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In 2021, COTA introduced a new fare system, based on the Transit app, which caps fares at $4.50 per day or $62 per month. The agency is also transitioning to cash-free fares, though it added about 400 retailers in Central Ohio into a network, allowing riders to add cash to their accounts at the retail stores.
[1] At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Columbus, Ohio, COTA suspended nonessential and less-frequented routes, including the CBUS. It was reported that the service may be restored by September 2021, if vaccination rates rise and virus rates remain low. [14] In August 2021, COTA announced that the service will not return.
The Central Ohio Transit Authority operates multiple services without fixed routes. COTA Plus, stylized as COTA//PLUS, is a microtransit service in Grove City and northeast Franklin County. The service enables people to use a mobile app or call COTA's customer service to arrange a trip within service zones created for Grove City and northeast ...
Officials from the Central Ohio Transit Authority and others want to increase the sales tax for COTA from 0.5% to 1% to raise $6 billion to build a bus rapid-transit system.
COTA is funded by a permanent 0.25% sales tax as well as another 10-year 0.25% sales tax. [22] The agency was founded in 1971, replacing the private Columbus Transit Company. The Central Ohio Transit Authority began operating in 1974, and has made gradual improvements to its fleet and network. Its first bus network redesign took place in 2017.
View of the interchange of Interstates 70, 71 and Route 315 in 2019. The LinkUS initiative involving Columbus, the Central Ohio Transit Authority and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission ...
Stay informed as the 2024 general election heats up. From the U.S. Senate race to key local issues, follow along for in-depth coverage of central Ohio.
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (abbreviated BMV) is an agency of the Ohio Department of Public Safety that registers motor vehicles and issues license plates and driver's licenses in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is headquartered in the state capital, Columbus, and operates deputy registrar's offices and driver exam stations throughout the state.