ColumBUS is the primary provider of mass transportation in Columbus, Indiana with five routes serving the region. As of 2019, the system provided 228,818 rides over 30,234 annual vehicle revenue hours with 5 buses and 5 paratransit vehicles. History Public transit in Columbus began with mulecars in 1892, with the John S. Crump Street Railway. By 1901, the mulecars were replaced with streetcars, which in turn were replaced by buses in 1932. In 2020, fares were proposed to be increaed for the first time in 40 years, from 25 to 50 cents. However, as of 2023, fares are indefinitely suspended. In 2022, ColumBUS trialed a new Route 1, with dedicated stops, compared to the flag-down system in place.

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Notable quotes

“I should not proceed by land to the East, as is custom, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.”
— 3 August 1492 diary entry
“Here the men lost all patience, and complained of the length of the voyage, but the Admiral encouraged them in the best manner he could, representing the profits they were about to acquire, and adding that it was to no purpose to complain, having come so far, they had nothing to do but continue on to the Indies, till with the help of our Lord, they should arrive there.”
— 10 October 1492
“The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with flowers and fruits each according to their kind, many birds and little birds which sing very sweetly.”
— 28 October 1492
“The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a firebrand in the hand, herbs to drink the smoke thereof, as they are accustomed.”
— On smoking, 6 November 1492
“And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics, since this was the end and the beginning of the enterprise, that it should be for the enhancement and glory of the Christian religion, nor should anyone who is not a good Christian come to these parts.”
— 27 November 1492
“I certify to Your Highnesses that in the world I believe that there are no better people nor better land. They love their neighbors as themselves, and have a speech that is sweetest in the world, and mild and always laughing.”
— 25 December 1492

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Overview

ColumBUS is the primary provider of mass transportation in Columbus, Indiana with five routes serving the region. As of 2019, the system provided 228,818 rides over 30,234 annual vehicle revenue hours with 5 buses and 5 paratransit vehicles. History Public transit in Columbus began with mulecars in 1892, with the John S. Crump Street Railway. By 1901, the mulecars were replaced with streetcars, which in turn were replaced by buses in 1932. In 2020, fares were proposed to be increaed for the first time in 40 years, from 25 to 50 cents. However, as of 2023, fares are indefinitely suspended. In 2022, ColumBUS trialed a new Route 1, with dedicated stops, compared to the flag-down system in place.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

ColumBUS is the primary provider of mass transportation in Columbus, Indiana with five routes serving the region. As of 2019, the system provided 228,818 rides over 30,234 annual vehicle revenue hours with 5 buses and 5 paratransit vehicles.

Notable quotes

“I should not proceed by land to the East, as is custom, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.”
— 3 August 1492 diary entry
“Here the men lost all patience, and complained of the length of the voyage, but the Admiral encouraged them in the best manner he could, representing the profits they were about to acquire, and adding that it was to no purpose to complain, having come so far, they had nothing to do but continue on to the Indies, till with the help of our Lord, they should arrive there.”
— 10 October 1492
“The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with flowers and fruits each according to their kind, many birds and little birds which sing very sweetly.”
— 28 October 1492
“The two Christians met on the way many people who were going to their towns, women and men, with a firebrand in the hand, herbs to drink the smoke thereof, as they are accustomed.”
— On smoking, 6 November 1492
“And I say that Your Highnesses ought not to consent that any foreigner does business or sets foot here, except Christian Catholics, since this was the end and the beginning of the enterprise, that it should be for the enhancement and glory of the Christian religion, nor should anyone who is not a good Christian come to these parts.”
— 27 November 1492
“I certify to Your Highnesses that in the world I believe that there are no better people nor better land. They love their neighbors as themselves, and have a speech that is sweetest in the world, and mild and always laughing.”
— 25 December 1492

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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