1. COTA Joint - Use Fare Media
Jeff Vosler
COTA - Finance Director
Columbus, Ohio

2. COTA Joint-use Fare Media Programs
Three Active Programs:
• OSU –”Go bus” program
• Columbus City Schools
• CCAD – Arts College

3. (~13% of COTA annual ridership)
Transit Use Data
(~13% of COTA annual ridership)

4. Specific Program Information
CCAD ID
• 1,250 students enrolled
• Flash Pass use for transit
• On- Campus identification
• On-Campus access control
• Library, meals and other general uses

5. Specific Program Information
CCS 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.

6. Specific Program Information
OSU- 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

7. Specific Program Information
OSU- Go Bus
• On Bus use - Swipes validated by bad list
• Daily good list from OSU
• Bad list updated daily- uploaded to vehicles