Comments for TransitColumbus http://www.transitcolumbus.org Great Neighborhoods Need Great Transit Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Why Transit? by jim coleman http://www.transitcolumbus.org/why-transit/#comment-231 jim coleman Fri, 21 Dec 2012 03:05:56 +0000 http://www.transitcolumbus.org/?page_id=23#comment-231 Great post! Columbus is going to change its leadership to improve. We live in a city that has made a tragic investment in 130 new parking meters on high st. They are doing it under the premise to attract retail yet they are really excited about parking ticket revenue. Its a scary place on high st when a car , bike and bus are all merging into the same lane to avoid a parked car.

]]> Comment on The Density Debate by Jeremy http://www.transitcolumbus.org/the-density-debate/#comment-24 Jeremy Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:31:13 +0000 http://www.transitcolumbus.org/?p=50#comment-24 I am surprised that Salt Lake is not on this list. I visited family there a couple of years ago. The city seemed a lot more expansive than Columbus yet had a growing and thriving light rail system. Columbus would be a more lively city with a light rail system of some kind. I would visit Downtown locations more frequently if I did not have to worry about finding a place to park and dealing with traffic. There is nothing more frustrating than meeting friends for a movie and then getting stuck in the middle of traffic following a Blue Jackets game.

]]> Comment on Show Your Support by Jeff Friedlander http://www.transitcolumbus.org/donate/#comment-23 Jeff Friedlander Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:24:15 +0000 http://www.transitcolumbus.org/?page_id=18#comment-23 Looking forward to learning more about your plans and involvement opportunities.

]]> Comment on Show Your Support by Calvin Rittenhouse http://www.transitcolumbus.org/donate/#comment-22 Calvin Rittenhouse Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:27:54 +0000 http://www.transitcolumbus.org/?page_id=18#comment-22 I linked here from a Facebook posting by Consider Biking. I like your broader mission better because it fits my approach to transportation. Please keep in touch about progress on your mailing list. Also, I just finished a degree in a communication field from Franklin University and I might be able to help in some way.

]]> Comment on About by Ben http://www.transitcolumbus.org/about/#comment-21 Ben Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:54:18 +0000 http://www.transitcolumbus.org/?page_id=2#comment-21 I’m in favor of rail transit, but I do think we could get a lot more use out of the bus system. The biggest problem I see as a frequent bus rider is the fact that journeys by bus take twice as long as those by car in most instances outside of downtown.

I have provided many suggestions to COTA on reducing the number of stops and re-routing certain routes to avoid congested areas with little success. Additionally, a contact-less smart card would be much faster than the current magnetic swipe fares, and more environmentally friendly (as they are reusable). Unfortunately, change comes slow to such an organization.

]]> Comment on Why Transit? by Scott Winzenread http://www.transitcolumbus.org/why-transit/#comment-20 Scott Winzenread Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:55:03 +0000 http://www.transitcolumbus.org/?page_id=23#comment-20 I think this is a fantastic approach to our lack of transit options in Columbus. The more information, voices, posts, tweets, etc. there is the better the awareness. Keep it up!

]]> Comment on About by Irene Kennedy http://www.transitcolumbus.org/about/#comment-19 Irene Kennedy Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:13:38 +0000 http://www.transitcolumbus.org/?page_id=2#comment-19 I live in Licking County, and a group here is working on getting a fixed-route transit system for the Newark-Heath area. Would be interested in anything you are also doing.

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