People comsidering Columbus would do well to go somewhere else. Our school district is an embarrassment. Crime stats paint an innacurate picture because of data manipulation and the fact that simply reporting something like a property crime is harder than it should be. And after overexpanding horizontally in the Eighties and Nineties through annexation, the city is growing upward without the necessary changes to roads and infrastructure. We are full. Go somewhere else.
I mean, we could invest more in COTA, expand bus service, build RAIL... I would LOVE to take COTA more and leave my car parked at home, but when the buses are consistently 10-, 15- and 20-minutes late and folks are having to get an Uber just to get to the nearest bus stop in some parts of town, people aren't going to use it. If you want to get more people to use COTA, you have to make COTA a reasonable and more viable option of getting around the business and population centers of Columbus.
More public transit, school busses, and more schools that are closer together so kids can actually walk there. Also Columbus is trying to densify with the new zoning code and BRT corridors so it can one day have intercity rail.
@@ffjsb, not just Ohio; America's transit has been utterly fucked ever since we replaced all of our passenger rail lines with the Interstate Highway system. And now, we're all the worse off for it whereas nearly every other industrialized nation decided to update their rail systems over time. Guess which approach has payed the most dividends?
@@theperennialmillennial3849 WRONG. We have the FREEDOM and ability to go anywhere at anytime. Passenger rail stopped being profitable back in the 60's when they lost the mail contracts, because that was the only thing keeping them going. Anywhere that's not convenient to drive, you can fly there even faster. Passenger rail DOES NOT "pay dividends".
10,000 people per year from what I heard? Are we growing or are we importing cheap labor from other countries? Stats say we aren't growing but importing.
Don't move here. It's not getting better, just bigger and more crowded. Apartments are not good for families. Most new builds have no play space for kids. They'er pushing "bedroom" housing where they expect you to sleep but spend $$$ outside at restaurants and businesses. Not family or privacy friendly.
Induced demand: more roads and more lanes just increases car dependency, which generates more traffic. A growing city cannot build enough road capacity to effectively combat car traffic. The only way to lower traffic is to provide viable alternatives to driving. We should've had LinkUs at least 10 years ago but at least we have it now. Better late than never.
Why are there no proper bus stops around the city? I've never paid attention to it, but recently noticed folks sitting in wet grass and no seats or cover anywhere.
That would be a RIDICULOUS waste of money. Cincinnati built trams and they are losing money big time. You might as well just burn the cash in giant pit.
@@ffjsb I agree that Columbus isn’t big enough for subways and things of that nature, not with how much people drive. But the LinkUs project is good start, simply making the busses more frequent and adding sidewalks and trails.
@@ffjsb The biggest waste of money is highways which cost an absurd amount to build, maintain and repair. Roads are also way more expensive than most people realize. They are not financially solvent, see Strong Towns. Trams are more of pedestrian accelerators than actual public transportation like a metro. Typically they should be paid for by the businesses and property owners of adjacent properties as they raise said properties values; this is the way they were done at their height 80-100 years ago when every city - including Columbus - had them. Read Walkable City Rules, which contains rules about streetcars (and plenty of other things like street design).
@@BrysonTheTomato Columbus needs to focus on crime, or it will be another Detroit, and no one will want to live there. That's why I left decades ago...
Bullshit it's more like you're always in the constant fucking way because of all of the unnecessary constant road construction! Reminds me of the movie falling down where he asked what's wrong with the highway finally they admit that there's absolutely no reason that this repair needs to be done. That's Columbus of course I've also noticed it even as far out as Newark pataskala a lot of places are doing that now it must be the government's idea of creating jobs for existing city workers.
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People comsidering Columbus would do well to go somewhere else. Our school district is an embarrassment. Crime stats paint an innacurate picture because of data manipulation and the fact that simply reporting something like a property crime is harder than it should be. And after overexpanding horizontally in the Eighties and Nineties through annexation, the city is growing upward without the necessary changes to roads and infrastructure.
We are full. Go somewhere else.
