Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Ohio

Highways Take Center Stage at Columbus Transpo Field Hearing

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 23, 2011 | 4 Comments

Make federal transportation dollars more flexible. Tie infrastructure investment to economic development. Streamline the construction process. Those were the suggestions of a panel of Ohio officials at a Congressional Field Hearing on Transportation held Saturday in Columbus. In a conversation that focused heavily on roads and highways, Ohio leaders implored the federal government to reduce […]

Transpo Committee Adds Southern Locations to Field Hearing Schedule

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 3, 2011 | No Comments

The T&I Committee has fleshed out the schedule of its nationwide tour to solicit input on transportation issues. The tour is an opportunity for lawmakers to hear what communities around the country would like to see in a new transportation authorization bill. Since we published the first, tentative schedule last week, the committee has added several […]

Schedule for Transpo Bill Listening Tour Announced

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 28, 2011 | 3 Comments

More committee news… Yesterday’s field hearing of the House Transportation Committee on high-speed rail in New York City wasn’t officially part of the series of field hearings on the reauthorization. The tentative schedule hits small towns, big cities, and suburbs: February 14th – West Virginia (Ranking Democrat Nick Rahall’s home state) February 17th – Philadelphia area (Republican […]

An Open Letter to Ohio Governor-Elect John Kasich

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 5, 2010 | 24 Comments

Dear Governor-Elect Kasich, Congrats on your victory in the Ohio governor’s race this week. You’ve got a tough job on your hands and I don’t envy you, taking the reins in a state with an $8 billion budget deficit and a 10 percent unemployment rate. I didn’t vote for you, but I considered it. Even […]