Sorry Bus Stops Round 1: Cincinnati vs. Ann Arbor
| | 4 Comments
Would you rather wait behind a guard rail on a highway embankment, or on a skinny sidewalk in front of a muffler shop? Vote here.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Cincinnati
Frustrated Cincinnati Bus Riders Take Transit Funding Into Their Own Hands
| | 4 Comments
Fed up with county representatives hostile to transit, advocates are fighting to give the city more resources and a stronger say in transit policy.
Ohio DOT Cedes Ground in Its Sneaky Highway Expansion Campaign
| | 11 Comments
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. Last week, ODOT announced that it will no longer pursue the relocation of State Route 32 through communities on the eastern edge of Cincinnati. “We’re […]
How the Lure of Spending Keeps Dumb Highway Projects Alive
| | 11 Comments
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. The Eastern Corridor began as a 1960s […]
Cincinnati’s Highway Revolt on the Verge of Victory
| | 2 Comments
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.” The amendment was introduced by Republican state lawmaker Tom Brinkman, who represents an eastern portion […]
Cincinnati’s Eastern Corridor: The $1.4 Billion Road No One Seems to Want
| | 27 Comments
The Eastern Corridor is an expensive state DOT highway project searching for a reason to exist. The $1.4 billion proposal from Ohio DOT is ostensibly intended to reduce commute times from Cincinnati’s far eastern bedroom communities to downtown. The project, a remnant of 1960s-era road planning, would create a commuter highway through the eastern Cincinnati region by widening […]