COTA Joint - Use Fare Media

Jeff VoslerCOTA - Finance Director

Columbus, Ohio

COTA Joint-use Fare Media Programs

Three Active Programs:• OSU –”Go bus” program• Columbus City Schools• CCAD – Arts College

Transit Use Data(~13% of COTA annual ridership)

Program EligibleAnnual Rides

OSU "Go bus" 55,000 1,500,000 CCS 15,000 750,000 CCAD 1,250 50,000

Total: 71,250 2,300,000

Specific Program InformationCCAD ID

• 1,250 students enrolled• Flash Pass use for transit• On- Campus identification• On-Campus access control • Library, meals and other

general uses

Specific Program InformationCCS ID

• 15,000 Public, Private and Charter School High School Students.

• ID’s issued by Schools and magnetically-encoded for joint use by COTA and Schools.

• Swiped on COTA Fixed Route buses and billed per use to schools monthly.

• Used on campus for library, access control, meals and general use as official school ID.

Specific Program InformationOSU- Go Bus

• BuckID’s are help by all Students, Faculty and Staff (over 70,000 cards)

• 3-Track Magnetic cards – all in use• Over 300 merchants • Controls door access – 650+ readers• ~ 23.5 million swipes annually• Access accounts online & mobile 24/7• Tie to checking account to local bank

Specific Program InformationOSU- Go Bus

• On Bus use - Swipes validated by bad list • Daily good list from OSU • Bad list updated daily- uploaded to vehicles