Recent Streetsblog OHIO posts about Today’s Headlines

New Fare Policy Causes Healthline Performance to Drop (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Transit Advocates Call for Decriminalization of Fare Evasion on Healthline (Cleveland Scene) As Good Times Roll, COTA Searches for Next Leader (Columbus Dispatch) Brunswick Merges Transit with Medina County, Changes Funding Structure (Cleveland.com) Hawaii Island Transit in Dire Straits (KHON 2) More headlines at Streetsblog USA

Driver Hits and Kills North Olmsted Man (Cleveland.com) Dayton Resident Steals Car and Runs People Over With It (WDTN) Oxford Walking and Biking Trails Get City Council Support (Oxford Patch) Bloomington, IL, Bus Riders Will Soon Have More Shelters (The Pantagraph) Amtrak Pushes High-Speed Chicago-St. Louis Line Opening to 2018 (State Journal-Register) More headlines at Streetsblog […]

More People Are Dying After Ohio Raised Highway Speed Limits (Dayton Daily News) As Bus System Collapses, Cranley Wants to Subsidize an Auto-Centric MLS Stadium (WVXU) Allen County RTA Cuts Service After Voters Reject Transit Levy (Mass Transit Magazine) Feds OK Tweaks to Columbus “Smart City” Plan (Columbus Business First) Columbus Mountain Bikers Finally Have Their Own […]

Without Local and State Support, SORTA Crisis Is Imminent (CityBeat) Transit Barely Mentioned as Answer to Oakley Stadium Traffic Concerns (WCPO) Pedestrian Bridges Straddling Highways Does Not = “Walkability” (Dayton Daily News) Driver Hospitalizes Cyclist in Greene County (Dayton Daily News) Cincy Metro Operator Rescues Child From Traffic Sewer (WLWT) More headlines at Streetsblog USA

State Legislators Bicker Over Best Way to Recoup Transit Sales Tax Losses (Plain Dealer) RTA Wants to Expand U-Pass Program to Other Local Colleges (Cleveland.com) New Cincy Council Members Support Additional Metro Service (WCPO) High-Speed Police Chases Are Dangerous and Largely Unregulated (WCPO) Old Columbus Quarry Will Be Park With Multi-Modal Trail (Columbus Dispatch) More […]

Cincy Transit Riders Will See “Major Service Reductions” If City and State Don’t Step Up (Enquirer) Aging Bus Fleet Drives Up Costs for Struggling SORTA (WCPO) Tired of Waiting for Change, Cincinnati Bus Riders Propose Their Own Transit Plan (WCPO) Will SORTA Hand Off Streetcar Operations to City? (Cincinnati Business Courier) Reversing Prior Decision, COTA […]