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The Summer of TSR Champions

As part of the 2017 DJBC Tumblr Summer Tour was to capitalize on the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA)’s May Transit System Review (TSR) changes (Remember those?  A lot of people still HATE them).  The goal and purpose was to have fun riding these new routes and going around town to as many things as possible with the little time that I actually had over a four month span.

WINNERS: First Place (TIE)- Lines 2 (East Main/North High) and 6 (Cleveland/Sullivant) Third Place - Line 10 (East/West Broad) Fourth Place - Line 1 (Kenny/Livingston)

BEST TRANSFER EVENT (Used 2 or More Routes): First Place - Columbus Arts Festival (Went Three Times, using THREE combined different routes each time) Second Place - Urban Scrawl XI (Went Twice, with THREE routes contributing total) Third Place - Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival (Three Routes Were Used in Round Trip) Fourth Place - Franklin County Fair

EVENT on Most COTA Lines OUTSIDE of Downtown (within Columbus City Limits): First Place (TIE) - Comfest and Doo Dah Parade (Lines 1, 2, 5, 8, and CBUS); German Village Haus und Garten Tour (Lines 1, 4, 5, 8, and CBUS)

Summer of TSR - How Did I Get There?

For all of the places that I went around town this summer, I had to ride the bus to most, if NOT all of them.  How did I get there?  Well, here’s which line and how.

Line 1: Columbus Arts Festival - SUN Comfest - SAT Greek Festival - SUN (Secondary) Gahanna Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival (Transfer Point: Livingston Ave & S Hamilton Rd) Dublin Irish Festival (Transfer Point: Kenny Rd & Merrimar Circle/Henderson Rd)

Line 2: Columbus Arts Festival - FRI PM Pride Short North Doo Dah Parade Bexley 4th of July Fireworks Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival HOT Times Festival (twice)

Line 3: Franklinton Fridays - July & August Grandview Hop - July (Secondary) Digfest

Line 4: CrestFest

Line 5: Harvest on the Green (dual Kossuth Street Garden/Ganthers Place Garden Festival) (Secondary) The Ohio State Fair Greek Festival - SAT

Line 6: Field of Heroes/May Fourth Friday Summer Jam West 934 Fest Urban Scrawl Otterbein Homecoming Independent’s Day

Line 7 Eastgate Centennial

Line 8 The Ohio State Fair (via Line 5) Merion Village Festival Oktoberfest (via Line 32)

Line 9 Melanincholy Festival Urban Scrawl

Line 10 Asian Festival Columbus Arts Festival - FRI AM Jazz & Rib Fest Columbus Food Truck Festival (Secondary) Franklin County Fair (Transfer Point: Hollywood Casino) Independent’s Day

Line 11 (Secondary) Bexley 4th of July Parade (Exit: E Main St & Holtzman Ave/Alum Creek Dr) Harvest on the Green (Transfer Point: Mound St & S High St)

Line 21 Franklin County Fair

Line 22 Old Oaks Boulevard Blast Grandview Digfest

Line 24 Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival

Line 32 (Secondary) Oktoberfest

Highlights from the 2017 Greek Festival - Part 2

Highlights from the 2017 Greek Festival - Part 1

Urban Scrawl XI - Part 2

2017 Kossuth Street Garden/Ganther’s Place Harvest Party

Saturday was the 9th Annual Harvest Party on the South Side.  It’s so spread out, that it’s not at one location, but two (unless you count the Ganther’s Garden as two separate parcels).  The first location was the Ganther’s Place Garden on Whittier Street, where there was art for sale, crafts for sale, Fried Tomatoes, and music by the All People Band.  At Ganther Park on Reinhard Avenue, on the other side of the alley, people could make bids on seven paintings of World Famous Landmarks.