Marc Lefkowitz
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Cleveland Celebrates Nature Nearby
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This is the year Cleveland turns its attention to vibrant green space.
Cities Rethink Parking; How Cleveland Can Benefit
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With transit holding steady and cycling surging, cities find themselves in an interesting position. They’d like to encourage more of this kind of “mode shift” -- but how?
The Long Distance Affair for Transit
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A healthy debate is swirling around Northeast Ohio's “spatial mismatch” between people seeking work and the employment centers where jobs are moving.
When Cleveland Invests in Transit-Oriented Development, It Succeeds
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More often than not, Cleveland's major investments in transit have experienced a positive return.
10 Big Things Northeast Ohio Can Do in 2017 to Be More Sustainable
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Northeast Ohio has consistently under performed in a vital sustainability area: We are building more auto-dependent than walkable, vibrant and transit-connected places.
Get to Work: Two Cleveland Corporate Relocations Illustrate Employment Access Inequities
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Being able to practically get to a job is a measure of the usefulness and economic attractiveness of a city, concludes University of Minnesota in its annual ranking of how well U.S. cities provide access to jobs via transit.
Danger by Design: Cleveland’s Deadliest Roads
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One hundred thirty-eight Clevelanders were killed by a motor vehicle while walking on area streets between 2005 and 2014, Smart Growth America reports
Cleveland Gains More When Public Square Is Open to Buses
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Last week, federal authorities allegedly told the City of Cleveland that re-opening downtown Public Square to buses would honor their agreement (and help the city avoid a $12 million penalty).
Bike Talk: Talking Biking in Cleveland
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“Why doesn’t Cleveland have more bike infrastructure?” my friends who are transportation cyclists ask me over drinks.
“What do you mean?” I respond, telling them that Cleveland will paint 16 miles of bike lanes this year....
What a State of Sustainability Report Reveals About CLE
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Cleveland is making progress on its mission to become a “green city on a blue lake,” said Matt Grey, Director of Cleveland’s Office of Sustainability, during the 8th annual 2016 Sustainability Summit.The Office's State of Sustainabil...
In Akron, Transit and Recycling Could Give a Lift to Households in Poverty
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A new report finds that jobs in "waste mining” and investments in public transit systems would be as effective as traditional workforce development and job creation strategies in Akron, Detroit, and 8 other cities that could set poverty reductio...
Your City Wants to Be Bike-Friendly. Now What?
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“We’re definitely in something of a revolution here,” a Chicago official told Governing magazine. Chicago is just one example of the “Two Wheel Revolution” taking place in American cities where “striping bike lanes ...