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By Timothy Broderick | May 17, 2017 | No Comments

RTA, Lyft Partner to Bring Transit to Rural Areas Near Dayton (Dayton Daily News)
Akron Holds “Ride of Silence” to Honor Cyclists Killed by Drivers (WKSU)
Uber Facilitating Transit Connections in Dayton, Cincinnati (Dayton Daily News)
Northeast Ohio Town Approves Walkable Downtown Retail Plan (WKSU)
Columbus Invests $2.5 Million in Electric Vehicles (Columbus Business First)
Reducing Lanes Didn’t Increase Congestion on Major Denver Thoroughfare (Denver Post)
Developers Flock to Kansas City Streetcar Line (Kansas City Star)

The 3 Essential Ingredients for Cooking Up Transit That People Want to Ride

By Stephen Miller | May 15, 2017 | No Comments

With so much transportation funding going toward highways, it's tempting to support any transit investment as a step in the right direction. But not all transit investments will produce service that helps people get where they need to go. To make transit a useful travel option that people want to ride, says TransitCenter, there are three basic goals that officials and advocates should strive for.

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By Timothy Broderick | May 15, 2017 | No Comments

Contra-Flow Bike Lane Meant to Improve Dayton Bicyclists’ Safety (Dayton Daily News)
Ohio’s Bridge Problem Doesn’t End With the Brent Spence Bridge (WCPO)
I-71/I-75 Junction Among Worst Truck “Chokepoints” (Columbus Business First)
Digital Tool Calculates the Financial, Environmental Costs of Commutes (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Bicyclists Deliver Books to Low-Income Kids Annual Cincy Event (WCPO)
Texting While Driving Causing More Deaths, But Chicago Police Issue Fewer Tickets (Columbus Dispatch)
NYC Subway Snafus Abound, But Local and State Politicians Remain Silent (NYT)

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Detroit’s Big Transit Success Story Isn’t Its New Streetcar — It’s the Buses

By Stephen Miller | May 12, 2017 | No Comments

Today is the grand opening for the QLine, Detroit's 3.3-mile, mixed-traffic streetcar on Woodward Avenue. It's getting tons of local press attention, but TransitCenter reports that the Motor City's true transit renaissance is not due to the streetcar, but the city's successful, under-the-radar turnaround of its bus system.

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By Timothy Broderick | May 12, 2017 | No Comments

Dayton “High Line” Project Takes Next Step (Dayton Daily News)
Uptick in Cincy Streetcar Ridership Still Short of Projections (Cincinnati Business Courier)
Red Light Cameras Returning to Dayton (Dayton Daily News)
Streetcar Wins National Engineering Award (City of Cincinnati)
Columbus StartUp Week Highlights Smart City Projects (Columbus Dispatch)
Summer Repairs Swamp NYC’s Penn Station (WSJ)
Kansas City Celebrates Streetcar’s First Birthday, Eyes Expansion (KSHB)

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By Timothy Broderick | May 11, 2017 | No Comments

Cleveland Extends Trolley Line Farther East (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Battle Over New Brent Spence Bridge Funding Continues (WLWT)
Datasets Used to Win Smart City Transportation Grant Made Public (Columbus Business First)
Bill Would Require Cincinnati Parking Garages to Have EV Stations (Cincinnati Business Courier)
Genius Pol Tom Patton Tries to Force Small Ohio Towns to Shut Down Speed Cameras, Again (Scene)
LA Bill Would Expand Pedestrians’ Right of Way (KPCC)
MBTA Searches for Solutions to Rough Winters (Boston Globe)

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By Timothy Broderick | May 9, 2017 | No Comments

Vehicles That Don’t Exist Shouldn’t Take Precedence Over Real-Life Transit Systems (Greater Ohio)
Two Cincy Streetcars Out of Commission After Collision in Shop (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Cincy Multimodal Bridge “Not Needed,” Says City Manager (Cincinnati Business Courier)
Entrepreneur Has Really Elaborate Plans for Cleveland Lakefront Gondolas (Plain Dealer)
Smart City Grant Draws Silicon Valley Incubator to Columbus (Columbus Dispatch)
Strikes Halt Northern LA County Bus Service (LA Times)
DC Metro’s Declining Ridership May Have Bottomed Out (WaPo)

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By Timothy Broderick | May 8, 2017 | No Comments

Omnibus Bill Saves Federal Transit Funding, for Now (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Mentor Implements Traffic Calming Outside Signature Park (Lima News-Herald)
Toledo Public Schools Joining National Bike to School Day This Week (Toledo Blade)
Roundabouts Gain Traction in Greater Cincinnati (WCPO)
Toledo Mountain Bikers Flock to New “Single Track” Path (Toledo Blade)
Lawsuit Doesn’t Deter Maryland Purple Line Backers (WaPo)
New Jersey Transit Potentially Losing Millions in Uncollected Fares (NYT)

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By Timothy Broderick | May 5, 2017 | No Comments

Cincinnati Residents Gear Up for Bike Month (WCPO)
Imagine What Robust Transit and Walkable Streets Could Do for These Cincy Neighborhoods (WCPO)
Reminder: Brent Spence Bridge “Functionally Obsolete”; Trump Vowed to Replace It (WCPO, WXIX)
Elaine Chao Discusses Regional Transportation With @CincyChamber
DC Metro Sued Over “Hostile Work Environment” (WaPo)
LA Metro Forms Committee to Examine Transit Experience (LA Times)

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Columbus Just Launched a Completely Redesigned Bus Network

By Stephen Miller | May 4, 2017 | No Comments

This week, Columbus, Ohio, became the latest city to flip the switch on a redesigned bus network, changing a decades-old route map in a bid to jump-start flagging ridership. The updated routes bring huge numbers of people and jobs within closer reach of frequent transit service.

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By Timothy Broderick | May 4, 2017 | No Comments

More Bike-Share Stations Coming to Cleveland (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
DIY Skatepark Pops Up Beneath Greater Cincinnati Interstate (Cincinnati Magazine)
Not Sure How to Ride the Bus? Ask This Lady (Columbus Dispatch)
Rising Costs Force Dayton-Area Schools to Revamp Busing Program (Dayton Daily News)
Elaine Chao Confuses “Driverless” Car Hype With Reality (Jalopnik)

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By Timothy Broderick | May 3, 2017 | No Comments

Cincinnati Mayoral Candidate With Ambitious Transit Plan Wins Primary (Business Courier)
Columbus’ City School Boosts Funding for Transporting Homeless Children (Columbus Dispatch)
Check Out the Designs for Cincy Multi-Modal Path’s First Mile (Business Courier)
Short North Streets Poised for Transformation (Columbus Dispatch)
Penn Station’s Summer Outlook: Delays, Disruptions (AP)
Truck Collisions Increasingly Clog Up Los Angeles Freeways (KPCC)

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