Ohio transportation budget raises title fees, pushes rail Plan also would tighten seat-belt law, allow ticketing via cameras Friday, February 27, 2009 3:14 AM By James Nash THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Ohioans would have to pay triple the current $5 for vehicle titles and abide by new traffic and seat-belt laws under a new version of [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Ohio transportation budget raises title fees, pushes rail
Posted in Auto X-ing, Rail X-ing on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Mayor Mike’s State of the City
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ll cut right to the chase and skip to the part about his plans for Columbus’ transportation woes… Another partner, the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks System, has also stepped up in a dynamic way to help us develop the Whittier Peninsula in the Downtown Market. This is a partnership I value because from [...]
Ohio Competing for Stimulus High Speed Rail Funds
Posted in Rail X-ing on February 24, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Ohio works to get on track for a share of railway stimulus funds Posted by Karen Farkas/Plain Dealer Reporter February 23, 2009 05:40AM Categories: Real Time News, Traffic Passenger rail advocates in Ohio don’t want to be left at the station as an unprecedented $8 billion in economic stimulus funds are distributed for high-speed and [...]
COTA Grows, Bucks National Trend
Posted in Bus X-ing on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Effect of 2006 voter approval Extra tax money fuels COTA Upgrades, expansion stand out as other transit systems cut Monday, February 23, 2009 3:13 AM By Debbie Gebolys THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH While the city and state plan painful budget cuts, COTA is expanding. The Central Ohio Transit Authority is adding routes, buying buses, fixing up [...]
Strickland Wants to Make Tolling an Option
Posted in Auto X-ing on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s more evidence of change at ODOT and the dire need to find new sources of funding for infrastructure. This proposal sounds like it’s tailor-made for I-70 truck lanes. Personally, I think toll roads are a great idea. Ohio Turnpike toll plan takes page from other states Strickland seeks latitude to levy fees on new [...]
Economic Stimulus Numbers for Transportation
Posted in Multi-Modal X-ing on February 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Transportation numbers emerge on the stimulus February 12, 2009 Transportation for America We now have what appear to be the final numbers for transportation infrastructure in the stimulus. While the totals for both transit and highway spending were both in the same ballpark as what they were in the original House and Senate bills, the [...]
COTA to Purchase Six Articulated Buses
Posted in Bus X-ing on February 11, 2009 | 15 Comments »
COTA to Try Out Ultra-Long Buses Mandie Trimble – WOSU 2009-02-10 The proverbial no vacancy signs hanging on local buses may soon be a thing of the past. Columbus City Council gave the go ahead to the Central Ohio Transit Authority to try out ultra -long buses on at least one of the most congested [...]
ODOT Accepting Comments on I-70/I-71
Posted in Auto X-ing on February 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
According to the Dispatch, you can comment on the split reconstruction project through February 24th. Getting answers to questions may be more difficult: Does anybody care about I-70/71, part 2 from Getting Around by Debbie Gebolys ODOT is accepting comment on the final plan for rebuilding I-70/71 through Feb. 24, via email or phone call [...]
Does Columbus Need a Toll Road to Pittsburgh?
Posted in Auto X-ing, Rail X-ing on February 8, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In a state with pressing budget problems and a stated objective to focus on more multi-modal transportation, should a new four-lane, grade-separated highway parallel to an existing interstate really be a priority? I don’t think so, and I guess that’s why there’s no state or federal funding for it, as discussed in the article below. [...]
Cleveland to Build Ohio’s First Bike Station
Posted in Bicycle X-ing on February 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »
It looks like Cleveland will be building its first bike station this year in a parking garage downtown. This is the first I know of in Ohio. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Don’t you wish Columbus had done something similar with one of it’s new downtown parking garages though? en Route to a bike station (or [...]
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