Meetings & Events
Communications Working Group Meeting - May
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 1A.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
Engagement Working Group Meeting - May
NOTE: Because our normal meeting day falls on election day, we are moving the meeting to Monday, May 11th for this month. Be sure to vote in the primary election on May 5!
Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
May Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility. We meet at the Main Library on Grant in meeting room 1A (first floor).
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage.
For our May 2026 Meeting, COTA will be presenting their Short Range Transit Plan. This is a great opportunity to learn more about some big changes that COTA is proposing, ask questions, and give feedback about the changes that affect you.
After the presentation, we will break out into groups based on your neighborhood to take a closer look at the route changes in your area and give you an opportunity to discuss the changes with other folks who live in your area. Transit Columbus leadership and other members will be available to help answer any questions and think through the changes and how they might affect riders.
Policy Working Group Meeting - May
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
This month we will meet in Room 3B at the Main Library on Grant.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
Engagement Working Group Meeting - June
Our engagement working group meets monthly at the Northside Library on the first Tuesday of the month at 6pm. Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
Communications Working Group Meeting - June
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 1A.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
June Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility. We meet at the Main Library on Grant in meeting room 1A (first floor).
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage.
Policy Working Group Meeting - June
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
Communications Working Group Meeting - July
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 1A.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
Engagement Working Group Meeting - July
Our engagement working group meets monthly at the Northside Library on the first Tuesday of the month at 6pm. Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
July Special Meeting: Participatory Budgeting
Our general meeting is going to look a little different this month. With the launch of the city’s Participatory Budgeting Pilot, we are using our July Meeting to collect ideas for how the city should spend a portion of its capital budget.
How it works:
Each city council district will be allocation $1 million for capital projects (think physical changes like community gardens, parklets, crosswalks) that residents will choose how to spend.
Community members attending this meeting will get together to answer the question: if you were in control of a million dollars of the city budget, what types of public projects would you have them build in your neighborhood?
Your input goes directly to the city and a team of regular community members like you to turn those ideas into project proposals.
Once the proposals are developed, you get to vote on which proposal(s) will actually be built in your area.
Join us to have a say in what gets built in your neighborhood!
Policy Working Group Meeting - July
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
July Book Club Meeting: No Shortcuts
Our next book club meeting is Wednesday, July 29 at 7 at CML Main in Room 3B. We will be reading No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane F. McAlevey.
Change doesn’t just happen; we need community organizing to make it happen.
In No Shortcuts, McAlevey, an experienced community, electoral, and labor organizer, presents a dozen case studies of unions and social movements seeking to effect change in the twenty-first century. As she analyzes each case, she identifies the reasons for the movement’s success or failure.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #book-club channel.
Engagement Working Group Meeting - August
Our engagement working group meets monthly at the Northside Library on the first Tuesday of the month at 6pm. Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
Communications Working Group Meeting - August
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 1A.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
August Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility. We meet at the Main Library on Grant in meeting room 1A (first floor).
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage.
Policy Working Group Meeting - August
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
Engagement Working Group Meeting - September
Our engagement working group meets monthly at the Northside Library on the first Tuesday of the month at 6pm. Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
Communications Working Group Meeting - September
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 1A.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
September Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility. We meet at the Main Library on Grant in meeting room 1A (first floor).
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage.
Policy Working Group Meeting - September
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
Week Without Driving 2026
Week without driving is an experience created for everyone to learn firsthand about barriers and challenges for nondrivers. If you participate, you can get around however you want as long as you don’t drive yourself anywhere. This applies to all your activities, not just your work commute!
The idea is for you to make your absolute best effort not to drive. In a city like Columbus, this will be a challenge (and experiencing that challenge is the point!) Learn more at the Week Without Driving website:
Engagement Working Group Meeting - October
Our engagement working group meets monthly at the Northside Library on the first Tuesday of the month at 6pm. Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
Communications Working Group Meeting - October
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 1A.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
October Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility. We meet at the Main Library on Grant in meeting room 1A (first floor).
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage.
Policy Working Group Meeting - October
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
Communications Working Group Meeting - November
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 1A.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
Engagement Working Group Meeting - November
NOTE: Because our normal meeting day falls on election day, we are moving the meeting to Monday, November 9th for this month. Be sure to vote in the election on November 3!
Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
November Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility. We meet at the Main Library on Grant in meeting room 1A (first floor).
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage.
