By: JHammond

JHammond
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:40:58 +0000

Lets keep our fingers crossed that OSU ultimately selects CoGo instead of another vendor. From what we’ve been able to ascertain, it appears that OSU will NOT select CoGo and instead go with another vendor. IF this is the case, its going to be an absolute train wreck of a bad decision. I’m sure OSU will try to justify this by citing “price” or “flexibility” or something like that to cover their behinds and mask what a bad decision they’ve made. Having a campus-only system won’t work. Having 2 bikeshare systems operating in the city of columbus won’t work. It looks like OSU has dropped the ball big-time with this one…. And get a load of this comment...."An April survey of students, faculty and staff found that 79 percent of respondents would use a bicycle-sharing service, Hedman said." 79% said they would use the bikeshare system?!?!? Does anyone believe that for even 1 second???? Besides, even if that figure is correct, if there isn't connectivity to the CoGo system and the rest of CBUS then that 79% figure will drop SIGNIFICANTLY.