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Mobility Integrator

Michael Dantzler/The COMET

THERE ARE
18 Blue Bike
stations
throughout
downtown
Columbia.

Riders have
access to

18 Blue
Bike
stations

" We treat Blue Bike almost
like a bus route because you can
just tap your COMET Card on
the kiosk and get that free bike, "
Andoh said.
Blue Bike is also integrated
into all the platforms customers
use to plan and pay for their trip,
such as Catch The COMET App
(Passport) where users can purchase bus fares, passes for paratransit, trip plan with real-time
arrival information and access
Blue Bike stations. The COMET also partnered with moovit
and Transit to offer a Mobility-as-a-Service app, so passengers
can check the status of Blue Bike
stations, access real-time arrival
information and purchase fares
and passes.

Vanpool Brings
Transit to Employers

The COMET's Vanpool Program, operated by Enterprise,
provides access to employment
sites beyond the fixed-route
transit system and allows riders
to set their desired commute.
However, the agency approached

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Michael Dantzler/The COMET

THE COMET started the Carolina
Shuttle in 2020 for University
of South Carolina students.

this service a bit differently than
other vanpool programs.
" We wanted Enterprise to go
to employment sites and sell the
concept of transit to them, [saying] we'll promote this van to
your employees [and] we'll pay
that $500 towards the van. You
help us in getting people to use
the service, " Andoh said.
This approach allows them
to test the concept of transit and

can be a potential catalyst to creating an express bus route if The
COMET sees a large group of
people regularly going to one employment site. Several employers
have jumped at the opportunity
of implementing a fixed bus route,
such as Fort Jackson, McEntire
Produce and Michelin.
" Before, they had nothing, "
Andoh said. " They didn't know
how to reach out to us on how
to get something when the
question was asked. And it also
allowed them to reach out to



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Connecting the Dots
Special Report: Snapshot of U.S. Bus Fleets
Capital Programs Continue to Drive Rail Projects Forward
Transit as a Mobility Integrator
Products - In Focus: Buses & Bus Components
The Scheduling Conundrum
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