I mean, we could invest more in COTA, expand bus service, build RAIL... I would LOVE to take COTA more and leave my car parked at home, but when the buses are consistently 10-, 15- and 20-minutes late and folks are having to get an Uber just to get to the nearest bus stop in some parts of town, people aren't going to use it. If you want to get more people to use COTA, you have to make COTA a reasonable and more viable option of getting around the business and population centers of Columbus.
Rail is a complete waste of money. Central Ohio is too spread out for that.
More public transit, school busses, and more schools that are closer together so kids can actually walk there.
Also Columbus is trying to densify with the new zoning code and BRT corridors so it can one day have intercity rail.
Well they just passed Issue 47, so thats closer to reality. Finally
@@ffjsb, not just Ohio; America's transit has been utterly fucked ever since we replaced all of our passenger rail lines with the Interstate Highway system. And now, we're all the worse off for it whereas nearly every other industrialized nation decided to update their rail systems over time. Guess which approach has payed the most dividends?
@@theperennialmillennial3849 WRONG. We have the FREEDOM and ability to go anywhere at anytime. Passenger rail stopped being profitable back in the 60's when they lost the mail contracts, because that was the only thing keeping them going. Anywhere that's not convenient to drive, you can fly there even faster. Passenger rail DOES NOT "pay dividends".
10,000 people per year from what I heard? Are we growing or are we importing cheap labor from other countries? Stats say we aren't growing but importing.
Don't move here. It's not getting better, just bigger and more crowded. Apartments are not good for families. Most new builds have no play space for kids. They'er pushing "bedroom" housing where they expect you to sleep but spend $$$ outside at restaurants and businesses. Not family or privacy friendly.
Induced demand: more roads and more lanes just increases car dependency, which generates more traffic. A growing city cannot build enough road capacity to effectively combat car traffic. The only way to lower traffic is to provide viable alternatives to driving. We should've had LinkUs at least 10 years ago but at least we have it now. Better late than never.
Why are there no proper bus stops around the city? I've never paid attention to it, but recently noticed folks sitting in wet grass and no seats or cover anywhere.
Maybe they should put the Ohio E-Check in Franklin & the surrounding counties.
Subways. Subways, Subways. High St, Broad St, 3C, and Dublin/Pickerington with express line from John Glenn to Rickenbacker Airport.
Yes, we need transit
That would be a RIDICULOUS waste of money. Cincinnati built trams and they are losing money big time. You might as well just burn the cash in giant pit.
@@ffjsb I agree that Columbus isn’t big enough for subways and things of that nature, not with how much people drive. But the LinkUs project is good start, simply making the busses more frequent and adding sidewalks and trails.
@@ffjsb The biggest waste of money is highways which cost an absurd amount to build, maintain and repair. Roads are also way more expensive than most people realize. They are not financially solvent, see Strong Towns.
Trams are more of pedestrian accelerators than actual public transportation like a metro. Typically they should be paid for by the businesses and property owners of adjacent properties as they raise said properties values; this is the way they were done at their height 80-100 years ago when every city - including Columbus - had them.
Read Walkable City Rules, which contains rules about streetcars (and plenty of other things like street design).
@@BrysonTheTomato Columbus needs to focus on crime, or it will be another Detroit, and no one will want to live there. That's why I left decades ago...
Reinforcing ICE and getting the left out of office helps. There’s too many people in the country.
TRAINS! TRAINS! TRAINS! 🚂🚂🚂
The first thing Columbus needs to do is dump Ginter as mayor.
Columbus Fire is still short about 300 firefighters.
That's what happens when you have a rino governor and a sanctuary city.
I'm thinking your 'congestion' problem will be over soon.
Bullshit it's more like you're always in the constant fucking way because of all of the unnecessary constant road construction!
Reminds me of the movie falling down where he asked what's wrong with the highway finally they admit that there's absolutely no reason that this repair needs to be done.
That's Columbus of course I've also noticed it even as far out as Newark pataskala a lot of places are doing that now it must be the government's idea of creating jobs for existing city workers.