Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cleveland

Visionary Transpo Bureaucrats, Part 3: Joe Calabrese and Ryan Gravel

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 18, 2012 | No Comments

This is the third part in Streetsblog’s series profiling 11 officials who are bringing American cities and towns into the 21st century when it comes to transportation and planning policy. Read the earlier profiles in part one and part two. Joe Calabrese General Manager, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority In 2007, Greater Cleveland’s Regional Transit Authority (RTA) […]

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Cleveland’s Slow But Steady Evolution Toward Complete Streets

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 21, 2011 | No Comments

Monday night was a big moment for sustainable transportation in Cleveland. With a small group of helmet-toting onlookers in the wings, the City Council finally gave their nod to a complete streets ordinance — the culmination of more than five years’ struggle. Finally, there was a sense that change was coming, that the value of […]

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Cleveland’s Center-Running BRT Route, the HealthLine, Sparks Development

By Holly LaDue | Jul 5, 2011 | No Comments

Last month the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy released its report, “Recapturing Global Leadership in Bus Rapid Transit” [PDF], which proposed a LEED-like rating system for bus rapid transit projects and laid out a strategy for American cities to build systems as good as the world’s best BRT. While more than 20 American bus […]

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In Defense of the Corner Market

By Angie Schmitt | May 10, 2011 | No Comments

Much has been made of the food desert phenomenon afflicting the industrial Midwest. GOOD Magazine, Dateline, NBC and countless others have weighed in on the apparent market failure that causes grocery stores to shun cities like Detroit and Cleveland like a bad case of head lice. This whole storyline reached a fever pitch earlier this […]

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An Open Letter to Ohio Governor-Elect John Kasich

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 5, 2010 | No 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 […]

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Without a Plan, Sprawl Will Continue to Hollow Out Cleveland Region

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 13, 2010 | No Comments

If you want to get a sense of how devastating sprawl has been to the urban areas of northeast Ohio, head over to Woodlawn Avenue in East Cleveland. Between the rows of boarded up buildings, a house collapses onto itself. Graffiti pays homage to dead loved ones — “R.I.P. Fife.” Nearby, stuffed animals have been […]

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