• Columbus Congestion Will Be Horrendous If City Doesn’t Improve Transit (Business First)
• Athens Bike Advocates Talk to Athens News About Surviving on Ohio Roadways
• Roundabouts as Memorials in Newport (River City News)
• Former COTA CEO Talks About Importance of Transit (Columbus Underground)
• RTA Hasn’t Changed Much Since the 60s (Cleveland Scene)

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• Will Other Cities Follow Columbus With Free Transit for Downtown Workers? (Guardian)
• Ditch the Stadium Plans, Hamilton County — Transportation Is More Important (WVXU)
• Kentucky Suburbs Want Better Biking, Walking Infrastructure (WCPO)
• Cleveland Extends Parking Restrictions to Speed Transit for MLB Playoffs (Plain Dealer)
• University Heights Plans Sidewalk Bump Outs to Protect Pedestrians (Cleveland.com)
• Motorist and RTA Bus Collide, at Least 1 Dead (Lima News)
• New Clean-Diesel Buses Will Decrease BaltimoreLink Emissions (CBS Baltimore)

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• Cincinnati Mayoral Candidates Spar Over City Transit (Cincinnati Business Courier)
• One Year Later, Cincy Streetcar Ticketing Machines Still Malfunctioning (WCPO)
• Design Conference Will Discuss Funding Highway Decks in Cincinnati (Soapbox Cincinnati)
• Listen to Akron Leaders Discuss Innerbelt’s Future (WKSU)
• Allen County Residents Want Better Transportation Options (Lima News)
• Ohio State Adds Security Cameras to Campus Buses (The Lantern)
• Thanks to ODOT Grant, Toledo Kids Will Have Safer Commute (13 ABC)
• Related: School Transportation Systems Desperately Need Upgrading (Curbed)

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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 Viaduct
• Drunk Driver Kills Road Worker on I-70 in Columbus (10TV)
• Indiana Bus Service Connects Inmates with Families (WOSU)
• The Race for Amazon HQ2 Shows the Importance of Transit (Seattle Times)

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• 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)
• If You Want to Boost Walking and Biking, Don’t Capitulate to Parking Demands (Cincinnati Enquirer, River City News)
• Miami-Dade Mayor Reverses His Decision to Cut Transit Service (Miami Herald)

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• 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 Attract Next Amazon (Cincinnati Enquirer)
• Don’t Punish Dayton Residents for Just Trying to Get Around (Dayton Daily News)
• Congestion Sucks, But Adding Lanes Is Not the Solution (Denver Post)
• Gold Line Extension Could Close Redundant Metrolink Stations (KPCC)

• 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 Transportation Plan (Lima News)
• Funding Questions Surround Seattle’s $177 Million Streetcar (Seattle Times)
• Fuel-Efficient Cars’ Environmental Benefits Often Negated By Second Cars (San Francisco Chronicle)

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• 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 Plain Dealer)
• ODOT Hires Big Data Companies to Track Travel Patterns, Dangerous Roads (StateScoop)
• Colorado Rail Advocates Want Line Connecting Denver, Boulder, and Longmont (Denver Post)
• To Further Boost Biking, LA Should Focus on Networks, Not Miles (KPCC)

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