Restoring Prosperity
The Greater Ohio Policy Center Blog
This piece is part of a series highlighting transit systems across Ohio who are investing in the future. These projects were made possible through the record-setting annual investments by the state in public transit: $70 million per year over a two-year period.
See the other blogs in this series here.
Good Ideas is a repository of exemplary initiatives and programs happening in Ohio. This month we have highlighted Central Ohio Transit Authority’s Downtown CPass. The CPass program has been an innovative and effective way of encouraging alternative transportation, reducing parking needs, and increasing COTA’s ridership.
Governor Mike DeWine formally presented his budget recommendation to the Ohio legislature outlining his proposal for the state transportation budget. In addition to proposing to increase revenue for highway infrastructure, the budget proposal also includes a recommended increase in the amount of funding public transportation receives in the transportation budget.
