COTA Bus

Tonight, we talk COTA and the City of Columbus Zoning Update. Plus, the Beat Ohio Roundup recaps Spring Ball, and what is next (congrats to our National Champions who are getting drafted this week).

References:
https://columbusunderground.com/the-confluence-cast-cota-bus-transfer-tf1/
https://columbusunderground.com/the-zone-in-gallery-is-open-for-business...
https://zone-in-columbus.hub.arcgis.com/

NOTE: Re-uploaded to repair some editing gaffes, and bleep out a couple more words that inadvertently made it to air during its LIVE Maiden Voyage.

Tonight on the show, the DJBC returns from his two-week Summer Job, and talks about what to look forward to this B1G Football Season - can Michigan continue their dominance over their little sibling, Ohio?

Also, the Weekend Warrior highlights events going on over the next few weeks.

Tonight on the show, we celebrate our 11th Anniversary. The DJBC Happy Hour first debuted on Monday April 18, 2011 on WCRS FM. And 11 years later, the show is still here.

On the Show:
- National Library Week & National Volunteer Month
- What Is Happening on the Show This Summer?
- Downtown Columbus: It's Back, Baby! It's Back!
- Will There Be Late Night Bus Service This Summer? (Spoiler Alert)

Plus other burning questions and discussion.

Don't Forget To Write In:
Bryan "The DJBC" Curtiss, WCRS for Talk Radio Personality
and
WCRS FM for Local Radio Station
(Voting Wraps on April 22)
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Tonight on the Show:
- A Recap of the Sugar Bowl and Preview of the College Football Playoff National Championship between the # 1 Alabama Crimson Tide and the # 11 Ohio Football Team
- Treason and Sedition on the High Seas: Tell me where you can find 11,780 Votes? A prison cell.
- COTA is restoring fares on January 11, 2021. Plus, changes on the West Side.
- Will he or won't he? Will Harbaugh sign the Contract Extension, or be lured back to the NFL?
- The latest in COVID-19.
- Looking Ahead to the Virtual Biden Inauguration on January 20.

Tonight on the Show - The 2020 Revenge Tour is officially back as the Big Ten announced on September 16 that the 2020 Football Season is a GO, and on September 19, the Slate of Season Games was confirmed (Both XSU and Michigan's Schedules are below). Also, it's Last Call to Respond to the 2020 U.S. Census, and to Register to Vote for the 2020 Presidential Election, and why the stakes just got higher for this Election, the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020).

Home Games are in ALL CAPS.
THE XhiX State B*ckeyes 2020 Schedule:
10/24 - NEBRASKA
10/31 - at Penn State
11/07 - RUTGERS
11/14 - at Maryland
11/21 - INDIANA
11/28 - at Illinois (The IlliBuck Trophy)
12/05 - at Michigan State
12/12 - MICHIGAN (THE Game)
12/19 - Champions/Placement Game
(This is by far, the EASIEST SCHEDULE ever. This is also WITHOUT Non-Conference Opponents. The B*ckeyes got a lot of kickbacks, I'm sure.)

Michigan Wolverines 2020 Schedule:
10/24 - at Minnesota (The Little Brown Jug)
10/31 - MICHIGAN STATE (Little Brothers Week)
11/07 - at Indiana
11/14 - WISCONSIN
11/21 - at Rutgers
11/28 - PENN STATE
12/05 - MARYLAND
12/12 - at You Know Who (THE GAME)
12/19 - B1G Championship in Indianapolis

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Tonight on this Super-Sized Show, we've got all bases loaded. DNC, RNC, The Blue Jackets Exodus from the NHL Bubble, the Cancellation of Fall Sports for both the Big Ten and Columbus City Schools, and the Governor's Update on High School Sports.

The FULL Monologue for The DJBC Social Distancing Happy Hour on May 4, 2020 that was cut for time. Panic Buying, COTA, Ohio State & Michigan, and the Primary are among the things discussed.

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