Cleveland Real Estate News

Thank goodness for public protest. Something tells me this State money was available way before now, and I am hoping the RTA powers that be, with the support of local government, will continue to lead the way to getting available monies and not do it after the fact as it seems in this case. What am I talking about? Apparently RTA has decided to postpone their plan to make cuts on service routes and increase fares….read the latest just out on the PD about RTA’s decision here. 

A short excerpt on where some of the money (Half?) could come from:

“….At least half of up to $10 million in state-controlled federal money could be available to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority within a year.

That money comes from the CMAQ program (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality) that helps communities cut pollution and ease traffic congestion….”

Mayor Jackson spoke a lot yesterday about public transportation being vital to the survival and revitalization of Cleveland. Governor Strickland is supposedly behind public transportation and passenger rail. So let’s hope Ohio won’t continue to be at the bottom of the list of states funding (meaning moving forward on!) public transportation. So we have a reprieve for now.

I say let’s move it forward. You can read Tim Ferris’ report about his half hour of entertainment and hours of getting to and from that venue because of our wacky RTA system.

I know I took almost two hrs to get from my house to a listing of mine not more than three miles away. I needed three buses. And none of the times were coordinated. Let’s just say it makes it impossible for me to do impromptu visiting of my listings.

Enough grousing, it seems grassroots efforts worked here.          Peace Out – 3C