Megabus adds link to Steel City Columbus riders now can travel to 4 cities on fares as low as $1 Wednesday, March 30, 2011 03:06 AM By Marla Matzer Rose THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Discount bus service Megabus.com said yesterday that it will add Pittsburgh to its route map from Columbus. The company, which offers tickets [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Megabus adds Columbus-Pittsburgh Route
Posted in Bus X-ing on March 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
What is ODOT’s Mission – Mobility, Accessibility, or Both?
Posted in Rail X-ing on March 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Streetsblog had an interesting article summarizing some new research about Transit Oriented Development (TOD) yesterday. The Secrets to Success for Transit-Oriented Development by Tanya Snyder on March 24, 2011 “Transit alone is insufficient to make a real estate market,” said Dena Belzer, the president of Strategic Economics, an urban design consulting firm. Her group is [...]
Cincinnati Streetcar Under Attack
Posted in Rail X-ing on March 23, 2011 | 6 Comments »
If you haven’t had your cup of outrage today, I’ve got it for you. Two things have happened that have placed the Cincinnati Streetcar in even more jeopardy than before. First, ODOT staff have recommended that ODOT’s Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC) withhold funding from the Cincinnati Streetcar. Agency staff: Withhold $52M for streetcars 10:18 [...]
Top 40 High Crash Intersections in Central Ohio: 2007-2009
Posted in Auto X-ing, Multi-Modal X-ing on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We covered this list in 2009, when the crashes were from 2005-2007. This new report, which does not yet seem to be you can now find on MORPC’s site, is for crashes between 2007-2009 (I guess I missed the 2006-2008 report, but it’s on MORPC’s site too). Most of the locations are on higher speed, [...]
Area Freeways Affecting Quality of Life
Posted in Auto X-ing on March 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I probably wouldn’t have posted any of these articles individually, but seeing them written close together makes it an interesting grouping. Sound walls to soften I-71′s nonstop roar Saturday, March 5, 2011 02:53 AM By Robert Vitale THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Take a last look past the shoulder as you drive north on I-71 – Columbus [...]
Transit’s Short Trip Problem
Posted in Bus X-ing on March 7, 2011 | 25 Comments »
I felt like going for a run today, but not a long run because it’s still cold outside and I haven’t been running in a while. I decided to run to my gym, do a short workout, and then run back home. I only live about 1.4 miles from my gym, so it’s about a [...]
Columbus Ranks as 2nd Best City for Commuters
Posted in Auto X-ing, Multi-Modal X-ing on March 3, 2011 | 7 Comments »
According to Kiplinger.com, Columbus is a great place to commute. They included metro areas with more than 1 million people and ranked them based on the Texas Transportation Insitute’s congestion cost measurement, the average length of commute, local gas prices, yearly delays per commuter, and public transit use. Unfortunately, I see no further details about [...]
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