“Connect and Ride” App to Simplify Public Transport Options in Ohio

Battelle has announced the launch of a free application – known as “Connect and Ride”– to help riders of public transportation to manage their Columbus-area trips via smartphones or a web-based portal.

Known as C-Ride, the pilot app creates a user-friendly single point of contact for selecting, viewing and managing transportation options.

The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), the primary public transit provider in central Ohio, and The Ohio State University’s Campus Area Bus Service (CABS), are involved in the pilot program which is expected to run through December 2014.

The objective of the program, which Battelle is spearheading as part of a larger U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) initiative, is to make it more convenient for people to use public transportation as a means of solving both immediate and long-term issues, ranging from traffic congestion in metropolitan areas to reductions in vehicle emissions and the need to continually build highway infrastructure.

The C-Ride app, available via the Web, iOS or Android, enables people to: View ride schedules, routes and bus stop locations available through COTA and CABS.

 

Category: Fleet Diagnostics & Software, General Update