u/benkeith

Columbus' bus operator, COTA, is currently going through its regular update of plans for the service network, for plans to be implemented in 2027-2031.

In the current proposal for service changes, there's a line 99:

>Line 99 is a new route connecting John Glenn Columbus International Airport, downtown Columbus, and OSU Columbus campus with fas service operating on the freeway. Line 99 will operate hourly everyday from 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

Reddit won't let me upload a screenshot of the route, so to see its route: go here, click on "By Line or Zone", then on the left side of the page use the drop-down to choose route 99.

Despite running past the Convention Center, it doesn't stop there, so this wouldn't really be useful for trips to conventions. You can help change that by commenting that it should stop at the Convention Center hotels.

Comment on the proposed changes with this form.

If you're looking at the timeline and thinking, "I will graduate by then," think of all the times that you wanted to go someplace, but not having a free and fast ride to the airport made it hard to arrange a trip. Support this, so that future students won't be in the situation you were in.

Today's WSJ has an article about the gas-pump pain felt by supercommuters (MSN's free mirror), including these examples of commutes:

• 120 miles each way, every day, on premium gas, from Sacramento to San Francisco
• 50 miles each way, 3 days per week, to DC from Fredericksburg
• 90 minutes each way, 3 days per week, from one side of Houston to the other
• 100 miles each way, 4 days per week, from California's Central Valley to San Francisco

So my question is: Who in this subreddit has the longest-distance regular commute into or from Columbus? Do we have anyone who regularly commutes from Cinci or Cleveland to Columbus? Anyone who lives in Columbus but works in a neighboring state?

From a City Council email:

Voting location change notifications have been mailed informing over 21,000 Franklin County registered voters that their voting location will change for the May 5^(th) Primary/Special Election. 298 voting locations will be available for the upcoming Primary/Special Election. Franklin County voters can verify their May 5^(th) voting location by searching their voter record using the My Registration feature at http://vote.franklincountyohio.gov, or by contacting: 614-525-3100. The Board of Elections will also place signage at all voting locations not in use for May 5^(th) informing voters of their voting location (name & address).

Early Vote Options - Franklin County voters can still cast an early in-person ballot at the Board of Elections, located at 1700 Morse Road, now through May 3^(rd). Remaining days and times left:

• Wednesday, April 29^(th) through Friday, May 1^(st) from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, May 2^(nd) from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Sunday, May 3^(rd) from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Election Day is Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m.

This is a new bug in the last week.

This affects the "Create post" editor, the "Edit post" editor, and the comment editor on the "new" Reddit experience. I haven't tried this on old.reddit.com.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a text post with some paragraphs.
2. Highlight a piece of text.
3. Use the "Link" button in the text editor to set a URL
4. Hit "Save"
5. Result: the linked text disappears from the editor. Sometimes, the entire paragraph disappears from the editor. Frequently, the entire text in the editor disappears.
6. Switch the editor to Markdown: the text reappears, as Markdown. Sometimes the link has been applied, sometimes it hasn't.

This bug also appears when pasting a raw URL into the editor in an existing paragraph, presumably because the editor converts the plain text that starts "https://" into a link. Switch to the Markdown editor and you'll see that the text URL has had Markdown link syntax added to it, with the text and URL equal to the pasted string.

This is a new bug in the last week.

This affects the "Create post" editor, the "Edit post" editor, and the comment editor on the "new" Reddit experience. I haven't tried this on old.reddit.com.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a text post with some paragraphs.
2. Highlight a piece of text.
3. Use the "Link" button in the text editor to set a URL
4. Hit "Save"
5. Result: the linked text disappears from the editor. Sometimes, the entire paragraph disappears from the editor. Frequently, the entire text in the editor disappears.
6. Switch the editor to Markdown: the text reappears, as Markdown. Sometimes the link has been applied, sometimes it hasn't.

This bug also appears when pasting a raw URL into the editor in an existing paragraph, presumably because the editor converts the plain text that starts "https://" into a link. Switch to the Markdown editor and you'll see that the text URL has had Markdown link syntax added to it, with the text and URL equal to the pasted string.

COTA is currently going through its regular update of plans for the service network, for plans to be implemented in 2027-2031.

In the current proposal for service changes, there's a line 99:

>Line 99 is a new route connecting John Glenn Columbus International Airport, downtown Columbus, and OSU Columbus campus with fast service operating on the freeway.
Line 99 will operate hourly everyday from 5:00 AM to 12:00 AM.

https://preview.redd.it/c5y0mrs5wxxg1.png?width=451&format=png&auto=webp&s=7e11e660687352004f34ae99d6ce1ab19d9f409a

Line 99 is the return of the AirConnect bus. View the proposed route here by choosing route 99.

In its current form, Line 99 doesn't stop at the Convention Center, which seems like a missed opportunity to me. Most of the people flying into Columbus who don't have a car are going to OSU or to the Convention Center. Drop 'em off right at the Convention Center, then make the loop around Downtown before heading off to OSU.

The proposed SRTP also includes:

• the replacement of the 102 with an extended 2
• the 1 extending into Dublin and Reynoldsburg
• new 30 runs from Downtown via Neil Avenue to OSU, takes Woodruff Avenue across the Olentangy, runs on Lane to Northwest Boulevard to Fishinger, across the Scioto on Cemetery Road to Hilliard. Previous proposals for Line 30 had it go into Dublin; now line 1 connects Dublin to OSU.
• the 34 on Morse takes Henderson across the Olentangy to Sawmill/Bethel
• the replacement of commuter routes 41, 42, 44, 61, 72, 73, 74, and 75 with expanded all-day local service routes
• year-round Zoo Bus
• New Albany SmartRide comes to Easton Transit Center

Comment on the proposed changes with this form, or at one of the SRTP meetings:

• Northwest – April 28, 5:30–7:30 p.m., Bob Crane Community Center (Event Room), 3200 Tremont Rd., Upper Arlington, OH 43221
• Northeast – April 29, 5:30–7:30 p.m., Huntington Empowerment Center, 780 Mt. Vernon Ave., Columbus, OH 43205
• Downtown – April 29, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm, COTA Board Room, 33 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43215
• South Side – April 30, 5:30–7:30 p.m., Columbus Metropolitan Library – Driving Park Branch, 1422 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus, OH 43205
• Virtual Meeting – May 1, 1–2:30 p.m., Via Teams. Sign-up link at https://cota.com/srtp

Who is eligible:

• Central Ohio K-12 student
• Student at a local college, university, or trade school
• Recent graduates of a local high school, college, university, or trade school

How long it lasts: May 15 to September 15 — 4 months for the price of 1!

Details and how to enroll: https://cota.com/ssp/