Cincinnati
Frustrated Cincinnati Bus Riders Take Transit Funding Into Their Own Hands
Fed up with county representatives hostile to transit, advocates are fighting to give the city more resources and a stronger say in transit policy.
July 30, 2018
Ohio DOT Cedes Ground in Its Sneaky Highway Expansion Campaign
Opponents of a $1.4 billion highway expansion project outside Cincinnati have won some important concessions from Ohio DOT, but the agency's stealth campaign to build an "interstate to the sea" isn't over yet.
June 8, 2015
How the Lure of Spending Keeps Dumb Highway Projects Alive
Decades ago, Ohio officials drew a line on a map -- the Eastern Corridor, a highway for commuters living in Cincinnati's eastern suburbs. No matter how much time has passed and how little sense it makes to build that highway today, that line can still seem like destiny.
March 2, 2015
Cincinnati’s Highway Revolt on the Verge of Victory
Could the end be near for the $1.4 billion Eastern Corridor highway project proposed for eastern Cincinnati? Language added to Ohio's transportation budget, which is being debated right now, would specifically "prohibit [Ohio DOT] from funding the Eastern Corridor Project in Hamilton County."
February 25, 2015
Cincinnati’s Eastern Corridor: The $1.4 Billion Road No One Seems to Want
The Eastern Corridor is an expensive state DOT highway project searching for a reason to exist.
January 27, 2015
Who Will Preserve Our Nation’s Urban Parking Lots?
A historic preservation group in Cincinnati put together the above video, meant to make us think critically about some of the most fiercely guarded yet least loved places in our cities: parking lots.
June 30, 2014
A Crosswalk Too Far: The Hunt for America’s Least Crossable Street
Last February, Streetsblog readers determined the worst intersection in America. Then you pinpointed a suburban area with streets so windy and disconnected, it would take a seven mile trip to travel between two houses that shared a back yard. And for two years running you've helped shame the nation's most parking-scarred downtowns.
May 14, 2014
Cincinnati Streetcar Foes Have New Target: Bike Lanes
Another big transportation showdown is brewing in Cincinnati. This time the fight isn't over a streetcar -- it's about a protected bike lane.
April 17, 2014
Talking Headways Podcast: Hug This Streetcar
Jeff Wood of the Overhead Wire (now working with NRDC's crack transportation team) and I talk to Randy Simes in this week's podcast about the streetcar movement in Cincinnati -- and how they finally grabbed the long-elusive gold ring.
February 20, 2014