AROUND COMO
Travel Made Easy As an everyday traveler, it’s important to know how to navigate your way through an area. This can be especially difficult if you’re traveling to a new place. Columbia is centrally located within the state, and two major roadways — Interstate 70 and Highway 63 — divide the city. Because of these roadways, Columbia is one of the most accessible cities in Missouri. • I-70 travels straight through Columbia and heads west toward Boonville and Kansas City and east toward Kingdom City and St. Louis.
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•H ighway 63 takes you straight through Columbia traveling north to the Moberly area and south to Ashland and Jefferson City.
Getting Around Town Whether you walk, bike, take a bus or taxi or even jump on an airplane, Columbia’s got your transportation needs covered. BUS
o COMO provides affordable transportation G wherever you need to go. Count on them for safe, reliable service.
Hours: 6:25 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday No service on Sunday. Also, Columbia Paratransit is available for ADA-eligible citizens and offers those who are unable to use Columbia Transit’s fixed route system a source of fully accessible transportation with curb-to-curb service. PLANE Located just 15 minutes south of Columbia off
State Highway H, Columbia Regional Airport (COU) is owned and operated by the City of Columbia.
Buses Columbia Transit & Paratransit Wabash Station 126 N. 10th St. 573-874-2489 OATS Transit 2501 Maguire Blvd. 888-875-6287 oatstransit.org
Airport Columbia Regional Airport Administration Office 11300 S. Airport Drive 573-874-7508 flycou.com
Airport Shuttles Mo-X Airport Shuttle 303 Business Loop 70 E. 573-256-1991 877-669-4826 moexpress.com/moxolrs/ MOXOffice.aspx
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American Airlines: Chicago O’Hare International (ORD) Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
Taxi and Limo Services 5 Star Taxi 310 Tiger Lane, Suite 201-D 573-449-7827 Lisa’s Limousine Service 1640 E. Prathersville Road 573-814-1000 lisalimos.com Taxi Terry’s 312 Nebraska Ave. B 573-441-1414 taxicolumbiamo.com White Knight Coaches & Limousines 1500 Jade Road 573-814-5466 gowhiteknight.com
Bike GetAbout Columbia City Hall, Third Floor 701 E. Broadway 573-874-2489
here are two airlines serving daily flights to T and from COU:
United Airlines: Denver International Airport (DEN) Chicago O’Hare International (ORD)
Visit flycou.com to view flight schedules, passenger information or to learn more about the airport and its services. olumbians are proud of their walking and C biking infrastructure and the city’s longstanding designation as a silver-level Bicycle Friendly Community from the League of American Bicyclists. The City of Columbia continues to increase the active transportation options around town. Columbia Parks and Recreation manages more than 28 miles (and growing!) of multi-use trails offering recreation and transportation opportunities. A local favorite, the 9-mile MKT Trail leads to the cross-state, 240-mile Katy Trail. The GetAbout Columbia project, managed by Columbia Public Works, has added more than 125 miles of new bicycle and pedestrian facilities including sidewalks, on-street striped bike lanes and hundreds of bicycle parking racks around Columbia. l BIKE
