In 2008, the Greater Cleveland RTA launched its first bus rapid line, a $200 million investment called the HealthLine. It was the first public transit system in the country to sell naming rights, to the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, and in a decade it spurred $9 billion in development along the Euclid Avenue Corridor. It was such a success, the RTA launched more bus rapid transit routes. It 2014, the 4-mile Cleveland State University line ran from Rocky River through Lakewood and into Cleveland, along Clifton Boulevard. Other BRT lines in the works include a 15.7-mile route on Lorain Road from North Olmsted to Ohio City, a 4-mile route on Broadway Avenue in Cleveland and, now, on West 25th Street in Ohio City. BRT projects build special lanes for high-speed boarding and priority flow at traffic signals. The goal is to create more walkable urban neighborhoods where people could live with less need to drive. On bustling West 25th, construction is scheduled for 2026 and 2027.
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A rendering shows how a bus rapid transit line proposed by RTA along West 25th Street in Cleveland could encourage dense, transit-oriented development. (Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority) |
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Bus transit: Big changes are coming to West 25th Street in Cleveland, where the Great Cleveland Regional Transit Authority is planning a new bus rapid transit line with an estimated cost of $50 million. Steven Litt reports that RTA is holding a community open house to get the public’s thoughts, and present early-stage plans, including 44 proposed locations for bus stops that will serve lines including the 51 and 51A routes. College diversity: State Sen. Jerry Cirinos’ bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion training at Ohio colleges and requiring schools affirm a commitment to intellectual diversity to ensure conservatives don’t self-censor, among other changes, is on ice until the political tide has turned, reports Laura Hancock. Cirino’s bill is disliked by professor groups, labor unions, student groups and even some House Republicans and Democrats who are wary of provisions allowing administrators to eliminate programs and lay off staff. Cooking oil: A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators including Ohio’s Sherrod Brown wants the Biden administration to address a surge in used cooking oil imports from China that are being used to make biofuels in lieu of domestically produced materials. Sabrina Eaton reports that Brown joined Republicans Roger Marshall of Kansas, Pete Ricketts and Deb Fischer of Nebraska, and Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa in a letter to the U.S. EPA, the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the United States Trade Representative. Today in Ohio: The National Transportation Safety Board found multiple factors including miscommunications and badly designed train cars that contributed to the East Palestine train disaster. We’re talking about heat detection systems on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Ballot numbers: The Ohio House has passed a bill meant to reduce voter confusion when it comes to how ballot issues appear on the ballot. Under language in Senate Bill 98, numbers for statewide ballot issues likely wouldn’t be reused for decades, as opposed to the current system, which reuses them each election, reports Andrew Tobias. Capital budget: Ohio lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to a $4.2 billion capital budget that provides money to hundreds of construction and renovation projects in Northeast Ohio and around the state. Jeremy Pelzer reports House Bill 2, which heads to Gov. Mike DeWine after easily clearing Ohio Senate and House votes, includes more than $175 million for dozens of community projects in and around Cuyahoga County and about $60 million for colleges and universities in the area. Gas pipelines: The Ohio House voted Wednesday to create a program providing state-funded, interest-free loans and a robust tax cut to subsidize development of natural gas pipelines in areas deemed to have insufficient gas infrastructure. Jake Zuckerman reports the bill now goes to the Senate for consideration. Redistricting amendment: The campaign seeking to place a redistricting reform amendment on the statewide ballot in November plans to turn in more than 750,000 voter signatures to state officials on Monday. The number is larger than the amount of signatures submitted last year by a citizen's group that successfully placed an abortion-rights amendment on the ballot, reports Andrew Tobias. |
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Heat wave watering: To prevent your new plants from withering, a minor investment in time and money can go a long way to making sure that garden watering is on autopilot during dry spells. Borrowing from her experience gardening during a multiyear drought in Southern California, Susan Brownstein is considering adding supplemental irrigation to keep new plantings and raised beds watered and healthy. Summer camp: Paris Wolfe’s sons -- ages 25 and 27 – are flyfishing experts; they dance nine-foot rods through the air to direct nearly invisible monofilament line into rushing streams and rivers. It’s taken her a while, but she decided to join them as part of cleveland.com’s Summer Camp series. Tax credits: Nine projects in the Cleveland/Akron area received a combined $20.2 million in Ohio Historical Preservation Tax Credits in the latest round of credits announced by the state on Thursday. In total, $68 million were awarded to projects across the state, split among 12 Ohio communities, Megan Sims reports. |
