CABS

CABS, formally Traffic & Parking Bus Services, have gone completely downhill. They speed, fail to yield, drop passengers off in the middle of the street. They also used to have a strict policy… signal pulling into a stop… put on the 4 ways while stopped, and signal again when leaving. No more. Virtually none of the buses use signals at all anymore.

CABS is a free-​of-​charge bus line that spans both ends of OSU campus, west campus, and east residential housing, among other locations.
It’s hard to rip on a service that is, parking revenue aside, completely free, but you’d be realistic to not mind being late to a class or other important function every now and then. Between a steady increase of ridership, intermittent periods of construction, and the onerous abundance of pedestrians on campus, the buses are known to slip off of their intended schedules.
Also, when this happens, drivers will often stall at stops for several minutes. This can be incredibly annoying.
If you are not lucky enough to live particularly close to OSU, and must commute from west campus, I highly recommend allowing at least a half hour to get to main campus. And sometimes that’s not even enough. Depending on what stop you wait at, a bus teeming to the brim with passengers may pass you up without hesitation. Knowing which stops to wait at and at what times will help you reach your destination in a timelier fashion.
CABS is an invaluable service to OSU, but it’s also caused me a tremendous amount of headaches. Alas, I will have to restrain my fondness.

It’s hard to find fault with a free bus line, even if it is limited!
CABS is the campus-​local bus service. It’s absolutely free of charge for anyone who needs to get around campus.
The real problem with CABS is that in the time I have been on campus, they have eradicated the single most handy route for students: the core circulator. This line used to whisk students around the heart of campus, making a jaunt from any of the dorms to any of the classrooms around central campus a relatively easy task. No more.
The routes that are left are better suited for getting across campus, rather than around it, but the buses run more or less on time and get you where you need to go pretty quickly. Be warned, though, that if a bus driver really needs to use the bathroom, they’re going to do it. They might not even warn you– you’ll just wonder why the bus has been at this stop so long, look around, and notice the driver has vanished. Not fun when you’re running late.
But, hey, it’s free.