Transit Columbus

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Grassroots, all volunteer transit advocacy group fighting for equitable, safe, and abundant mobility options in central Ohio.

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Raise your hand if someone has given you advice about bicycling that was Vehicular Cycling Advice.🙋

NEW EPISODE: "John Forester and Vehicular Cycling, Part 1." John Forester's influence shaped bicycle safety in the U.S. for decades. We take a deep dive into his 1976 book, Effective Cycling, and the idea that cyclists should "act like drivers of vehicles." thewaroncars.org/2024/07/09/1...

see you tonight!!

The LinkUs team will join us for our July meeting to present new transit maps, draft information on Transit Supportive Infrastructure (TSI) such as sidewalks and bike lanes, & more! Join is next Tuesday, 7/9 at 7pm in Meeting Room 1A at the Main Library on Grant.

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Columbus folks, make room in your evening for the @transitcolumbus.bsky.social meeting, including new transit maps!

hey. hey you. have you given feedback on the BikePlus draft vision network yet? tell the city your thoughts on the new bike infrastructure proposal. (works best on desktop). tooledesign.github.io/Columbus_Bik...

Columbus Bike Plus Draft Vision Networktooledesign.github.io

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NEW EPISODE: "Killed by a Traffic Engineer" In his new book, Wes Marshall argues that his fellow traffic engineers need to do some deep soul searching so that they no longer design a system that kills tens of thousands of people per year. Available now! thewaroncars.org/2024/06/25/1...

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Tomorrow! We’ll have updates on Open Streets, BikePlus, and more.

Join us for our June meeting this Tuesday, June 11 at 7pm! We’ll meet in the main library auditorium. See you there!

Tomorrow, bike riders from across the city are meeting at Topiary Park at 5pm (and rolling out at 5:30) for an all ages, all abilities social ride to raise funds for the Gaza Sundbirds.

Ohio’s rolling forward with planning for new Amtrak lines. Our friends at All Aboard Ohio have all the info you’re looking for. They’ll discuss the Corridor ID program and go over impacts of the 3C&D route. Registration is free but limited to 300 attendees: www.allaboardohio.org/event-detail...

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I checked out the Fox In The Snow car crash scene last night on my way home from @transitcolumbus.bsky.social — here we see the empty lot the car drove through, and a 4" fence post it knocked over. Great for marking lot lines; not for stopping cars.

Um actually: The April 9th Transit Columbus meeting at 7:30 s actually in the Columbus Main Library Auditorium.

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Councilmember Rob Dorans has announced (on X) that Columbus' zoning code update will be presented tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. on City Council's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOwP...

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Cities should create public places that invite people to sit, schmooze, gaze, and eat. William Whyte’s groundbreaking findings about vibrant urban spaces shouldn’t be controversial. But they are. Me, in Bloomberg CityLab www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Looking for a Place to Sit Down in the Citywww.bloomberg.com As downtowns struggle to recover from the pandemic, author William Whyte’s insights about what attracts people to small urban places are more important than ever.

See y'all tomorrow! 😎

Hey y'all! The March Transit Columbus meeting is being rescheduled to 3/26 at 7pm in the main library auditorium (2 weeks after the normal second Tuesday of the month) 🚍

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I took a look at where Columbus is building crosswalks on Cleveland Avenue. It looks like they aren't being built where the most pedestrian-involved crashes are occurring. benlk.com/2024/03/08/c... #Columbus #TrafficSafety

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It’s Election Day in Ohio. I chose not to vote in several races because I refuse to support those that continue to allow a genocide to take place under their watch, are not taking drastic enough action on climate, and perpetuate the status quo that undermines our democracy.

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pick your lane, find your people, fight like hell.

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The author of this essay read 32 studies published over four decades. They clearly show that making streets friendlier for bikes — and sidewalks friendlier for pedestrians — is good for business. www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-g...

I read all the studies on the economic impact of bike lanes. Here's what I learned.www.businessinsider.com Research proves that bike lanes are good for business. So why do so many stores and restaurants still oppose them?

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Neat video from Matt Caffrey about the present and future of COTA's electric buses in Columbus: urbanists.video/w/4a4da41e-0...

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Get to know the new head of COTA: columbusunderground.com/cota-hires-n...

COTA Hires New CEO - Columbus Undergroundcolumbusunderground.com Just over a month after Joanna Pinkerton announced she would be stepping down as President/CEO of the Central Ohio Transit Authority, the agency’s Board of Trustees has named her replacement. Monica T...

Hey y'all! The March Transit Columbus meeting is being rescheduled to 3/26 at 7pm in the main library auditorium (2 weeks after the normal second Tuesday of the month) 🚍

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Traffic engineering failure. It’s bad enough pedestrians have to cross four one-way lanes of high speed traffic without a signal. Why oh why would you put that crossing downstream of an intersection so pedestrians also have to worry about left and right hooks? Summit St and Fourth Ave, Columbus, OH

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Rutgers researchers: "E-scooter users do not suffer more severe injuries compared to cyclists and e-bike users." In other words, the "e-scooters are deadly" narrative seems based on vibes, not data. policylab.rutgers.edu/are-e-scoote...

Today at noon! Watch @transitcolumbus.bsky.social chair Stevie Pasamonte talk LinkUS and the future of transit in the region 🚍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX7F...

Columbus’ $8 Billion Transit Investment: Can LinkUS Build a Better Commute?www.youtube.com Next November, Columbus voters may be asked to approve a 0.5% sales tax increase to generate $6 billion of the estimated $8 billion cost the massive long-ter...

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Externalities: crashes, intentional violence, pollution (PM, ozone, lead), sedentary travel, consumption of space/time/resources, carbon emissions, resource extraction Harm to people & the environment: violence, ill health, social injustice, environmental damage usa.streetsblog.org/2024/03/05/a...

All The Ways That Car Domination Harm Communities (Well, Almost All…) — Streetsblog USAusa.streetsblog.org A new study seeks to quantify everything car culture costs us. Yet there are still more ways that auto-centrism hurts us all.

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TIL back in the 60’s and 70’s there were over 200 pedestrian zones in US downtowns and by the 90’s that number fell to around 30

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You know what would be "tough on crime"? living wage fully funded schools guaranteed access to healthy food affordable housing universal health and child care care instead of incarceration for people with substance use disorder and mental illness

Exciting news for downtown Columbus today!

Transformative Downtown project unveiled today: columbusunderground.com/two-mile-bik...

Two-Mile Bike and Pedestrian Loop Planned for Downtown - Columbus Undergroundcolumbusunderground.com Significant changes could be coming to several key Downtown streets. A new plan unveiled today calls for a two-mile bike and pedestrian pathway, running along Gay, Fourth and Rich Streets and utilizin...