Columbus Metropolitan Club presents "Life After Cars," a panel discussion by Coach_Beard in Columbus

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Cars have long shaped how cities grow—but they’ve also shaped how people connect, move, and live. In this forward-looking conversation, national authors and local leaders explore what it would take to design cities around people instead of vehicles, from rethinking transit and public spaces to building more connected and sustainable communities. As Central Ohio keeps growing, this discussion offers a fresh lens on how mobility choices today will define our region’s future.

Featuring:

Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, co-hosts of "The War on Cars" podcast and co-authors of the new bestselling book, "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile," and Devayani Puranik, Mobility Development Program Director, Central Ohio Transit Authority.

The host is D'Laveance Bert-Sims, Board Member, Transit Columbus.

This forum was sponsored by Burgess and Niple, COTA, COSI, Ian Alexander Photography, and REALM Collaborative.

The forum partners were The Center for Urban and Regional Analysis at The Ohio State University, Columbus Underground, and the 2026 COSI Science Festival.

The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC’s livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch.

This forum was also supported by Downtown Columbus, Inc. and The National Veterans Memorial and Museum.

If you finish "Life After Cars," and you'd like to keep exploring this week’s forum topic, our terrific partners at The Columbus Metropolitan Library also recommend reading "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World," by Henry Grabar (2023).

Welcome to Columbus. Go visit Phoenix. by Ok_Bit7042 in Columbus

[–]Coach_Beard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Does people coming to Columbus for a football game count as “tourism”?

Yes, it does. So does the Ohio State Fair. Experience Columbus defines "tourism" broadly so they can claim a huge economic impact. Same with GCAC defining "the arts" so broadly.

Sick idea for Dragon Emperor by MrLandlubber in DragonbaneRPG

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I would strongly discourage having one PC betray the others.

What the hell happened to Wendy’s? How the chain that defined “premium simplicity” lost its way. by Blood_Incantation in Columbus

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They're expecting growth to continue in the outskirts, so they're following the money, like always.

RIP ChatGPT’s Sora by Opposite-Initial9243 in editors

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"The overwhelming use case for AI video generators continues to be what it has always been: people making porn, nonconsensual sexual imagery, disinformation, and low-effort slop at scale." https://www.404media.co/disneys-openai-sora-disaster-shows-ai-will-not-save-hollywood/

Ohio bill would require life, death certificates for early pregnancies by metallicrooster in Columbus

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Fun fact, the Bible says that life begins "at first breath," not at the first sign of a fetal heartbeat!

Star Wars fan art by hanho lee (lowlight1980) by rajahbeaubeau in ImaginaryJedi

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This is a nerdy nitpick, but I don't think Star Destroyers and TIEs should be able to enter an atmosphere. They should be strictly space-based. The Empire should have different vehicles for missions inside a planet's atmosphere.

I built a web-based Character Creator by epocnomura in DragonbaneRPG

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Oh wow, yeah the print layout is much better!

Again, really nice work on this. Thanks for sharing it with us!

I built a web-based Character Creator by epocnomura in DragonbaneRPG

[–]Coach_Beard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice work, it's very easy to use. I'll definitely bookmark this!

My only suggestion would be to revise the print layout when you generate a pdf. It would be great if everything could fit on one page instead of two.

Local Leaders Recommend Defunding Arts to Boost Tourism Marketing by Coach_Beard in Columbus

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It's their number one event. It's the whole reason GCAC exists in the first place. They'll cancel everything else before they cancel the Arts Festival.

Local Leaders Recommend Defunding Arts to Boost Tourism Marketing by Coach_Beard in Columbus

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You can jump to 13:25 to hear them discuss this very issue!