XING Columbus wrote
COTA Public Hearing Roundup
June 24, 2008 by Eric
I was one of about 20 interested citizens at tonight�s COTA public hearing convened by Councilwoman O�Shaughnessy (Transportation Committee Chair) and Councilwoman Tavares. I�ll summarize my �minutes� of the meeting below, but the overall message I got was:
1) COTA is a �prudent, cautious, and measured� organization. Probably to a fault.
2) COTA is on sound financial footing for the first time in a decade, and is implementing it�s long range plan. This plan consists of increasing the bus hours on the streets.
3) COTA is struggling with high fuel prices, Bill Lhota believes they�ll go higher over the long term, but doesn�t have a concrete plan on how to deal with them.
4) COTA is still luke warm about the streetcar plan, so long as they have a significant seat in the design, implementation, and a good plan regarding future phases of a multi-modal system.
5) Google Transit will be up and running for Columbus on July 3rd.
The notes I took, and random thoughts I had, are below…
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