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Expert Panel to Discuss Bus Rapid Transit, Bikeway Planning in Cincinnati on...
The Cincinnati region is rethinking the way it moves people and goods throughout the region with major investments and studies taking place on bus rapid transit, bikeways, and multi-modal corridors....
View ArticleIs NYC getting it wrong by putting development ahead of infrastructure...
Link: Is NYC getting it wrong by putting development ahead of infrastructure improvements?. New York City officials are looking to pass new regulations that will allow for taller and more modern...
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Cincinnati Receives Federal Approval for Innovative Green Infrastructure CSO Fix
Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the solution proposed by the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) for fixing its combined sewer overflows (CSOs)...
View ArticleMexico to invest $100B in its infrastructure over next five years
Link: Mexico to invest $100B in its infrastructure over next five years. It’s been no secret that America has fallen behind on its infrastructure investments. In fact, the American Society of Civil...
View ArticleMore bike/ped money from the feds equals more bicycle commuters
Link: More bike/ped money from the feds equals more bicycle commuters. In most cities, Cincinnati included, all you need to do is look outside to see that the number of people bicycling is on the rise....
View ArticleIs the deck stacked against cities in state legislatures?
Link: Is the deck stacked against cities in state legislatures?. It is difficult enough for local or regional governments and agencies to figure out how to pay for their necessary infrastructure...
View ArticleVishaan Chakrabarti: ‘Hyper Dense’ Cities Should Be America’s Future
The great American story is one of free wills and free markets. We believe that the physical world we live in is the result of individual choices made by free people. In the case of cities this has led...
View ArticleBrent Spence Bridge on the outside looking in as Tappan Zee Bridge...
Link: Brent Spence Bridge on the outside looking in as Tappan Zee Bridge replacement gets $1.6B DOT loan. Originally built during the Korean War, the Tappan Zee Bridge is in need of replacement. The...
View Article$1.6B partnership deal inked to replace Goethals Bridge
Link: $1.6B partnership deal inked to replace Goethals Bridge. Yet another multi-billion dollar bridge replacement project is advancing in the New York metropolitan area. A couple of weeks ago we...
View ArticleUbahn Fest to Bring Two-Day Hip Hop, Electronic Music Festival to Riverfront...
Cincinnati’s underground transit center will host two nights of hip hop and electronic music this weekend. Ubahn Fest is a hip hop and electronic dance music festival that will take place November 15...
View ArticleAmerica’s infrastructure is spread far and wide, without enough people to pay...
Link: We Only Notice When the Pipes Burst – Next City. As readers of UrbanCincy know, America has put off paying its infrastructure bills for some time and now has an increasingly terrible standard of...
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Elm Street Cycle Track Would Provide Critical Link for Region’s Bike...
The city will start construction on physically separated bike lanes along Central Parkway, from Downtown to Clifton, this coming spring. Following a community engagement process, a final design was...
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Data Suggests Peak Vehicle Miles Traveled Was Reached in 2007
Whether it is widening Martin Luther King Drive, adding a new interchange, building a new bridge, or adding additional capacity to existing streets throughout our cities, we always hear of the robust...
View ArticleYou can thank Congress for all those tolls that will soon hit the Cincinnati...
Link: You can thank Congress for all those tolls that will soon hit the Cincinnati region. This should be a wake-up call for not just the lawmakers who have failed to raise the gas tax since 1993 or...
View ArticleUntil the region’s sewer problem is fixed, you might want to hold off on...
Link: Until the region’s sewer problem is fixed, you might want to hold off on flushing your toilet. By now just about everyone in the region knows we have a combined sewer overflow problem. If you...
View ArticleCould Closing the ‘Corporate Inversion’ Loophole Rebuild America’s...
Link: Could Closing the ‘Corporate Inversion’ Loophole Rebuild America’s Infrastructure?. With Burger King and Tim Hortons moving forward with a merger that would shift the American fast-food chain’s...
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Episode #49: Ideas to Copy
On the 49th episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, Travis, Jocelyn, Jake, and Randy take a listener suggestion and come up with a list of ideas that Cincinnati should copy from other cities. We touch on...
View ArticleShould a portion of gas tax revenues go towards transit?
Link: Should a portion of gas tax revenues go towards transit? According to a recent state-funded study, Ohio needs to double its investment in transit to keep up with the growing demand across the...
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