Here is a Columbus Dispatch article on Federal monies going to various States including Ohio. We don’t know how much yet, but might by the end of the day. The article says we are getting $400 million……stay tuned to see how much it actually will be. Peace Out -3C
Update: Per the US Labor Secretary, we are [...]
Stay Tuned, Money Coming For 3C Corridor Passenger Rail Plan
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit · transit oriented development
Will Linking With Illinois Help Ohio Get Our Ohio Hub?
July 28th, 2009 · No Comments
We have the 3C Corridor planned, but The Ohio Hub goal has always been to give Ohio economically useful high speed rail. And the competition has always been tough. You can read Regina Fields’ article in today’s PD here. We’ve joined with eight other States with the hopes that there is success in numbers.
We know [...]
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You Are Not Dreaming, The House Added More Money for High Speed Rail
July 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Andrew Taylor’s AP article discusses it here. The amount of money available for high speed rail went up to almost 13 billion dollars. You can read about everything that happened today on The Hill here in the Congressional Record Digest.
I’m thinking we could entice rail making companies to our shores…remember the idea of taking closed [...]
Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit · economic news · politics
The Prez Supports High Speed Rail and Says ‘It’s Time Is Now’
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Yes, it’s with our money but so what? I think it took me a full 24 hours to actually believe this happened. Here is the transcript from the White House website, outlining the Obama/Biden declaration that high speed rail is the way of the future for the United States.
Some quotes from Obama:
“ What we’re talking about [...]
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Housing, Passenger Rail, and Ohio’s Portion of the Stimulus Package
February 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Okay first, an update on the American Reinvestment and Recovery portion of the Stimulus Package the President signed in Denver today. The home buying tax credit? It’s still only for first time home buyers. But, it’s now officially $8000 instead of $7500. Yes I know it’s been bantered around for a few days now but my [...]
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · Ohio Rail and Transit · economic development · economic news · politics
High Speed and Passenger Rail Featured as Important to Ohio’s Economic Development
February 4th, 2009 · No Comments
If Ohio were to build a high speed rail system would you use it?
Yes
63.3%
No
19.8%
Not sure
16.9%
The above are results of a WKYC on line poll being conducted – and you can vote too. Would you support passenger rail improvements in Ohio?
The poll information was at the end of a very positive report by Eric Mansfield on [...]
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Ohio Rail and Transit Recommendations
January 6th, 2009 · No Comments
The All Aboard Ohio site has a full listing, but as part of the task force, there was a good list made up regarding rail in Ohio. Here is the pdf task force report. (From Ohio Dept of Transp) I received this from the All Aboard Ohio executive director, Ken Prendergast, today:
See http://www.allaboardohio.org/cms/index.php for more [...]
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