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Council Member Believes Columbus Can Outgrow Car Dependency (Columbus Dispatch) COTA Conducting Final Interviews for New CEO (Columbus Dispatch) OSU Student Team Shows Off Transit Commuting Tool in DC (Ohio State News) If You Want to Improve Walkability, Don’t Erase Pedestrian Bump-Outs (WCPO) After Month of Construction, RTA Red Line Opens Reopens on West Side […]

MORPC Weighs Different Transit Options for Main Corridors (Columbus Dispatch) Better Transit Is the Obvious Answer for Seniors Who Shouldn’t Drive (Columbus Dispatch) Cuyahoga County Considering Sales Tax Levy for RTA (Ideastream) Cincy Neighborhood Shouldn’t Have to Beg for Safer Streets (Cincinnati Enquirer) Perrysburg Needs More School Bus Drivers (Toledo Blade) Semi Truck Driver Kills Man […]

Imagine If Cincy Pols Cared as Much About Transit as They Do a Soccer Stadium (CityBeat, WVXU) HamCo Commissioners Approve $5 Vehicle License Fee to Pay for Viaduct (WCPO) Kettering Considers Replacing Low-Volume Traffic Bridge With Pedestrian Bridge (Dayton Daily News) Woman Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Crash That Killed Baby in Stroller (Columbus Dispatch) […]

Cincy Outlines Spending for $500K in Pedestrian Safety Measures (WCPO) Instead of Funding Transit, State Lawmakers Want Rural Tax Break (Highland County Press) Columbus Plans to Improve Mobility for Seniors (WOSU) Cuyahoga County Buys Former RTA Garage (Cleveland.com) Oberlin Man With Down Syndrome Has Bike Stolen (WKYC) More headlines at Streetsblog USA

Cincy Council Votes to Widen Roads, Demolish Homes for Potential Stadium (WVXU) Opening Up I-670 Shoulder Will Slow Down COTA Buses (Columbus Dispatch) Zanesville Bus Riders May Finally Get Shelters (WHIZ) Motorist’s Toddler Killing Prompts Cincy Residents to Demand Safer Streets (WCPO) 16 Ohio Drivers Died Over Thanksgiving Holiday (WKYC) COTA Helps Plan Rosa Parks […]

Raising OH Speed Limit to 70 MPH Increased Number and Lethality of Crashes (AP) Fare Hike, Service Reductions Loom for Cleveland Transit Riders (Ideastream) Lakefront Bikeway Gets Fresh Paving for Holidays (Plain Dealer) Cleveland Man Has Been Riding Transit for 92 Years (Plain Dealer) After Fire Destroys Dayton Grocery, Church Offers to Bus Residents to […]