Last week, someone started the following discussion on CU : When you drive, why do you do it instead of walking, cycling, or using COTA? My answer to the question was the following: I walk when I’m going somewhere within a mile or so, and when the weather conditions are fairly optimal (ie: not raining, [...]
Posts under ‘Transportation’
Parking Meters: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
In many instances, I’ve been impressed with some of the parking-related adjustments that have come out of City Hall lately. The scooter & motorcycle parking initiative that was rolled out last year was done in a swift and effective manner to provide not only additional parking revenue for the city, but also to provide a [...]
Untangling the I-70/71 Split Fix
I’m headed to a meeting this afternoon where ODOT is supposed to be announcing some of their finalized plans for the Interstate 70/71 Split Fix project. This area is one of the most congested and crash-prone sections of highway throughout the entire state. I’m in favor of doing something about it… but there’s much more [...]
High Speed Rail – Midwest VS France
Just wanted to share a quick link to what I thought was a great comparison between what the concept of high speed rail in the Midwest look like compared to actual high speed in France: Cincinnati > Chicago bullet train more viable than France’s TGV The main comparison line is the Chicago-Indy-Cincy line, but there’s [...]
A Dispatch Letter to the Editor about Rt. 315 Construction
Titled: 315 Construction Article Is Missing Something Hello, I couldn’t help but notice that your Sunday article about the Route 315 construction (“Rt 315: Getting There From Here“) was missing one vital piece of information: the price tag. ODOT is spending $24 million (that’s $8 million per mile) on minor repairs and short-term maintenance. Whenever any article [...]
Ohio Senate OKs Passenger Rail Plan for 3C Corridor
Some big news tonight if you’re planning a train trip from Columbus to Cincinnati or Cleveland in a few years. More here: http://www.columbusunderground.com/ohio-senate-oks-passenger-rail-plan-for-3c-corridor
The Seattle Streetcar : A Video Worth Watching
It’s no secret that I’ve been a long-standing fan of the Columbus Streetcar plan. It was tabled last summer for research and since has been rolled into a larger light-rail plan. I’m a big fan of multi-modal transit systems that are built well and compliment each other very well, and I still think central-city streetcar [...]
Car Driving/Parking Adventures
On Wednesday I posted some details about my bus-riding adventures that day. And while I was quick to say that some of my timing that day was lucky, I’d like to also compare it to some car driving I did yesterday evening where I was very unlucky. Let me preface by saying that I consider [...]
COTA Bus-Riding Adventures
It’s almost been a year since I was inspired by Jeff Johnson’s COTA Challenge and started up my own. I haven’t been posting about it a lot lately, because much of the initial fun factor has worn off, and it’s been replaced by what has become a natural process of utilizing public transit to go [...]
Celebrating the 2008 COTA Challenge
Urban In-Fill Celebrating the COTA Challenge December 2, 2008 by Jeff JohnsonIt started last January with the simple idea of using public transportation to get to and from work, but only when it was convenient. I spent $45 on a transit pass and $30 on gas and set out to determine if I could make [...]