Columbus
Rail-y Big Deal: Ohio Man Maps The Future
"People said, 'This would change my life,'" said the visionary behind a Buckeye State rail system.
December 23, 2019
Garçon! D.C. Requires Curb Reservations for Deliveries
Cities need to treat curb space like restaurants treat its prime tables.
November 14, 2019
Can Columbus Grow Itself Toward Walkability?
The city's new plan would concentrate growth around a few corridors with beefed up transit.
August 30, 2019
How Columbus Doubled Downtown Bus Commuting
Free transit passed for downtown workers raised their transit-commuting rate from 5 percent to 10 to 14 percent.
August 15, 2019
Are Uber and Lyft the Future of Transit? Not So Fast
Cities that turn to technology companies to save their transit systems are bound to be disappointed by the outcome.
July 22, 2019
Ohio’s Poor Face Nightmarish Commutes
Being poor anywhere is hard — but in Ohio, a lack of transit forces families to choose between housing they can't afford and long, exhausting commutes keeping them from their loved ones, a new study reveals.
June 17, 2019
The Columbus Bus Network Redesign Boosted Ridership
At a time when transit ridership is down nationally, Columbus's COTA is up 3.6 percent in June.
August 14, 2018
Columbus Just Launched a Completely Redesigned Bus Network
This week, Columbus, Ohio, became the latest city to flip the switch on a redesigned bus network, changing a decades-old route map in a bid to jump-start flagging ridership. The updated routes bring huge numbers of people and jobs within closer reach of frequent transit service.
May 2, 2017
Columbus May Offer Free Transit Passes to All Downtown Workers
For the last year and a half, Columbus's Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District has been piloting a free transit pass program for 844 downtown workers. The share of workers in the program who commute via transit increased from 6 percent to 12 percent, and now it might be expanded to all 40,000 workers downtown.
March 13, 2017
Columbus Is About to Double Access to Frequent Bus Service
Columbus hopes to increase ridership 10 percent in three years with a system that prioritizes frequent service in a more grid-like pattern, connecting people to job centers.
February 3, 2017
