More evidence that Northeast Ohio is operating without a flight plan—the region experienced the biggest (%) drop in the country for job access or how many jobs can be reached in an average commute, Brookings Institution found. Cleveland is not a...

To great fanfare, a mixed-use development slated to go over a surface parking lot in the heart of University Circle got the green light this week. The Intesa development secured backing from the Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority to build an 11-story r...

Technology is doing more than shaking up old ways of doing business.Apps, crowdsourcing, and mobile devices are leading to “shared economy” services that expand mobility options in cities like Cleveland. Even in Ohio, where support for tra...

Euclid Avenue is living up to its HealthLine moniker. The group leading the charge for complete streets is reporting that money flowed and safety improved from 37 completed projects, including Cleveland’s Euclid Avenue. Completed in 2008, before...

Cleveland has improved its bike development focus in the last two years. It considers bikes in more of its road projects, and is starting to build a network for cycling. In part, we can thank a 2011 Complete Streets law which grass roots advocates wor...

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...

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 ...