2025 Annual Report
In 2025, COTA began delivering on the LinkUS promise, a 25-year transit modernization initiative to support our growing region. We ran later and more frequently, invested in our people and deepened our connection to the communities we serve.
Every improvement, advancement and investment was a step toward the transit system Central Ohio deserves. And we’re just getting started.
Ridership
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EDUCATIONAL PASSES
PASS RIDERSHIP
JANUARY 2025
We kicked off the year with service enhancements across 12 routes, bringing more efficient schedules and increased CMAX frequency on weekends. The changes reflected direct community feedback and set the tone for a year of meaningful, rider-centered improvements.
ROUTE RIDERSHIP
MAY 2025
The most significant service change of the year: the return of midnight service in May 2025, one of the first tangible deliveries on the LinkUS promise. From second- and third-shift workers to night owls, late-night service meant a reliable connection to work, life and everything in between.
ROUTE RIDERSHIP
SEPTEMBER 2025
We turned up the frequency in September 2025, increasing service on five routes, adding more trips to and from downtown and improving weekend service on key corridors across Central Ohio. Shorter waits and more reliable connections gave riders more service, more often.
ROUTE RIDERSHIP
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OUR SUPPORT IN 2025
*Preliminary, unaudited data that is subject to revision. Comparison data from 2024 unless otherwise noted.
Progress in 2025 sets the stage for what’s next. Explore how COTA is building for the future, investing in Team COTA and showing up in communities across Central Ohio.
