Central Ohio Transit Authority
The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) is the regional public transit provider for greater Columbus and Central Ohio, serving an area of about 1.2 million residents with bus, rapid transit, paratransit, and on-demand services. It provides roughly 19 million passenger trips annually.www.cota.com
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Oct 12, 2026
Bruce HooleyHOST
Do they offer free eye tests as Fra- to Franklin County Commissioners? I think they probably do with their robust health benefits.
Bruce HooleyHOST
The other perk you get as a Franklin County Commissioner, and she might need this one if Keith Faber [laughs] decides to suspend her driver's license, is a free COTA bus pass.
Bruce HooleyHOST
Now, they've expanded COTA, and we kicked in your sales taxes up to 8% in Franklin County because they gotta build out COTA.
Bruce HooleyHOST
Why doesn't she just use COTA? They could drop her off right at the front door, no parking tickets.
Bruce HooleyHOST
I, of course, find this all to be, um, highly reflective of the entitlement with which Erica Crowley operates.
Bruce HooleyHOST
She operated with it at the concert on July the 2nd at Crew Stadium when the police came over and said, "Hey, event security asked us to come and check your armbands." "No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Michael WilkosHOST
And in a city built around the car, if you can't afford one or can't drive one, the bus isn't just a convenience, it is in a very real sense how you participate in the life of our city.
Michael WilkosHOST
So today, we're gonna talk about the Central Ohio Transit Authority, also known as COTA, and why it matters to the kind of Columbus we wanna become.
Michael WilkosHOST
And I cannot be happier about who's here to have this conversation with me.
Michael WilkosHOST
Garth Weithman is Deputy CEO of COTA.