Policy Working Group Meeting - November
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
Life After Cars (a War on Cars event)
Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear, hosts of the War on Cars podcast, have published a book called Life After Cars. On Tuesday, April 28, CURA, Transit Columbus, and Spin are hosting a discussion with Doug and Sarah at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
Tickets can be purchased here.
Life After Cars Meet & Greet
Meet Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, hosts of the War on Cars podcast and authors of Life After Cars.
We will have books available for purchase thanks to our friends at Prologue Bookshop. Get your booked signed, hang with Doug and Sarah, snag a picture at the photo booth, and connect with other community members engaged in making Columbus a safer place to bike and walk.
Tickets are free and currently limited to members of Transit Columbus, CURA, YayBikes!, and Strong Towns Columbus (plus ones allowed!).
“Registration required. Please email info@transitcolumbus.org or contact us through social media to register and for additional information."
Registration link and location will be distributed privately.
Policy Working Group Meeting - April
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
April Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility.
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage.
Communications Working Group Meeting - April
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 1A.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
Engagement Working Group Meeting - April
Our engagement working group meets monthly at the Northside Library on the first Tuesday of the month at 6pm. Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
Policy Working Group Meeting - March
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
March Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility.
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage. If you would like to get involved more deeply, you can also visit our working groups page.
Communications Working Group Meeting - March
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 2B.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
Engagement Working Group Meeting - March
Our engagement working group meets monthly at the Northside Library on the first Tuesday of the month at 6pm. Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
Policy Working Group Meeting - February
Our policy working group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month at the Main Library downtown. Join us if you’re interested in helping shape and advocate for our policy priorities.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_policy channel.
Communications Working Group Meeting - February
Our communications working group meets monthly. Join us if you’re interested in helping create and post content, write blogs, send out newsletters, promote events, and more!
This month we are meeting at the Main Library downtown in meeting room 1A.
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_communications channel.
February Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility.
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage. If you would like to get involved more deeply, you can also visit our working groups page.
Engagement Working Group Meeting - February
Our engagement working group meets monthly at the Northside Library on the first Tuesday of the month at 6pm. Join us if you’d like to help plan events, create opportunities for volunteers, and help with outreach and partnerships!
You can also find us between meetings on the Transit Columbus Slack - join the #working-group_engagement channel.
January Meeting
Transit Columbus monthly meetings are open to the public - you do not have to have any prior knowledge or experience advocating for better transit and mobility.
At our monthly meeting, we will provide updates on our advocacy efforts, transit and mobility projects around the city, insight into how we can affect change, and ways for volunteers to engage. If you would like to get involved more deeply, you can also visit our working groups page.
For our January meeting, we will go over our main goals for the year and our working groups will kick off with their plans and information on how to get involved.
TC Year End Celebration
Despite the chaos of the world, we’ve done some big things in 2025 and have a lot to build on in 2026 in beyond. Come celebrate with us and hang out with other transit advocates at Jackie Os! All are welcome, even if this is your first Transit Columbus event. :)
November Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting! Located at the Main Library, Meeting Room 1A (96 S Grant Ave). All are welcome.
Open Streets 614
An "open street" means people traffic replaces car traffic, and streets become places where people of all ages, abilities and background can come out and be active
October Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting! Located at the Main Library, Meeting Room 1A (96 S Grant Ave). All are welcome.
Mobility Justice Advocacy Summit
Join us for the 3rd Annual Mobility Justice Advocacy Summit, hosted by Yay Bikes! in partnership with Transit Columbus. The 2025 summit will bring together Central Ohio advocates, professionals, and community members to advance a shared vision for a safe, equitable, sustainable, and environmentally-friendly multimodal transportation system for those who walk, bike, roll, and ride public transit. The summit will be an opportunity to learn from decision makers and take a step toward a connected, coordinated, and effective Mobility Justice Coalition.
The event takes place Sunday, October 5, from 1:30pm-4:30pm at the Main Library in downtown Columbus. The program will feature a moderated panel with leaders from COTA, Franklin County, and the City of Columbus, followed by facilitated breakout sessions where participants will work together on a SWOT analysis and map spheres of influence to inform future advocacy.
Free and open to the public, the summit offers space for up to 50 participants, so advance registration is encouraged to reserve your spot.
Together, we can strengthen collaboration, share resources, and create the momentum needed to make Central Ohio a place where everyone can move safely, comfortably, and sustainably.
