#Columbus area folks, come join @NatashaDianneHere and me to knock doors and talk to voters. We’ve got some much at stake: we’ve got to reelect #SherrodBrown to prevent a national #abortion ban and more, we can end #gerrymandering, and we can pass #LinkUs—a massive #transit expansion for #CentralOhio. And if you, like me, are experiencing some election anxiety, talking to voters will make you feel better!
https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/643798/

This is a great opportunity for #Columbus #Ohio folks to ask all your questions and relay your concerns to the people tasked with gathering feedback on the project. The #LinkUS project includes a 45% increase in #COTA service (incl. 24 hr lines), new #BRT lines, and #bikelanes and sidewalks.

COTA's board has approved the #LinkUS ballot measure to fund #BRT, bikeways, sidewalks, and more bus service: https://cota.com/blog/cota-board-approves-ballot-measure-to-expand-transit-and-provide-more-access-to-sidewalks-bikeways

#Columbus #COTAbus

@somcak The dedicated money to improve bus frequency is coming! This November, there'll be a sales tax increase on the ballot from 0.5% to 1%, which will about double COTA's budget. They'll use that money for:

- more-frequent buses
- longer service hours
- new BRT routes, maybe including one on the South Side
- more sidewalks and bike lanes

It's a tax increase because that's the biggest way Ohio allows COTA to be funded.

Read more at https://linkuscolumbus.com/

#Columbus #LinkUS #TransitTooter

@heartlandurbanist I'm glad that there's an "Urbanism PeerTuber" for my city of #ColumbusOhio because there's almost no coverage for things like #LinkUS.

If you want to see some #carbrained planning, check out #MORPC's proposed new projects for 2024-2027: https://www.morpc.org/news/morpc-proposes-more-than-148-million-for-new-transportation-projects/

They want to build a whole new greenfield interchange south of SR36 and I-71! It's project 114 in https://www.morpc.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AFC-2022-Final-Apps-Summary-w-One-Pagers.pdf

There's also a lot of new shared-use paths #SUP and new #trails, and the #LinkUS West Broad corridor, but c'mon, a whole new highway?

#StrongTowns #CentralOhio #Ohio #Comment

@betterstreetschicago #COTA/#MORPC's #LinkUs plans for BRT in Columbus will take 7-8 years to be built, if they get the funding to do the road work. #COTA isn't interested in building out high-frequency transit through increased service, and there's no appetite in the #Ohio Statehouse for other forms of high-capacity transit. You might get BRT before us.

Linkus is ready for Santa! Should I tell him he has another month to wait?😬🤣

#dachshundsofmastodon #linkus #nerdinthenoke

@jackissocool #LinkUS plans to build a BRT line for COTA in #Columbus; they just finalized the #LPA choice: https://linkuscolumbus.com/northwest-corridor-locally-preferred-alternative-adopted/

$130-$180m for mostly center running, which seems like like waaay too much money for this. $4m/y operating costs.

We're big fans of the Bruins' Reverse Retro Pooh Bear jersey here in this house (well, at least I am). Linkus however has notes...🤣

#bostonbruins #reverseretro #poohbear #linkus #dachshundsofinstagram #nerdinthenoke