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  • With So Many People Being Killed on Ohio Roadways, Improved Transit Could Save Lives (CityBeat)
  • Cincinnati Approves Plan to Overhaul City Bus Stop Benches (Enquirer)
  • FiveRivers MetroParks Looking to Improve Connectivity in Miami Valley (Business Journal)
  • City Hoping New Signage Will Improve Traffic Flow Along Central Riverfront (WXIX)
  • Density Scaled Back on New Short North Development Due to Neighborhood Opposition (Business First)
  • You Can’t Talk About Climate Change and Oppose Urban Density (Curbed)
  • Buses Should Never Have to Sit in Traffic Jams (Guardian)

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  • NKY Working Hard to Extend Cincinnati Streetcar Across Ohio River (Enquirer)
  • Will Columbus Voters Approval “Critical” Transit Tax Levy Renewal? (ThisWeekNews)
  • Brunswick Weighs Entering Into NE Ohio Regional Transit System (Plain Dealer)
  • Wasson Way Trail Lands $750,000 Federal Grant (Business Courier)
  • OKI Continues to Embark on Road Widening Projects (99.3 Eagle)
  • Should Transit Focus Only on Serving Commuting Destinations? (New Geography)
  • Is Increased Biking a Cause or Effect of Gentrification — or Neither? (Guardian)

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  • Cleveland RTA in Desperate Need of Cash Infusion (Crain’s Business)
  • Cincinnati to Conduct First Downtown Traffic Study in 20 Years (WCPO)
  • Bus Riders Urge Toledo Voters to Approve Transit Levy (Blade)
  • Cyclist Critically Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver in Over-the-Rhine (Enquirer)
  • Elderly Woman Killed by Driver While Walking Home in Downtown Cincy (Enquirer)
  • Senior Citizens Are Looking for Walkable, Urban Communities (New York Times)
  • There’s Increasing Evidence That Cars Are Simply Falling Out of Favor (Atlantic)

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COTA Pushing Hard to Win Voter Approval on Transit Levy Renewal (ThisWeekNews) Six People Walking or Biking Have Been Killed By Drivers in Cincinnati in Past Month (WCPO) Lucas County Improves Signage on Dangerous, Heavily-Cycled Road, But Not Design (Blade) Will Akron Score Big Again in This Year’s Knight Cities Challenge? (Beacon Journal) Walkable, Mixed-Use Development Coming to […]

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  • Can a Multi-County Transit Agency in Northeast Ohio Fix Budget Woes? (Plain Dealer)
  • Cincinnati Wants to Give Buses and Streetcars Signal Priority (Enquirer)
  • AMATS Wants to Build on Success, But Waits for Federal Funding (Beacon Journal)
  • Columbus Putting High Street on Another Road Diet (Dispatch)
  • NKY Moves Forward With Development of Bike/Ped Trails Along Riverfront (River City News)
  • Protected Bike Lanes Can Actually Solve Traffic Congestion (Guardian)
  • Light Rail Cannot Fix America’s Lacking Transit Network on Its Own (Next City)

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Edmonton’s Quick-Build Protected Bike Lane Grid: “A New Model” for Change

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Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities connect high-comfort biking networks. The most interesting thing about this week’s best bike infrastructure news isn’t what’s being built. It’s how it’s being built. Two years ago, the sprawling Canadian prairie metropolis of Calgary decided to buck tradition and test an entire [...]

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  • Discussion of Dedicated Transit Lanes in Downtown Cincy Gain Traction (Business Courier)
  • Cleveland RTA Testing Out New Bus Technology to Improve Safety (Plain Dealer)
  • Covington Celebrates Opening of Renovated Transit Center (River City News)
  • Grove City Hoping to Land $2.4 Million Grant to Build New Bike Path (Dispatch)
  • Cincinnati Streetcar Connecting People as Well as Places (Enquirer)
  • How Might Autonomous Vehicles Impact the Passenger Rail Industry? (CityLab)
  • American Cities Have Caught a Fever for “Open Streets” (Vox)

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ODOT Announces 16 New Highway Projects, 0 Transit Projects

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$66.5 million freeway widening project, widening I-270 to four-lanes all the way from 33 to 70, through Hilliard (Columbus). $1 million interchange project$1 million interchange project on I-71 in Strongsville (Cleveland). $281 million bridge project on I-480 in Independence (Cleveland), two years ahead of schedule! They will create a new “temporary” span, for the duration … Continue reading ODOT announces 16 new highway projects, 0 transit projects
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