Ohio
The Suburb Where Everybody Can Walk to School
Lakewood, Ohio, population 51,000, doesn't have any school buses. It never has.
January 17, 2014
UPDATED: Last Night’s Quiet Transit Victories
Yesterday was a relatively quiet election day for transportation-related ballot measures, but of the six transit initiatives that came before voters yesterday, five six passed, with a sixth seventh too close to call. That’s in line with last year’s 79 percent success rate -- 71 percent since 2000. When asked, voters overwhelmingly choose to raise their own taxes to improve public transportation.
November 6, 2013
Ohio College Gives Bikes to Students Who Agree to Leave Cars at Home
Here's a college that takes sustainable transportation seriously: The University of Dayton gave away 100 bikes to incoming freshman this year in exchange for an agreement that they would leave their cars at home.
August 30, 2013
Columbus, Ohio, Wants In on the Midwest Rail Renaissance
Columbus, Ohio, population 800,000, is among the biggest U.S. cities without passenger rail. But its time may have finally come.
August 26, 2013
U.S. DOT Rules Ohio Burb Can’t Keep Out Transit, Local Officials Balk
It's always sad when attacks on transit are poorly disguised attempts at keeping "those folks" out. Such is the case with this story of transit obstructionism in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio.
August 8, 2013
Akron’s Jason Segedy: Shrinking Cities Need a New Approach to Mobility
There are people like Jason Segedy in every region -- people who are trying to move the region forward on a more sustainable and competitive path. But Segedy is a little different: He actually has some power.
August 7, 2013
Ohio Puts the Squeeze on People’s Right to Walk
As this video from Transit Miami shows, crossing the street on foot can be hazardous. A new law in Ohio is a step in the wrong direction.
March 4, 2013
Midwest Govs Go All Out to Raise More Money for Highways
We've been watching how governors around the country are getting extra "creative" as they try to keep their transportation budgets solvent. Yesterday we witnessed an excise tax on bicycles floated in Washington State.
February 22, 2013
Report: Most States Have Poor Safeguards Against the Revolving Door
Last week we looked at three state DOTs which are currently led by former lobbyists for the asphalt or energy industries. The "Revolving Door" series highlighted how billions in federal funding for transportation get funneled, with no oversight, to states where money and politics corrupt policy and lead to shocking amounts of waste.
February 4, 2013
Ohio’s “Jobs and Transportation Plan”: A Blueprint for Robbing Young People
The other day I stumbled upon a document from the Ohio Department of Transportation called Ohio's Job's and Transportation Plan [PDF]. As I read it, I couldn't help but feel pessimistic about the direction of the state.
January 30, 2013