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WE ARE SMART COLUMBUS As the Winner for the U.S WE ARE SMART COLUMBUS As the winner for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s first-ever Smart City Challenge, Columbus was awarded $50 million in funding and the designation as Amer- ica’s Smart City. In addition, we’re taking on the coveted job of “becoming smart” by embracing the reinvention of transportation to accelerate human progress. Our moment is now, Columbus. The opportunity to recreate our city is a vast, collaborative, highly interactive, human experience. We are leading Columbus to the future and ensuring your place in it. But this movement will take all of us. We invite you to join our efforts. SMART MOBILITY OPTIONS LIME, BIRD AND SPIN COGO BIKESHARE Enjoy a ride on a free-floating Lime or Rent a CoGo bike from one of the many Bird scooter. Download the app to see if stations across Columbus and park it at scooters are available near you. Remember any other station around town. Remember it’s city law to ride on the road. it’s city law to ride on the road. COTA LYFT & UBER Catch the CBUS, a complimentary transit service operated by COTA connecting Avoid the hassle of parking by taking a the Short North, Arena District, Lyft or Uber to your destination. Downtown, German Village, and the Brewery District. If you don’t live by the CBUS route find a better route for you on COTA’s trip planner tool. RIDE WITH SHARE Plan a group trip with SHARE, a mobility company that helps organizations and ELECTRIC VEHICLE cities solve big transportation problems CHARGING with mobility-as-a-service. If you have an electric vehicle, download the PlugShare app to see where the closet EV charger is to your location. www.smart.columbus.gov STAY IN TOUCH: @SmartCbus.
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