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Ohio Transit Agencies to Lose $207M a Year — Would Be More If Kasich Had His Way (News-Herald) ODOT’s Jerry Wray: Robot Cars Will Make Roads Safe, So We Don’t Have To (Eagle-Gazette) Related: Imagine Ohio Officials Dedicating Selves to Infrastructure That Exists (WCMI) Cincinnati Enquirer Writer Mad That People Aren’t Excited by New Western Hills […]

Ohio Can’t Just Rely on Budget Surpluses to Fund Transit (WOSU) Feds Award RTA Nearly $6 Million for Improved Live-Tracking of Trains (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Lorain County Pitches 28-Mile Multimodal Trail Along Lakefront (Rock the Lake) Even the Police Can’t Help Hitting Cyclists (Cleveland.com) This Is the Bike Trail That Cincinnati ‘Can’t Afford’ (Cincinnati Enquirer) […]

COTA Finds Money for Free Bus Passes for 45,000 Downtown Workers (Columbus Dispatch) Columbus BRT Line Comes in Under Budget, Additional Shelters Possible (Columbus Business First) Outgoing COTA CEO Oversaw Radical Transformation Over Two Decades (WOSU) Cincinnati Abandons Bike Trail Project That Already Had Federal Match (Cincinnati Enquirer) Without Better Transit System, Cincinnati Will Never […]

Why Is Ohio So Bad at Funding Transit? (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Hamilton Pol Wants Highway Decks for Concrete Canyon (Cincinnati Business Courier) This Video Shows Why Cyclists Need Protected Lanes (WCPO) Parking Concerns Derail Another Greater Cincinnati Development (River City News) Discovery Trail Would Enliven Downtown Columbus Crosswalks, Sidewalks (Columbus Underground) Lima MPO Drafts Multi-Modal […]

Which Big-Ticket Transportation Projects Will Hamilton County Commissioners Fund? (WVXU) Reminder: County Commissioner Proposed Tax Plan to Fund Crumbling Viaduct (Cincinnati Enquirer) Cincinnati Bike Trail Expansion Group Eyes 50 Miles in Next Decade (Soapbox Cincinnati) Historically-Minded Cincinnatians Should Look Across the River for Preservation Inspiration (WCPO) Multi-Modal Path on Cleveland’s West Side Nears Completion (Cleveland […]

ODOT Forces Medina to Raise Speeds Through School Zone and Residential Area (Medina Gazette) Metro Breaks Ground on Oakley Transit Center (WCPO) RTA Announces Branded Buses, Stops for MetroHealth Line (Cleveland Scene) Dayton Installing Red Light Cameras at Five Intersections (WVXU) Cleveland Clinic Joins Network That Promotes Carpooling and Transit (Plain Dealer) Could BRT Alleviate […]