Cincinnati Bridge Battle Highlights Historic Highway Harms

Cincinnati activists are bringing a civil rights claim against the Ohio Department of Transportation in order to put a halt to a multibillion-dollar infrastructure boondoggle.

End Highway Expansion, News, Top StoryBen AbramsonFebruary 21, 2023End Highway Expansion, highways, Ohio, transportation, transportation spending, race, Race, advocacy

Pedestrian Safety Gets Big Boost From New Cincinnati Initiative

Cincinnati's new five-member pedestrian safety team is making their streets safer—all while saving the city hundreds of thousands of dollars every year!

News, Safe & Productive Streets, Tactical Urbanism, Success Story, Top StoryBen AbramsonJanuary 26, 2023tactical urbanism, Tactical Urbanism, Ohio, success, success stories, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, Complete Streets, Street Design, streets, Safe and Productive Streets

A Rough Beast Slouches Toward the Brent Spence Bridge

As local and regional politicians move forward on a $3 billion highway widening project, a local group of activists in Cincinnati are fighting for an alternative plan.

Infrastructure, #NoNewRoads, Transportation, Top StoryRyan CraneAugust 22, 2022highways, End Highway Expansion, freeway widening, Cincinnati, Ohio, race, Race, Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure cult, transportation, transportation spending, #NoNewRoads

Strongest Town Contest Sister Cities Come Together

Representatives from Norwood, OH, went to visit their counterparts in Jasper, IN, after facing off in this year’s Strongest Town Contest. Here’s 7 reasons the Norwoodians found Jasper to be a worthy champion!

Strongest Town Contest, Top StoryAlisha Loch and Mary C MillerAugust 18, 2022Strongest Town Competition, Strongest Town Winner, Strongest Town 2022, Jasper IN, Ohio, Indiana, community, Community, public space, public investment

The Brent Spence Boondoggle

Local leaders in Ohio and Kentucky are gearing up to make a multi-billion dollar mistake on this bridge equivalent of a highway-widening project.

#DotheMath, Infrastructure, Transportation, Top StoryRyan CraneApril 18, 2022Cincinnati, freeway widening, induced demand, highways, highway spending, transportation spending, Ohio, kentucky, Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure cult, infrastructure spending, #DoTheMath

2022 Strongest Town Final Four: Voting (Now Closed)

Who will move on to the championship round next week? Their fate is in your hands!

Strongest Town Contest, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 28, 2022The Bottom-Up Revolution, Strongest Town 2022, Strongest Town Competition, Ohio, Indiana, colorado

Widening the Discussion about Boxy Buildings

Many critiques of “boxy buildings” focus on aesthetics. But the big problem isn’t so much the shape as the scale.

Zoning, Architecture, Top StoryBrian WilliamsMarch 30, 2021Columbus, Ohio, zoning, architecture

Round 2: Oxford, MS vs. Yellow Springs, OH

Vote now in Round 2 of the Strongest Town Contest! Which city should advance to the semifinals?

Strongest Town Contest, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 22, 2021Strongest Town 2021, Strongest Town Competition, Oxford MS, mississippi, Ohio

"Start Small, and Make a Lot of Noise": How to Improve a Neighborhood from the Bottom Up

There are huge swaths of 1950s and 1960s suburbia that need a bit of TLC—and expensive, top-down “sprawl repair” isn’t going to be up to the task. What’s required is a more patient, grassroots approach. Urban planner John Yung has some ideas.

Neighborhoods First, Neighborhood Design, Podcast, Planning Profession, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesJuly 1, 2019neighborhood revitalization, placemaking, suburbs, Ohio, Cincinnati, sprawl retrofit

When we exile the aging from our auto-oriented towns, where do they go?

An assisted-living facility in Ohio offers a nostalgic, Norman Rockwell-esque setting modeled on traditional neighborhoods—the very sort of beloved, timeless places that we’ve all but stopped building in the real world.

WIlson, Top StoryKea WilsonAugust 21, 2018aging in place, traditional development pattern, Ohio

Lesson Learned

A couple years ago, I bought a $15,000 uninhabitable shack in Cincinnati, Ohio, hoping to renovate it into a nice two-story duplex for renters. Here's what went wrong.

Small Scale Developers, Sanphillippo, HousingJohnny SanphillippoOctober 31, 2017Ohio, page highlight

Lessons Learned

Last year I bought a $15,000 uninhabitable shack in Cincinnati, Ohio, hoping to renovate it into a nice two-story duplex for renters. Here's what went wrong.

Small Scale Developers, Sanphillippo, Housing, Top EvergreenJohnny SanphillippoNovember 9, 2016Ohio, Strong Citizenship, housing, Economic Development

Why Cities and Walking Go Hand in Hand

My urban walks in cities around the world have shown me the richness of places that embrace walking, and why encouraging walkable environments in cities is quite simply the right thing to do.

Walkability, Urban Design, Top Story, Planning ProfessionSandy JamesAugust 23, 2016Ohio, New York

Drive-To Urbanism

New Urbanist developments are increasingly popular, yet they still betray a key tenet of the new urbanist movement: they can often only be reached by car.

Top Story, Urban Design, WalkabilityKevin PoseyJuly 29, 2016Washington DC, Ohio

Hoboken, NJ vs. Sandusky, OH

Representatives from Hoboken and Sandusky discuss their strengths (and even open up about some of their challenges) in this Final Four showdown in the Strongest Town contest.

Top Story, Strongest Town Contest, PodcastStrong TownsMarch 28, 2016final 4, New Jersey, Ohio

Podcast: Randy Simes

Rachel Quednau interviews Randy Simes all the way from Seoul, South Korea, to talk about the Ohio Department of Transportation’s expected announcement of a major shift toward “fix it first” policy, and away from new road projects.

#NoNewRoads, PodcastRachel QuednauJanuary 25, 2016Ohio

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