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Toyota Revs Up Hybrid Vehicle Production In Ohio Valley
By: Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The automaker Toyota announced Thursday major new investments in facilities in Kentucky and West Virginia to increase production of hybrid vehicles. Toyota plans to invest about $750 million in facilities… Read More
FAA Grounds Boeing 737 Max Planes In U.S., Pending Investigation
By: Bill Chappell | Laurel Wamsley | NPR
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The announcement Wednesday afternoon follows decisions by many other countries to ground the planes in the wake of Sunday’s deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
Conservative Group Wants Offset To Possible Gas Tax Hike
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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A conservative think tank is calling on lawmakers to make changes to counter an increase to the gas tax by making cuts elsewhere in Ohio’s tax structure. Greg Lawson with… Read More
Dozens Of Ohio Roads Are Closed Right Now Due To Flooding
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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More than 70 roads throughout the state are closed right now due to flooding in low lying areas. ODOT spokesman Matt Bruning says melting snow and heavy rains have resulted… Read More
Group Says No Money For Road Projects Means Gas Tax Hike Could Possible
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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A coalition of business leaders and local elected officials say there’s no money for big road construction projects in the transportation budget that will come out next month, so lawmakers… Read More
‘Talent Wants Transit’: Companies Near Transportation Gaining The Upper Hand
By: David Schaper | NPR
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Businesses like Amazon and McDonald’s are building offices near bus and train lines to attract and keep top talent in a tight labor market.
Even As Cars Get Safer, Traffic Fatalities Still High
By: David Schaper | NPR
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The U.S. is on pace to record close to 40,000 roadway and highway deaths this year. But there is some evidence that drivers are texting less behind the wheel.
Ohio To Spend Volkswagen Settlement Funds On Clean Vehicles
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio will spend the millions it receives from a national settlement over Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal on technology aimed at reducing air pollution. The state will… Read More
Can We Improve Our Transportation Network Using…Biology?
By: NPR/TED Staff | NPR
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Wanis Kabbaj wants traffic to flow smoothly and efficiently, like the blood in our veins. He says driverless cars may be the solution to today’s highway gridlock.
Trying Times For Transit: Rural Systems Face Flat Funding And Rising Demand
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Thelma Daulton goes to the salon to get her hair done at the same time every Friday. She gets picked up at her house and greeted by one of many… Read More
Ohio House Plans Vote On $7 Billion Transportation Budget
By: Associated Press
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Ohio’s transportation budget was expected to head to Gov. John Kasich without a provision to boost the speed limit to 75 mph on certain rural freeways and the turnpike. The… Read More
Trucks, Buses Could Travel At 75 MPH Under Ohio Senate Plan
By: Associated Press
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State senators have given the green light to a proposal to increase the speed limit to 75 mph for all motorists on the Ohio Turnpike and rural interstates. The plan… Read More