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As Ohio considers upping its highway speediness to 75 mph and a transportation budget that encourages more driving, it begs the question: what are the economic reasons for doing so? Is the strategy to make Ohio’s metropolitan areas more competit...

Rail passengers have won an important victory for making their trains more reliable. The Supreme Court released their opinion this morning on Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 13-1080. READ THE OPINION HERE It was a unanimous Supreme Court opinion that Amtrak is a government entity, making it able […]

Last week marked an important turning point for Cleveland’s fastest growing neighborhood, downtown, when suburban grocery magnates, the Heinens opened a store at East 9th Street and Euclid Avenue. The symbolism of the location and its historic p...

When complete streets landed in Cleveland more than three years ago, it created a ripple that is being felt now in the suburbs.In Cleveland Heights, after a yearlong discussion, a Transportation Advisory Committee recommended last month that the east ...

xxxThe TOD Standard bearers at the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) think they’ve found the answer to how sustainable a development can be. The ITDP, founded in 1985, is a high-powered think tank on “environment...

xxxFirst, the good news: The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Agency (GCRTA) reported this week that—polar vortexes aside—2014 saw positive growth in transit riders, totalling 49.25 million. RTA has charted four straight years of growth ...