Transportation

The proposals on crew size and regulations on detector systems come not long after a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border.

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The Ohio Department of Transportation is making sure its drivers and fleet of snow plows and salt trucks are ready to tackle the winter weather.

The City of Dayton awarded $100,000 of its American Rescue Plan money to Bike Miami Valley. The nonprofit runs Link: Dayton Bike Share, a bike sharing program in the city. With the money Link will now be expanding its bike program into West Dayton.

The reason for the service changes is threefold: lower revenues, lack of funding, and a driver shortage.

RTA has moved all routes to a Saturday service schedule.

There’s been a dramatic increase in bicycle sales since the start of the pandemic. That means more people sharing the roads, and more opportunities for accidents.

The new two year state budget under consideration by the Ohio Senate includes 8 billion dollars for transportation projects. Of that $8 billion, just $56 million dollars a year is dedicated to Ohio’s public transit agencies.

The latest budget proposal from Gov. Mike DeWine includes cutting a public transportation fund by tens of millions of dollars. Public transit advocates say this puts the state headed in the wrong direction.

Deer-related Crashes Increase October Through December

It was announced last month that the Greater Dayton RTA was awarded over 4.4 million dollars in competitive grants from the federal Department of Transportation

The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the number of traffic citations issued to speeders traveling at more than a hundred miles per hour increased…