Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Ohio

Lakewood, Ohio: The Suburb Where Everyone Can Walk to School

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 29, 2014 | No Comments

The inner Cleveland suburb of Lakewood (population 51,000) calls itself a “walking school district.” Lakewood has never had school buses in its history, and kids grow up walking and biking to school. Mornings and afternoons are a beehive of activity on streets near schools, as kids and parents walk to and from classrooms. You can feel […]

Akron Sets Out to Dismantle a Giant Road

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 3, 2014 | 28 Comments

Some places just talk about prioritizing transit and walking over highway construction. But Akron, Ohio, is putting its money where its mouth is. The Akron region will spend more money this year to reduce road capacity than to add it, according to Jason Segedy, head of the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study, the regional planning […]

Warning Signs From Columbus About America’s Big Suburban Housing Glut

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 24, 2014 | 14 Comments

Columbus, Ohio, is a convenient microcosm of the United States as a whole. Demographically, Columbus closely resembles America. That’s one reason the city ends up being a battleground for presidential candidates every four years, and why fast food chains like to test new menu items there. Because Columbus is so, well, typical, the city also […]

The Suburb Where Everybody Can Walk to School

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 17, 2014 | 44 Comments

Lakewood, Ohio, population 51,000, doesn’t have any school buses. It never has. Because of the way its schools were designed and sited, this inner-ring Cleveland suburb doesn’t need buses — every child in the district lives less than two miles from their classroom, and most are within one mile. Lakewood calls itself a “walking school […]

UPDATED: Last Night’s Quiet Transit Victories

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 6, 2013 | 5 Comments

Yesterday was a relatively quiet election day for transportation-related ballot measures, but of the six transit initiatives that came before voters yesterday, five six passed, with a sixth seventh too close to call. That’s in line with last year’s 79 percent success rate — 71 percent since 2000. When asked, voters overwhelmingly choose to raise […]

Ohio College Gives Bikes to Students Who Agree to Leave Cars at Home

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 30, 2013 | 5 Comments

Here’s a college that takes sustainable transportation seriously: The University of Dayton gave away 100 bikes to incoming freshman this year in exchange for an agreement that they would leave their cars at home. The bikes, which retail for more than $650, were awarded by lottery to 100 students out of a pool of 293 […]

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