Auto culture disables people and then leaves them stranded

No bus service hinders residents - Toledo Blade: "“If [the levy] doesn’t pass this time I’m moving out of Perrysburg,” Mr. O’Neal said. “I can’t expect volunteers all the time and can’t always rely on them.”

Mr. O’Neal is unable to drive because of a disability from a car accident in high school. Although he is appreciative of the Chambers family, he does not want to always depend on them. In June, the Chamberses will be unavailable to transport him for several weeks."

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SORTA lands $2.5M grant for new buses - Business Courier

SORTA lands $2.5M grant for new buses - Business Courier: "Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority will receive $2.5 million to buy buses that will replace those that have reached the end of their useful service life.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced that a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation was awarded to SORTA. "

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Cincinnati leads in region for new home permits this year

Cincinnati leads in region for new home permits this year: "CINCINNATI - The burgeoning popularity of urban lifestyles is showing up in new home permits."

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ohio business machines relocates offices, 50 staffers to downtown digs

ohio business machines relocates offices, 50 staffers to downtown digs: "A Cleveland company that has its roots downtown but moved to the suburbs 12 years ago has relocated its headquarters back to the place where it all started.
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Can I live car-free in the United States? | The Travel Chica

Can I live car-free in the United States? | The Travel Chica: "I did not drive a car once during my 20 months in Latin America."

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Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline through Ohio Raises Grave Concern « EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement

The ruptured Kalamazoo tar sands pipeline. Photo courtesy of National Transportation Safety Board.

More than one million gallons of raw tar sands crude oil leaked into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River in July 2010. Photo courtesy Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline through Ohio Raises Grave Concern « EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement: "The oil spread quickly in the flooded river, coating wildlife, saturating marshlands, backyards, businesses and farmland. The raw tar sands oil disaster was caused by a break in a pipeline owned by Enbridge, which knew of safety problems with the pipeline for years before the disaster."

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Mitt Romney, Murray Energy and coal criminals « Coal Tattoo

Mitt Romney, Murray Energy and coal criminals « Coal Tattoo: "Not reported is that the two-mile slurry pipeline which caused this spillage was illegally built without a permit — the Ohio state inspector some how missed seeing its construction during his inspections — then added the already constructed pipeline as an incidental boundary revision (that was done in days) instead of as a permit amendment (which would have taken months and included public comment).

The OSM Columbus Field Office shut both eyes on this being done.

There is a lot of back story in this matter."

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