Inside 43215: Downtown Lifestyles
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
HEAR YE, HEAR YE!
Everyone likes to be heard, right? Occasionally, our readers write and send along some perspective of their own, and we pass it along to our Right Now Downtown subscribers. Ashley Chaney has something to say about COTA. You might be surprised.
Date night on the COTA bus? To our friends’ shock and disbelief, my husband and I enjoy taking the COTA. We live in Grandview and like to explore other parts of the city. On a random Tuesday night we’ll seek out restaurant specials and head to High Street. It’s simple. We’ll catch the #5 at 6:47p.m. and by 7p.m. we’re on High Street in the Short North. We don’t have to worry about parking and we don’t have to talk about who’s driving. The complicated part is finding a night when we’re both free, but once that’s taken care of, we prefer public transportation.
Several times a week I take that same #5 bus to work downtown. When I take public transportation, I feel like I’m in a big city. I enjoy the extra 20 minutes to read a book, and that five-minute walk to my office helps wake me up in more ways than one.
Sometimes there are even perks, like when I was surprised to find out I rode the bus on Car-Free Day. When I stopped by for my morning coffee at Café Brioso, I received a discount and a thank you from the staff.
Try it out for yourself. You may find it’s fun to plan your route and also easy to navigate around our great city.
-Ashley Chaney
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