How transportation on campus has changed through one man’s eyes

Tom Holman, director of Ohio State’s Transportation and Traffic Management Department. Courtesy of Ohio State Transportation and Traffic Management. When Tom Holman started driving an Ohio State bus as a freshman in 1996, students relied on paper maps and a fleet of roughly 16 buses to get around campus. Almost 30 years later, Holman now leads Ohio State’s Transportation and Traffic Management department, overseeing a comprehensive system with real-time bus tracking, expanded routes and millions of rides each year. Holman’s path from student driver to transportation director gives him a front-row view of how getting around Ohio State has changed, from printed, paper schedules and older buses to a larger, technology-driven system built around the needs of a growing campus. The first bus Holman ever drove as a student bus driver was built in 1969, when, according to Holman, the scope of transportation on campus was much smaller.

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