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      • The /info/10" target="_blank">10 /info/e" target="_blank">E /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad / W /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad is a Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) bus service in Columbus, Ohio. The line operates on /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad Street, the city's main east-west thoroughfare.
      The /info/10" target="_blank">10 replaced the West /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad Street streetcar line, an early streetcar line in Columbus, built by the Glenwood and Green Lawn Railroad Company in 1875. This line initially served West /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad Street with horsecars, and horse-drawn omnibuses followed a similar route. The horsecars were replaced with electric streetcars in 1890, and later with trolleybuses. In 1965, the trolleybus line was replaced with a bus line similar to the modern-day /info/10" target="_blank">10 /info/e" target="_blank">E /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad / W /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad.


      Route and ridership


      Route /info/10" target="_blank">10 traverses Prairie Township, the Hilltop, Franklinton, Downtown Columbus, Near East Side, Wolfe Park, Bexley, East Columbus, Whitehall, and Reynoldsburg. It is classified as a local line with frequent service (every 15 minutes or better).
      The /info/10" target="_blank">10 starts at Westwoods Park & Ride, traveling north on Westwoods Boulevard for a short distance to West /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad Street. The route then travels east on West /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad Street to /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad & High, where at late-night times it travels north to Spring Street for the late-night lineup. At all hours, the bus proceeds east on East /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad Street through Columbus, Bexley, and Whitehall into Reynoldsburg, where it exits onto Limited Parkway at the L Brands office.
      Landmarks and parks along the line include COSI, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, the Discovery Bridge, the Scioto Mile (including Dorrian Green, Genoa Park, Battelle Riverfront Park, and the Scioto Mile Promenade), the Palace Theatre, the Ohio Statehouse, the Jubilee Museum, Franklin County Memorial Hall, the Washington Gladden Social Justice Park, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Main Library, Topiary Park, and Franklin Park and the Franklin Park Conservatory.
      The /info/10" target="_blank">10 bus has the second-highest ridership in the transit system, only second to the No. 2 bus. The /info/10" target="_blank">10 West /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad bus was also the second-most popular as early as 1987, while the /info/10" target="_blank">10 East /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad route was the sixth most popular. In 1992, the year of AmeriFlora '92, the route was the system's busiest.


      History



      /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad Street has seen public transportation as early as 1860, with a horse-drawn omnibus route run by W. B. Hawkes & Co.: 230  The road subsequently was used for horsecars, streetcars, and trolleybuses operating only on West /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad Street (streetcars never operated on East /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad).
      In 1875, the newly-formed Glenwood and Green Lawn Railroad Company built a horsecar line from High Street west on /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad to the city's western boundary, with a branch to Green Lawn Cemetery.: 231  That line was the first successfully electrified to utilize streetcars, completed in August 1890.: 232  The line was later converted to utilize trolleybuses. On January 4, 1965, buses replaced the West /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad trolleybuses, amid the Columbus Transit Company's conversion into 100 percent bus service.
      In the 1980s, accessibility became an issue. COTA requested a waiver for a U.S. Department of Transportation regulation that required wheelchair lifts on all buses; COTA hoped the waiver would potentially save money. A 1981 ruling removed the requirement, giving transit authorities more flexibility. A transit accessibility advocacy organization opposed COTA's move. In 1982, a handicapped passenger moved from his wheelchair onto the steps of the bus, preventing the bus from moving in protest. In 1988, routes /info/10" target="_blank">10 and 2 were proposed for the first wheelchair lifts to allow handicapped passengers to ride. The first buses were equipped in 1991, and today all buses are wheelchair-accessible.
      In 2019, COTA officials stated the /info/10" target="_blank">10 route may become the next bus rapid transit (BRT) line in the city, after the CMAX. The route /info/10" target="_blank">10 line could support bus-only lanes on West /info/broad" target="_blank">Broad Street, an improvement over the limited BRT features the CMAX offers. LinkUS, a COTA-Columbus-MORPC partnership, is evaluating the corridor the line operates on. LinkUS began the evaluation in 2020 as one of several highly-trafficked routes to investigate upgrading transit service on. The route received some federal funding in 2020, to be released around 2024. BRT was decided as the transit mode for the corridor in July 2021. Construction will be relatively fast as the route is straight and wide; it is aimed to start along with the northwest route by the end of the decade.


      See also


      List of COTA routes and services
      Public transit in Columbus, Ohio


      References




      External links


      Official website

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