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The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA / ˈ k oʊ t ə /) is a public transit agency serving the Columbus metropolitan area, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It operates fixed-route buses, bus rapid transit, microtransit, and paratransit services. COTA's headquarters are located in the William J. Lhota Building in downtown Columbus.
The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) operates 41 fixed-route bus services throughout the Columbus metropolitan area in Central Ohio.The agency operates its standard and frequent bus services seven days per week, and rush hour service Monday to Friday. [1]
Here's what you need to know about COTA's plan to build bus rapid transit, more bus service and more sidewalks if a sales tax levy passes in November.
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.
A COTA bus driver and 2 other people sustained minor injuries Friday when the bus was forced off the road and crashed into an auto repair shop wall.
COTA's final 22 diesel buses will be retired by the end of this year while 26 electric vehicles join the fleet. COTA plans to have a zero-emissions bus fleet by 2035 and carbon neutrality by 2045.
The 10 E Broad / W Broad is a Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) bus service in Columbus, Ohio. The line operates on Broad Street, the city's main east-west thoroughfare. The 10 replaced the West Broad Street streetcar line, an early streetcar line in Columbus, built by the Glenwood and Green Lawn Railroad Company in 1875.