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COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the second time in three years, the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) has earned the Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement Award, recognizing the organization as the best transit organization of its size in North America. The award was announced by the […]

COSI on Wheels, COSI’s beloved educational outreach program for more than 38 years has joined with the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) to expand the program to meet the growing needs of the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COSI on Wheels: Curbside experience brings […]

The City of Columbus, Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), and Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) today unveiled LinkUS, a collaborative effort with private sector and neighborhood partners that allows for mobility implementation efforts within the region to be centered under an umbrella program. The LinkUS […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) Board of Trustees elected Craig. P. Treneff as chair Wednesday while also swearing in two new members, Jennifer Gallagher and Julie Sloat during the board’s annual meeting. Treneff is an attorney at Treneff Cozza Law LLC, […]

Starting Tuesday, COTA will resume its regular fixed-route service in the downtown Columbus area. Columbus Division of Police had declared an emergency due to recent demonstrations, requiring COTA to reroute 14 transit lines since May 30. This impacted Lines 1-12, 102 and CMAX. In addition […]

Due to ongoing protests in Columbus, all COTA transit service will continue to be rerouted around downtown Columbus indefinitely. This means no transit stops will be served in the downtown area. These reroutes impact lines 1-12, 102 and CMAX. Customers needing to transfer buses can do so in the area […]

The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) announced a groundbreaking enhancement to add to an already extensive COVID-19 sanitization process for its entire fleet of more 400 transit vehicles including buses, COTA Plus vehicles and COTA Mainstream paratransit vehicles. Starting this month, all transit vehicles will […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) will launch a COTA//Plus microtransit service Tuesday, May 26, to complement existing transit options during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new COTA//Plus option is an on-demand pilot project to better serve northeast Franklin County customers impacted by […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Beginning Wednesday, April 15, COTA will require customers to wear secure masks covering their faces on all transit vehicles. Masks can be medical, homemade, scarves or bandanas. They must be secure and must cover the nose and mouth. The requirement is consistent […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) will be moving to focused service beginning Tuesday, March 17, allowing COTA to be flexible to address changing community needs, while maintaining service to the vast majority of existing routes. Customers can get updated schedule information […]