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COTA Blames Ridership Decline In Part On OSU

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published June 27, 2013 at 8:47 AM EDT

Fewer people are riding Central Ohio Transit Authority buses. COTA officials say ridership is down more than two-percent this year, after recording their biggest dropoff ever in May. Officials say Ohio State University's change from quarters to semesters this year is partially to blame.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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