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Ohio’s $7 billion roadbuilding budget is a sop to highways of dubious value—chief among them the $429 million “bypass” of the town of Portsmouth (pop. 20,000). But it may be the last gasp of a dying industry. When Congress last...

More evidence that Northeast Ohio is operating without a flight plan—the region experienced the biggest (%) drop in the country for job access or how many jobs can be reached in an average commute, Brookings Institution found. Cleveland is not a...

To great fanfare, a mixed-use development slated to go over a surface parking lot in the heart of University Circle got the green light this week. The Intesa development secured backing from the Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority to build an 11-story r...

Technology is doing more than shaking up old ways of doing business.Apps, crowdsourcing, and mobile devices are leading to “shared economy” services that expand mobility options in cities like Cleveland. Even in Ohio, where support for tra...

Euclid Avenue is living up to its HealthLine moniker. The group leading the charge for complete streets is reporting that money flowed and safety improved from 37 completed projects, including Cleveland’s Euclid Avenue. Completed in 2008, before...

Cleveland has improved its bike development focus in the last two years. It considers bikes in more of its road projects, and is starting to build a network for cycling. In part, we can thank a 2011 Complete Streets law which grass roots advocates wor...