Open Streets 614
An "open street" means people traffic replaces car traffic, and streets become places where people of all ages, abilities and background can come out and be active
Advocacy Training: Collecting & Telling Transit Stories (In Person)
Facts and data are important, but their impact only get us so far without real-life examples and narratives to humanize the issues. As advocates, we need to be able to tell our stories to illustrate our challenges, shift narratives, and bring attention to issues that transit riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists face every day.
In these trainings, we will discuss the importance of narratives in advocacy and you will learn key elements to telling and effective story. You will also learn how to collect stories from other transit riders and get a chance to practice and ask questions before trying it out in the real world. Finally, we will discuss concrete ways to leverage these stories in our advocacy.
September Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting! Located at the Main Library, Meeting Room 1A (96 S Grant Ave). All are welcome - no advocacy experience necessary!
This month we'll give updates on Safe Streets and Bike Plus campaigns, including: an update on our Complete Streets policy advocacy, an introduction to the new bike and pedestrian forum, and upcoming street safety improvement projects.
We'll also have a more complete schedule of activities for Week Without Driving (including WWD Bingo cards, which will be available at the meeting!)
Open Streets 614
An "open street" means people traffic replaces car traffic, and streets become places where people of all ages, abilities and background can come out and be active
August Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting! Located at the Main Library, Meeting Room 1A (96 S Grant Ave). All are welcome.
July Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting! Located at the Main Library, Meeting Room 1A (96 S Grant Ave). All are welcome.
Transit & Housing Discussion w/City Council Members
We’ve heard how council district 7 candidates plan to shape the future of transportation and housing in Columbus if elected; now let’s hear from the three Columbus City Council members who are up for re-election this year.
Join us as we discuss transit and housing with city council members Chris Wyche (District 1), Rob Dorans (District 3), and Emmanuel Remy (District 4). Each is running un-opposed for re-election in November. As we won’t be able to test them at the ballot box, we’ll take this opportunity to examine their track records and discuss their plans for transit and housing policy moving forward.
Registration is free but space is limited - register here to save your spot.
Agenda:
6:45 - Doors Open
7:00 - Intro and Welcome
7:10 - Panel Discussion moderated by TC board members D’Laveance Bert-Sims and Gillian Desormeaux
8:00pm - Small Group Discussions
May Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting! Located at the Main Library, Meeting Room 1A (96 S Grant Ave). All are welcome.
May Agenda:
Intro & welcome
Updates
Primary election
Housing bond package
PPT training debrief
2025 TC Campaigns + Ways to Get Involved
Zero fare COTA
LinkUs + BikePlus
Working Groups
Discussion on Transit & Housing with City Council District 7 Candidates
In lieu of our normal April meeting, we’ll be hosting a discussion on transit and housing with district 7 city council candidates.
The Columbus region is growing rapidly, and good transit and housing policy and implementation are critical to ensuring that that growth benefits Columbus communities rather than making life more difficult. City Council District 7 is home to some key transit projects and the transit-oriented development that goes alongside them. We plan to dig deeper into the candidates' positions on public transportation, housing issues, and ending traffic violence in the city of Columbus. Registration is free but space is limited - you must register to save your spot.
Hosted by: Transit Columbus, Yay Bikes!, Strong Towns Columbus, Central Ohio Worker Center, All Aboard Ohio, Downtown Residents Association of Columbus (DRAC), Neighbors for More Neighbors Columbus
Panelists:
Jesse Vogel, attorney at Legal Aid
Kate Curry-Da-Souza, Former Near East side Commission Chair
Tiara Ross, attorney at Columbus Property Team
Where: Daily Growler, German Village/Brewery District (Upstairs event space)
702 S High St, Columbus, OH 43206
When: Tuesday, April 8th, 7:00-8:30pm
March Meeting
Join us for our monthly meeting this Tuesday, March 11 at 7pm - Meeting Room 1A at the Main Library on Grant. All are welcome–no prior knowledge or advocacy experience needed.
This month we’ll be joined by Steven Needham from Veo, who’ll give us an update from the city’s new micromobility vendor, and John Esterly from All Aboard Ohio to share the results of Passenger Rail Day of Advocacy at the statehouse and give us insight into what comes next.
Finally, we’ll prepare for our upcoming Council District 7 candidate panel on April 8 by learning more about how city council shapes transit and housing policy and get your input on what questions we should be asking.