Transit Columbus

It’s almost time for our June meeting! Join us next Tuesday, June 9 to meet our new board members, learn about Park(ing) Day, and more! We meet at 7:00 pm at the CML Main Library, Meeting Room 1A!

Everyone is welcome, no prior knowledge or experience is needed! Whether this is your first meeting or your fifteenth, we're looking forward to seeing you!

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) is looking for applicants to serving on their Community Advisory Committee!

Want to help shape the future of transportation and community development in Central Ohio?
Apply to join our Community Advisory Committee (CAC)! This volunteer group meets to share feedback and help guide regional plans and projects. Learn more: https://www.morpc.org/committees/community-advisory-committee/

If you live, work, shop, or frequent Franklinton, now's the time to share your thoughts!

Franklinton Businesses and Stakeholders,
There are two opportunities coming up soon to weigh in on the W Broad St. Corridor LinkUS project, both at Gladden Community House.

See the light blue box on the flyer for the dates and times of both opportunities, and scan the QR code for more information.

Did you know we have a book club? This is a great way to learn more about topics like urbanism, advocacy, transportation, and more!

Our current book is No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane F. McAlevey. We'll be meeting to discuss it on Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00 pm at the Columbus Main Library, Meeting Room 3B!

You can get the book a few different ways!
1) Borrow it! There are limited physical copies through the Central Library Consortium (all local libraries are a part of this). If you get it through there, please be nice and don’t hog it for too long, so others can access it.

2) An e-audio version is available with no wait via Hoopla app (accessible through certain libraries). There are also some e-book available through Libby app (also available through certain libraries).

3) Alternatively, you can purchase your own copy from Prologue Bookshop with a 20% discount. If you order online, use the code READTOGETHER1. If purchasing in person, mention that it’s for the TC Book Club and the cashier will apply the book club discount.

We'll be at Columbus Arts Festival! Come volunteer with us and raise $50 per shift you take on so we can build more benches, advocate for better transit, and partner with more organizations that enhance the quality of life for EVERYONE. This is a great way to support the organization if you have time, rather than money, for a direct donation.

You'll be serving drinks to people 21+ at Columbus Arts Fest and will be interacting with patrons throughout your shift.

To volunteer, you must be 21+ and attend a ninety-minute training happening on Saturday, May 23rd at 10:30 am, or on Thursday, May 28th at 6:30 pm.

Our friends at Simply Living will pay for bus fare to and from the event and training!

🔗Training: https://tinyurl.com/artsfesttraining
🔗Volunteer slots: https://tinyurl.com/artsfestvolunteeringslots

BIG NEWS: Columbus just codified a Complete Streets Policy into the city code! 🎉

After years of advocacy, organizing, testimony, and public pressure, last night Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 1392-2026.

This is a commitment to safer streets for everyone: pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, motorists, and people of all ages and abilities.

This policy became significantly stronger because residents spoke up and demanded accountability and transparency.

Thank you to everyone who organized, testified, emailed council, and kept pushing and especially to Councilmember Lourdes Barroso de Padilla for championing this legislation, as well as our partners Yay Bikes!, Strongtowns Columbus, and American Heart Association - Ohio.

But the work isn’t finished. The Transportation & Pedestrian Commission still has not been reactivated, and public accountability must remain part of this work.

Today is still a major win and proof that advocacy works. 💪

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow!

Join LinkUS Columbus this Wednesday, May 20th from 5:30-7:30PM to kick-off engagement informing the West Broad Street Transit-Oriented Development Plan!

RSVP Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/west-broad-street-tod-plan-public-open-house-2-hilltop-station-areas-tickets-1985824861618?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Today is the last day to share your feedback on COTA's Short Range Transit Plan!

There's still time to share your thoughts with COTA and help shape the future of transit in Columbus! 🚌 🚏

Their SRTP is their roadmap for the next five years of transit in our region. They need your input to inform service and capital investments through 2031!

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/cotasrtpsurvey