Transportation

Are Streetcars Back in Fashion? The Success of the Cincinnati Bell Connector

In 2023, while cities across the U.S. continue to struggle with the future of intracity public transit, the Cincinnati Bell Connector reached some of...

The Columbus Way’s Great Roadblock

Columbus is at risk of being strangled by its transit system. The city is forecasted to grow by over 726,000 people in the next...

Can Cities Really Be Car-free? Michigan’s Mackinac Island Has Been for 125 Years

This year’s global temperature is 1.1 C higher than in pre-industrial times – just 0.4 degrees under the global warming threshold. Humans contribute to...

How the Indianapolis Cultural Trail Has Transformed Transportation Accessibility and Arts Visibility

Stretching across eight miles and connecting six distinct cultural districts, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail has served its city for a decade.  The trail enables residents...
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The Roche de Boeuf Interurban Bridge: A Historical Site on the Verge of Destruction

Take a trip to northwest Ohio and you’ll find the breathtaking Ohio Electric Interurban Bridge, also known simply as the Interurban Bridge (it has...

Is a Walkable Midwest Possible?

When compared to other countries, America receives consistently low walkability scores. A recent study released by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy found...

What’s Next for Toledo Express Airport and Midsized Air Travel Hubs?

On Sept. 6, an Embraer ERJ145 jet departed Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport at 3:58 p.m. One hour and 17 minutes later, the...

A Guide to the Midwest’s Bike Shares

Since the first – and short-lived – bike-share system was established in Amsterdam in 1965, hundreds of similar systems have launched around the world,...

Ohio’s Transit System and the Path to an Intermodal Future

Read Part I here. About a century ago, Ohio was covered with an extensive system of electric passenger railroads called interurbans—a short-lived but well-loved era...
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When Ohio Was the Future of Public Transit: The Interurban Era

Midwestern rail transit tends to evoke imagery of rusted steel and graffitied cargo cars—not exactly the picture of the speedy, sparkling passenger rail of...

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