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Carless Renters Forced to Pay $440 Million a Year for Parking They Don’t Use

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 19, 2016 | No Comments

Many residents of American cities can’t escape the high cost of parking, even if they don’t own cars. Thanks to policies like mandatory parking requirements and the practice of “bundling” parking with housing, carless renters pay $440 million each year for parking they don’t use, according to a new study by C.J. Gabbe and Gregory Pierce in [...]

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By Randy A. Simes | Aug 19, 2016 | No Comments

SORTA Announces Ambitious Five-Year Growth Plan (WCPO)
Cleveland RTA’s Painful Fare Increases Now Being Realized (CleveScene)
Cincinnati Bell Signs $3.4 Million Naming Rights Agreement for Streetcar (Enquirer)
Feds: Closing Off Public Square to Buses Violates Funding Agreement (Plain Dealer)
Akron Celebrates Opening of City’s First Protected Bike Lane (Beacon Journal)
Guerrilla Bike Lanes Show That Cities Could Be Doing Much More For Bicyclists (Co.Exist)
Should Every City Be Developing a Bicycle Highway Plan? (The Urbanist)

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State DOTs to Feds: We Don’t Want to Reveal Our Impact on Climate Change

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 18, 2016 | No Comments

State DOTs don’t want to report on how their spending decisions affect greenhouse gas emissions. Photo: Andrew Boone Every year state DOTs receive tens of billions of dollars in transportation funds from the federal government. By and large, they can do whatever they want with the money, which in most states means wasting enormous sums on [...]

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John Oliver on the Cruel Poverty Trap That is Subprime Auto Lending

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 16, 2016 | No Comments

Never forget this: Those who the highest price for the American system of transportation — one that makes owning a personal car practically a mandate — are the poor. We’ve reported before about how the largely unregulated subprime auto lending market has been expanding in recent years, leading some people to wonder if a breakdown in the auto [...]

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By Randy A. Simes | Aug 16, 2016 | No Comments

How Derek Bauman Became Cincinnati’s Unlikely Public Transit Spokesperson (Soapbox)
TARTA to Ask Voters for 10-Year Levy Renewal This November (Blade)
Transit Riders See Pros and Cons of Buses in Public Square (Plain Dealer)
Here’s How Bike Infrastructure Stacks Up Around Columbus Neighborhoods (Alive)
Safety Improvements on the Way for Loveland Bike Trail (Enquirer)
Could Smarter Traffic Signals Improve Safety and Function of Streets? (Next City)

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Toledo Neighbors Fight Back Against City’s Plan to Widen Their Road

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 15, 2016 | No Comments

Roseanne Martinez has lived at the corner of Secor and Bancroft Roads, just over the border from Toledo, for almost 30 years. She and her husband were married in the backyard. They raised four kids there. Every Sunday, they walk right across the street to attend church at Hope Lutheran. But Martinez found out recently she […]

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By Randy A. Simes | Aug 15, 2016 | No Comments

Ohio’s Beleaguered Public Transit Systems on Edge of Financial Crisis (Plain Dealer)
Summit Bike Share Looking to Grow Bicycling Community in Akron (Leader)
COTA Hoping to Renew Sales Tax This November (Dispatch)
Cleveland in Desperate Need of Multi-County Task Force to Fix Transit Woes (Plain Dealer)
Metro Announces Additional Route Changes and Frequencies (WCPO)
U.S. DOT Looking at Four Cities’ Efforts to Mitigate Destructive Highways (Next City)
Walkable Neighborhoods and Frequent Service Top Transit Demands (TransitCenter)

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By Randy A. Simes | Aug 12, 2016 | No Comments

Cincinnati Looking for Volunteers for Massive Streetcar Celebration (Enquirer)
New COTA Bus Line Raises the Bar for Columbus Public Transit (WOSU)
ODOT Working to Designate More Bike Routes in Butler County (Daily News)
Brecksville Forms New Bicyclist Organization to Promote Safe Streets (Plain Dealer)
Cincinnati Council Member Yvette Simpson Announces Mayoral Run (Business Courier)
Kansas City May Have Built One of Nation’s Most Successful Streetcar Lines (Slate)
Corporate America Keeps Moving Back to Center Cities (New York Times)

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Talking Headways Podcast: Columbus, the Smartest City in the Land

By Jeff Wood | Aug 11, 2016 | No Comments

Josh Lapp, a board member at the advocacy organization Transit Columbus, joins us this week to talk about Ohio’s capital city — how it’s becoming more urban, how its stadiums have been situated to support downtown growth and walkability, and how transportation options like light rail and bike-share are developing. And of course, you’ll hear about Columbus’s winning bid [...]

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By Randy A. Simes | Aug 11, 2016 | No Comments

It’s Time for Cincinnati to Institute a “Blight Tax” on Surface Parking Lots (Soapbox)
Construction Progressing on Cleveland Avenue BRT Line in Columbus (This Week)
Projects in Cleveland and Akron Show Need for Continuation of TIGER Program (Plain Dealer)
OKI and Butler County Want to Spend $80 Million on Sprawl-Inducing Interchange (Daily News)
Queen City Bike Is Giving Lessons on How to Navigate Cincy Streetcar Tracks (WLWT)
Should Bike-Share Be Price Competitive With Transit? (Next City)
Americans Are Paying a Premium to Live in Cities They Once Abandoned (Washington Post)

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If You Want to Fix Sorry Bus Stops, Don’t Forget to Tell the DOT

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 10, 2016 | No Comments

It’s up to Montgomery County and the Maryland State Highway Administration to improve pedestrian conditions at this bus stop on Route 29. Streetsblog just wrapped up our 2016 Sorriest Bus Stop in America competition, with a waiting area on a state highway in Silver Spring, Maryland, beating out 15 other terrible bus stops for the crown of shame. For our voters, asking [...]

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By Randy A. Simes | Aug 10, 2016 | No Comments

13-Story Residential Building Coming to Cincinnati Streetcar Route (Enquirer)
Cleveland RTA Exploring Possible Vanpool Service for Commuters (Plain Dealer)
Youngstown Looking to Give Fifth Avenue Corridor a Complete Streets Makeover (WFMJ)
OTR Residents Looking to Improve Pedestrian, Bicyclist Safety Through Redesign (WCPO)
Cincy Red Bike Lands Another Major Sponsor (Business Courier)
Low-Floor Boarding Comparison of Buses and Trams (Pedestrian Observations)
Another Think Piece on How the Car of the Future Will Make Transit Obsolete (Forbes)

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