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Car tech: Greater Cleveland’s car dealerships are open for business. But if you go shopping, don’t be surprised to find salesmen or mechanics recording most things on pen and paper, instead of a computer. CDK Global, a company that provides software to 15,000 dealerships across North America, was hit with two cyberattacks last week, Sean McDonnell reports. CIM Union: Months after issuing a vote of “no confidence” in leadership, faculty members at the Cleveland Institute of Music are looking to unionize — and to have a more formal voice in decision making at the conservatory, reports Sean McDonnell. Faculty members have filed a petition with National Labor Relations Board to create a bargaining unit and to hold a union election. Socially responsible: University Hospitals Elyria is the most socially responsible hospital in Ohio, according to the Lown Institute Hospitals Honor Roll Index for Social Responsibility released Tuesday. Julie Washington reports that Lown, a nonpartisan healthcare think tank, annually evaluates hospitals nationwide on more than 50 metrics pertaining to equity, value and health outcomes. Browns medicine: Rachel Gardenhire, a third-year medical student at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will spend 2024 as part of the sports medicine team for the Cleveland Browns. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports that Gardenhire was selected to join the team as part of the 2024 NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative. |
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Tax foreclosures: A lawsuit accuses the Cuyahoga County government of unlawfully taking millions of dollars in home equity from local property owners who fell behind on their taxes over the past two decades. John Tucker reports the lawsuit alleges that the county has relied on tax-deed mechanisms to take possession of private homes from delinquent residents without compensating them with the property’s market-value surplus following foreclosure. Typo release: Federal marshals on Wednesday arrested an accused killer, two days after he was mistakenly released from the Cuyahoga County Jail after a typographical error allowed jailers to let the man go free. The marshals arrested Amarion Sanders, 22, of Cleveland about 9:30 a.m. during a traffic stop on West 44th and Storer Avenue. 7 year-old shot: A third person has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy Friday at a Canton hotel. Olivia Mitchell reports Joseph E. King, 33, of Canton has been charged with tampering with evidence in the shooting death of Ka’Marion Dolch, a resident of Cuyahoga County. Rich Paul lawsuit: Longtime Brecksville sports agent Mark Termini has sued Rich Paul, a Cleveland native and one of the most well-known sports representatives in the country. Adam Ferrise reports that Termini, who worked under contract for Paul for about eight years, is seeking at least $4.9 million after their business relationship crumbled in 2020. |
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Superman: Production on DC’s upcoming “Superman” movie continued downtown on Wednesday with filming concentrated on the rooftop of the former May Company on Euclid Ave. Joey Morona reports the elevated location allowed ground crews to begin making over Public Square into the next Metropolis location. Canadian Lake Erie: Susan Glaser has long wondered what lies on the other side of our great lake. She set out this month to find out, booking a night in Port Stanley, a popular beach town, with a terrific stretch of sand, plus places to eat, shop and play, plus Point Pelee National Park, the wedge-shaped peninsula that juts into the lake, with beaches, forests and marshland to explore. Cocktails with friends: From drink flights to massive versions of classic cocktails, Greater Cleveland drink menus feature several over-the-top cocktails meant to share with friends. For those who can’t resist an Instagram-worthy drink, Alex Darus has 13 over-the-top cocktails worth sharing with friends at Greater Cleveland bars and restaurants. Gingham Market: Gingham Market is celebrating its second anniversary with a Meet the Makers event to bring together its customers and culinary partners. More than 20 makers behind local brands sold at the artisanal market will show up to the party at 17000 Madison Avenue, reports Alex Darus. Cute cats: We here at cleveland.com welcomed June with a Northeast Ohio’s Cutest Adopted Cat photo contest in celebration of National Adopt a Cat Month. Your “Best of Cleveland” team of Yadi Rodriguez and Peter Chakerian put out a call looking to find the Cutest Adopted Cat in Northeast Ohio. Our readers responded by sharing 100 adopted cats with us. Here are the top 10. Shakespeare festival: The Cleveland Shakespeare Festival once again will offer free summer performances around Cuyahoga County of two of the Bard of Avon’s most prominent tales of loyalty, betrayal, love and absurdity. Cory Shaffer reports the festival’s 27th season kicked off in Cleveland Heights last weekend with performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and continues Friday, June 28 at Wade Oval in Cleveland’s University Circle neighborhood. July 4 fireworks: The rockets’ red glare returns this Independence Day with different events inviting folks to take time away from their family picnics and trips to Lake Erie to experience a special affair or event. John Benson has some free ideas. Janet Jackson: Janet Jackson fans filled Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Tuesday for her “Together Again” tour, which finds the 58-year-old singer-songwriter and showbiz lifer seemingly settling into legacy mode. Malcolm X Abram reports the two-hour-plus show that dipped into all of her important albums, skipping only her eponymous 1982 debut and it’s 1984 follow-up “Dream Street.” Dave Matthews: Dave Matthews and his six bandmates spent the majority of Tuesday’s Blossom show serving up fan favorites – from the set opener “Tripping Billies” to “The Song That Jane Likes,” “Recently,” “Satellite,” “Crash Into Me,” “Jimi Thing,” “Typical Situation” and “Ants Marching.” The tunes instantly transported Peter Chakerian back to my first Dave Matthews Band experience – one that mirrors many Clevelanders’ introduction to them. |
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