ODOT has awarded the $200 million first phase of the Split Reconstruction as a design-build contract, which has apparently saved about $41 million. Design-build was only recently allowed by a change in state law. It’s an interesting process that has consulting engineers team with construction companies to design preliminary plans (about 30% complete) and cost [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Split Phase 1 to Begin This Summer
Posted in Auto X-ing on April 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
COTA Ridership Up, New Park & Rides Planned
Posted in Bus X-ing on April 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There’s some interesting data in the graphic accompanying this Dispatch story. Of course, knowing if a park and ride is 20% full or 80% full doesn’t tell you much about how many people are using it unless you know how big the lot is, but it’s still fun to see this information. What’s more interesting [...]
Do you <3 Transit?
Posted in Bus X-ing, funding, Rail X-ing on April 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you heart transit, you can let the American Public Transportation Association know by texting TRANSIT to 86677. It will text you back with instructions to sign their petition. So really you can just skip that texting step if you want and go straight to the petition. I <3 transit (I heart transit) is a [...]
Cincinnati Loses, Politics Wins
Posted in Rail X-ing on April 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Don’t have much more to say than I did here and here, except that you get what you vote for. Well done Ohio. Cincinnati streetcar project loses Ohio funding support Business First Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 12:57pm EDT – Last Modified: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 12:58pm EDT Related: Logistics & Transportation The Ohio Transportation [...]
COTA Fuel Hedging Helping Bottom Line
Posted in Bus X-ing on April 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Hedging eases pain of rising fuel prices for COTA Sunday, April 10, 2011 03:18 AM By Robert Vitale THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH For people who expect to burn through 3 million gallons of diesel fuel this year, COTA officials are awfully calm about rising oil prices. Since January 2010, the Central Ohio Transit Authority has been [...]
COTA Names Potential Future CEO
Posted in Bus X-ing on April 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
COTA promotes veteran employee, gives him shot at top job Tuesday, April 5, 2011 03:06 AM By Jason Shough THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH COTA has promoted a long-time employee who is getting a tryout as successor to outgoing president and CEO Bill Lhota. Yesterday, the Central Ohio Transit Authority announced that Curtis Stitt will fill the [...]
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