Every COTA Bus Route Review

Total routes reviewed: 20/39

Over time, this page will be filled in with a semi-detailed review for each COTA bus route. As I complete each review, I will link the review to each route listed below and include the final rating. these will include all standard, frequent, rush-hour routes, and some other miscellaneous routes. The rubric for the reviews is linked here.

I will NOT be reviewing temporary routes, non-fixed-route lines, or routes not operated by COTA. The routes to be reviewed are:

downtown routes:

CMAX

1 Kenny/Livingston [8/10]

2 E Main/N High [6/10]

3 Northwest/Harrisburg

4 Indianola/Lockbourne

5 W 5th Ave/Refugee [9/10]

6 Sullivant [8/10]

7 Mt Vernon

8 Karl/S High/Parsons

9 W Mound/Brentnell [7/10]

10 E Broad/W Broad

11 Bryden/Maize

12 McKinley/Fields

102 Polaris Pkwy/N High

north/south routes:

21 Hilliard/Rome [5/10]

22 OSU/Rickenbacker [6/10]

23 James/Stelzer

24 Hamilton [4/10]

25 Brice

east/west routes:

31 Hudson [7/10]

32 N Broadway

33 Henderson

34 Morse [5/10]

35 Dublin-Granville [3/10]

rush-hour routes:

41 Crosswoods/Polaris

42 Sharon Woods [6/10]

43 Westerville

44 Easton [5/10]

45 New Albany [6/10]

46 Gahanna [3/10]

51 Reynoldsburg [7/10]

52 Canal Winchester [5/10]

61 Grove City [5/10]

71 Hilliard [5/10]

72 Tuttle

73 Dublin [10/10]

74 Smoky Row

75 Arlington/1st Ave

ZOO Bus

note:

despite what the agency says, the two SmartRide shuttles in New Albany function more like a microtransit network than fixed-route lines. for this reason, i have removed them from the list of lines to be reviewed.