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The agency was founded in 1971, replacing the private Columbus Transit Company. Mass transit service in the city dates to 1863, progressively with horsecars, streetcars, and buses. 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.
With the start of the new school approaching, will Columbus-area schools be ready to transport students amid a national bus driver shortage?
A Columbus City Schools bus drops off students at Briggs High School for the first day of in-person classes on Monday, March 15, 2021.
The Columbus Interurban Terminal One of two remaining Columbus streetcars, operated 1926–1948, and now at the Ohio Railway Museum. The first public transit in the city was the horse-drawn omnibus, utilized in 1852 to transport passengers to and from the city's first train station, and in 1853, between Columbus, Franklinton, Worthington, and Canal Winchester.
A Jan. 22 story "3 Ohio counties rank among nation's 'unhealthiest'," by Danae King, highlighted a study naming Franklin County one of the three unhealthiest Ohio counties in the nation.
In July 2021, the bus station in Columbus, Ohio, was sold to the Central Ohio Transit Authority for $9.5 million. [139] [140] In October 2021, the bus station in Downtown Louisville was sold for $2.8 million. [141] The bus station in Cincinnati was sold to a real estate company for $4.25 million, with plans to convert it to parking. [142]
The emergency motion, filed Wednesday in the Ohio Supreme Court, urges Columbus City Schools to begin busing charter and parochial students.
The effort simplified routes, increased bus frequency, connected more locations, and reduced bus congestion in downtown Columbus. The redesign doubled the agency's number of frequent lines and significantly increased weekend service. [58] [59] COTA began its CMAX service, the first bus rapid transit service in Columbus, on January 1, 2018. [60]