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COTA Ridership Declines

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published July 25, 2013 at 6:25 AM EDT

Fewer people are riding pubic busses around central Ohio. The Central Ohio Transit Authority says ridership is down nearly three-percent so far this year, with just over nine-million bus rides taken between January and June. Agency officials blame the decline on fewer riders from Ohio State University, a fare increase, and the end of free service for disabled passengers.
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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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