Kids pay high price without free bus rides Friday, July 30, 2010 02:54 AM By Bill Bush THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Larry Wilson dreamed of winning the starting fullback job on the Beechcroft High School football team this fall. Instead, the 16-year-old junior quit the team this week, after playing football for the past five years. [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Columbus School District Snatches Already Purchased Bus Passes from Students
Posted in Bus X-ing on July 30, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Bexley Passes Child Bike Helmet Law
Posted in Bicycle X-ing on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bexley City Council passes bicycle helmet ordinance Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:34 AM By JEFF DONAHUE Bexley Community Editor Bexley City Council members voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve an ordinance requiring all children 16 and younger to wear a protective helmet when bicycling in the city. Only councilman Richard Sharp voted against the measure, [...]
Split Solutions: Variable Speed Limits
Posted in Auto X-ing on July 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Approximately two years ago, I suggested installing variable speed limits on the Split as a way to smooth traffic flow and improve safety during periods of congestion. It looks like Seattle is now doing exactly that on I-5. I still think it would be a great option for the I-70/I-71 split, and really any highway [...]
I-70/I-71 Split Moving Forward
Posted in Auto X-ing on July 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
There’s been some news about the I-70/I-71 split through downtown Columbus lately. First, ODOT dropped the ball in communicating with the Columbus City Council and they had to pass some urgent legislation to make sure the project could move forward on time. ODOT gets earful from council Phase I legislation will pass despite communication breakdown [...]
ODOT to Test Chia-Noise Wall
Posted in Auto X-ing on July 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This sounds kind of cool, and I appreciate the innovative ideas coming from ODOT, but I would think it might be more cost effective to put up a concrete wall, and then plant vines or ivy to climb the wall. If that won’t work, maybe it would if there were some kind of lattice structure [...]
COTA Pushed Out of Graceland
Posted in Bus X-ing on July 20, 2010 | 9 Comments »
COTA chief hears furor over turnaround Thursday, July 15, 2010 11:33 PM By Doug Caruso THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH COTA’s president went to Clintonville tonight to smooth over opposition to demolishing a strip center for a bus turnaround. But if any of the more than 70 people were swayed by what Bill Lhota had to say, [...]
MORPC Seeks Community Input on Travel Survey
Posted in Multi-Modal X-ing on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Press Release: MORPC Seeks Community Input on Travel Survey The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) is seeking residents’ input in an online survey about their travel experience in the region. The purpose of the survey is to help identify travel needs and to develop new travel services for the 12-county central Ohio region including Delaware, [...]
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