLY)
The CBUS

Tonight on the show, The DJBC talks about the COTA Transit System Review, what is it, and what to expect. Plus, other happenings at COTA:
- The COTA AirConnect Line - which connects all of the Downtown Hotels to Port Columbus (launched May 2, 2016)
- Real-Time Tracking App for COTA (launches May 6, 2016)
- Levy Renewal on November Ballot
- Bus Rapid Transit on Cleveland Avenue from Downtown to Westerville (Coming January 2018!)

MORPC Commuter Challenge: http://morpc.org/commuterchallenge (June 1-30, 2016)
DJBC AfterHours: http://djbcadventures.tumblr.com/post/143770906949/the-djbc-afterhours-t...
Youth Beat Radio - "Get On The Bus": http://wcrsfm.org/content/get-bus-june-22-2015
Transit System Review: http://www.cota.com/TSR

SONG LIST:
"Double Dutch Bus" - Frankie Smith
"The Magic Bus" - The Who
"Trains and Boats and Planes" - Burt Bacharach
"Little Red Corvette" - Prince (RIP)
"The Trolley Song" - Judy Garland