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Business First Poll: Riding the Rails
9Business First recently took a poll to test the confidence of Columbusites on whether a high-speed rail that would benefit travelers will be developed in the next 10 years. Do you think it will be? [Read More
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Archives for "3c corridor"
Bob Weiler Publicly Derides 3C Corridor Project
32We’ve recently been getting daily news updates that the 3C Corridor passenger rail project is slowly moving closer to reality. Not everyone is on board though, and its expected that there’s going to be a few naysayers popping up to… [Read More]
3-C Passenger Rail Saved by Legislative Compromise
19From The Dispatch Daily Briefing Blog: Lawmakers work out fees, rail compromises Posted by Jim Siegel, Statehouse reporter The decision whether to move forward with a $250 million passenger rail project reportedly will be left to the state Controlling Board,… [Read More]
Ohio Senate OKs Passenger Rail Plan for 3C Corridor
59From The Newark Advocate: Ohio Senate OKs rail plan; GOP still skeptical Republicans who control the Ohio Senate will allow the state to pursue $250 million in federal stimulus funding for passenger rail service between major cities. But they want… [Read More]
Passenger Rail Torpedoed by Ohio Senate GOP?
30A pivotal vote is coming in the Ohio Senate Highways and Transportation Committee, possibly as soon as tomorrow, deciding the fate of passenger rail through Columbus. H.B. 2, which contains language that would fund the Ohio Hub 3C Project, had… [Read More]
Strickland says 3C Corridor needs $250 Million
26From wtte28.com: Ohio governor says rail project needs $250M Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland says the state could restore passenger rail service with $250 million in federal stimulus money. The governor also estimates it would cost $10 million a year to… [Read More]
3C Corridor Development is Still on Track
47From The Dispatch: Ohio transportation budget raises title fees, pushes rail By James Nash Ohioans would have to pay triple the current $5 for vehicle titles and abide by new traffic and seat-belt laws under a new version of the… [Read More]
Retropolitan on Rail: Crap or get off the crapper
36Last week, the Columbus Metropolitan Club hosted a luncheon panel on the topic of passenger rail in Ohio, and the new Retropolitan blog has managed to adequately distill the panel discussion down to one simple sentence: “Crap or get off… [Read More]
Ohio: The Hub Of It All?
42From The Dispatch: Restoring passenger-train service on 3-C corridor seen as one step in a bigger plan The economics and politics of transportation form a Gordian knot. Not only to do cars, trucks, planes, trains and ships compete with each… [Read More]
Passenger trains could be running in Ohio in 2010
115From The Dispatch: It’s been so long since people could catch a train in Columbus and debark in Cleveland a couple of hours later that most Ohioans probably regard the notion as a Cold War memory, like TV dinners in… [Read More]
Passenger Group Criticizes Fed Stimulus Package
8Press Release: All Aboard Ohio is calling on Ohio’s Congressional Delegation to support a list of “Shovel Ready” federal stimulus projects identified last week by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. In that list was $30.25 billion… [Read More]
Transportation MATTERS coalition has been formed
2(Press Release) A new broad-based, statewide transportation coalition has been formed to advocate for a strategic new approach to improving transportation in Ohio, including new and increased funding for all modes of travel, it was announced on Tuesday
3C passenger rail service plan gets boost
65Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote Cleveland-Cincinnati passenger rail service plan gets boost from Congress December 04, 2008 Karen Farkas Passenger rail service from Cleveland to Cincinnati could be a reality by 2010 if the state gets $100 million in proposed infrastructure… [Read More]
Passenger Rail is on the right track for comeback
99The Alive wrote On the right track Thursday, November 13, 2008 By John Ross Today, of the 20 largest cities in the United States, Columbus is one of two without passenger rail service. Even Cleveland and Cincinnati have sustained train… [Read More]
Passenger Rail Act passes US House
189Major news this afternoon. The U.S. House just a few moments ago passed HR-6003, the Passenger Rail Investment & Improvement Act of 2008, by a veto-proof majority…. 311 to 104. You’ll recall the Senate passed its version of the bill… [Read More]
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