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COTA Levy Renewal Gets Overwhelming Support

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Columbus voters are favoring the 0.25 percent tax renewal for COTA services. Roughly 73 percent of voters came out in support of the levy with 27 percent voting against. This will be the second time this tax is passed. Voters approved the levy originally in 2006, adding to the 0.25 percent permanent tax approved in […]

Today’s Headlines

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  • Columbus Voters Approve Transit Levy Renewal (Dispatch)
  • Toledo Approves Sales Tax to Support TARTA Operations (Blade)
  • Red Bike Offered Free Rides for Voters on Tuesday (Enquirer)
  • Will Western Hills Viaduct Replacement Only Accommodate Cars? (Business Courier)
  • Cleveland Program Aims to Provide Newly Settled Refugees With Bikes (fresh water)
  • 10 Streets That Define the America We Know (Curbed)
  • American Cities Must Start Pushing for Higher Densities (Schweitzer)

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Transit Vote 2016: What’s at Stake on Local Ballots and How to Track Results

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
$200 billion in local transit funding is at stake in these elections. Map: CTFE With federal transportation policy stuck in DC gridlock, more cities and regions are taking it upon themselves to shape the future of their transit systems. Today there are 78 local ballot measures that will affect funding for transportation in some way, with $200 billion in transit [...]

Today’s Headlines

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  • COTA Could Really Use Citizens’ Votes at Ballot Today (Dispatch)
  • Donald Trump Wants to Spend Billions on Brent Spence Bridge Replacement (Business Courier)
  • Parking Fines Cause Issue for Early Voting in Cincinnati (Enquirer)
  • ODOT Adding Sidewalks, Bike Lanes to Improve Safety on Ohio 235 (News Sun)
  • Major Changes on the Way for Sandusky Transit Operations (Register)
  • Jane Jacobs Was Right on So Many Issues (CNU)
  • Is America Poised to Finally Ditch Its Obsession With The Car? (Guardian)

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How the Accommodations We Make for Cars Impose Huge Costs on Cities

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
Drive-thrus and parking lots are bad news for a city’s tax base. Image via Streets.mn Wide highways, big parking lots, dangerous intersections designed for speed — there are a lot of downsides to all this car-centric infrastructure, including the way it saps the fiscal health of cities. Bill Lindeke at Network blog Streets.mn lists seven, from the erosion of the local tax [...]
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How Can Cities Make the Most of an Infrastructure Spending Spree?

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have indicated that they intend to spend big on “infrastructure” if elected president. Whether this ends up making cities stronger or just fueling more wasteful sprawl, however, is an open question. Local governments can get to work getting projects like these pedestrian improvements in West Jefferson, North Carolina, into their “shovel ready” pipeline. Photo: [...]

Today’s Headlines

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  • Lots of Tax Issues on Ballot as Ohio’s Support for Urban Areas Dwindles (La Prensa)
  • Hamilton County Leaders Oppose Idea of County-Only Sales Tax for SORTA (Enquirer)
  • Cleveland RTA May Make Even Deeper Service Cuts in 2017 (Plain Dealer)
  • New Helena Street Bridge to Include Wider Sidewalks (Daily News)
  • People’s Liberty Grantees Place Giant Beanbags on Cincy Streets (Soapbox)
  • We Need to Start Thinking About Retrofitting Parking Garages for Housing (Wired)
  • Here’s How to Make City Streets More Hospitable to Humans (Strong Towns)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Cincinnati Has a Lot of Work to Do to Make Streets Safe for Walking (Soapbox)
  • If Columbus Doesn’t Want People Biking on Sidewalks It Should Make Streets Safer for Riding (NPR)
  • Apple Expands Transit Map Coverage to More Ohio Cities (MacRumors)
  • It Appears Increasingly Likely That SORTA Will Put Transit Measure on 2017 Ballot (WCPO)
  • Columbus Voters Have Big Decisions on City Issues Next Week (ThisWeek)
  • Pedestrianized Streets Help Make for More Livable Cities (Parksify)
  • Transportation Secretary Foxx Looking to Fix Past Urban Renewal Errors (American Prospect)

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Today’s Headlines

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  • Here’s What We Know After Two Months of Streetcar Ridership Data (WCPO)
  • Curtis Sitt Shares Why Columbus Should Approve COTA’s Transit Levy (Business First)
  • Cleveland RTA Brings in Former FTA Leader to Oversee Rail Operations (Plain Dealer)
  • New “Experiential” Learning Program Asks Participants to Reimagine Quaker Oats Complex (Akronist)
  • Transit Union Fighting SORTA Over Employee Wages (Business Courier)
  • The United States Needs a Mobility “Moonshot” Program (CommonWealth)
  • Yes, Actual Street Design Does Matter When It Comes to Walkability (City Observatory)

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