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Campus Area Bus Service

Campus Area Bus Service
A CABS bus driving the Campus Loop South route
ParentOhio State University
Founded1923 (1923)
Service areaOSU Columbus campus and off-campus housing
Routes5[1]
Stops46[1]
Annual ridership5 million[2]
Fuel typeCompressed natural gas, Diesel
DirectorBeth Snoke[3]
Websitettm.osu.edu/cabs Edit this at Wikidata

Campus Area Bus Service (CABS) is a free public transportation system at the Ohio State University's Columbus campus. The system consists of five bus routes that connect various points of Ohio State's campus, and the immediate off-campus area. The system connects with the Central Ohio Transit Authority's bus routes at several points.[4]

The system is one of the largest campus transit systems in the United States.[5] Ridership has grown from 4 million passengers in 2003 to an estimated 5 million passengers in 2015.[6][2]

  1. ^ a b "Campus Area Bus Service - 2022-2023 Service Hours and Frequency" (PDF). October 7, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  2. ^ a b McCord, Mark R.; Mishalani, Rabi G.; Ettefagh, Mahsa (January 2015). "Effect of Real-Time Passenger Information Systems on Perceptions of Transit's Favorable Environmental and Traffic Reduction Roles". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2538 (1): 102–109. doi:10.3141/2538-12. ISSN 0361-1981. S2CID 112713003. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  3. ^ Smola, Jennifer. "Ohio State starts massive Cannon Drive project, spurred by flood on Iowa's campus". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "CABS System Map". Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  5. ^ Pyle, Encarnacion (December 12, 2009). "No more waiting at the bus stop - OSU outfits buses with GPS so students know when next will arrive". NewsBank. Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  6. ^ "University soy biodiesel program launched at FSR". Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. September 28, 2003. p. 12B.