Recent Streetsblog OHIO posts about Today’s Headlines

Cleveland Chamber Asks State to Fund RTA Station Redevelopment (Cleveland.com) Brent Spence Bridge: Do Engineers Know What Induced Demand Is? (Business Courier) Regional Transit Is Important, But Let’s Fix Our Current System First (Better Bus Coalition) Dayton Pushes Forward With High Line Project (Dayton Daily News) Teenage Pedestrian Was Killed by Driver, Not Vehicle (Columbus […]

Akron to Spend Over Half of Anti-Congestion Grant on 2 Turn Lanes (Cleveland.com) Four NE Ohio Counties Pool Resources for Regional Transit (Lima News) Changes in Tax Law Allow SORTA to Pursue More Options for Bus Levy (WCPO) As SORTA Charts Future, Chair and Vice Chair Resign (WCPO) Outgoing SORTA Chair Pens Op-Ed Calling for […]

Columbus Hires “Parking Czar” (Columbus Dispatch) Clintonville Won’t Commit to Rudimentary Bike Upgrades (Columbus Dispatch) The Search for the Next COTA CEO Continues (Columbus Dispatch) Startup Wants to Connect Columbus Immigrants With Jobs (Columbus Business First) Brighter Streetlights Coming to Main Street in Hamilton (Dayton Daily News) Metro Releases Cincy Streetcar Holiday Operating Hours (Cincinnati Business […]

Ohio Lawmakers Approve $80M in Transit Relief (WKBN 27) Panel: Taxes May Have to Increase to Keep Cleveland RTA Afloat (Cleveland.com) Cincy Mayor Proposes $33M in Debt to Help Pay for Viaduct (Business Courier) Why Stadium Plans Leapfrogged the Viaduct Proposal (WCPO) It Shouldn’t Be News That Toledo Mayor Will Take Public Transportation (Blade) WRTA […]

Plan Would Bring 24-Hour Buses, BRT, and New Routes to Hamilton County (CityBeat) Cincy Mayor Set to Announce Funding Stream for Decrepit Viaduct (WCPO) Another Strike Looming as Dayton RTA and Transit Union Bicker (WDTN) Toledo Acknowledges Importance of Sidewalks for Commuting (WTOL 11) Driver Kills Pedestrian on Middletown Traffic Sewer; WCPO Blames Victim Thanks to […]

SORTA Nixes Streetcar Divorce (Cincinnati Business Courier) Enquirer Writer Thinks Fewer Streetcars, Longer Headways Will Improve Image Summit County Bumps Up Parking Deck Fees (Akron Beacon Journal) Two Ohio Congress Members Join Bus Caucus in U.S. House (Mass Transit Magazine) Columbus and Franklin County Approve Quarry-Park Conversion (Dispatch) Will the Media Ever Tire of Dreaming […]