Category Archives: Announcements
Report ties jobs to high-speed rail bid
From Business First of Columbus Ohio Public Interest Research Group says the state’s high-speed passenger rail plan would create jobs and drive economic growth. The nonprofit advocacy organization released a 63-page report Monday as Ohio officials consider whether to accept a $400 million federal stimulus grant to help develop a passenger rail system connecting Cincinnati, [...]
Gulfstream International Group secures fed subsidy to provide air service to Cleveland
From Crain’s Cleveland Business Gulfstream International Group Inc. (AMEX: GIA), a Florida-based operator of a fleet of commuter aircraft, said it will receive $8.5 million in federal subsidies under the Essential Air Service Program for flights between five small communities and Cleveland. The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the company new, two-year contracts as [...]
Ohio eyes phase 2 of rail plan
From the Toledo Blade While passenger trains are still at least two years away from running on a “Three-C” corridor for which Ohio has obtained federal stimulus money, state officials have begun looking at what they hope will be a second phase, which would include two Toledo routes. The Ohio Rail Development Commission has signed [...]
Rail advocates say 3C could generate 8,000 Ohio jobs
From the Dayton Daily News Job creation has become a key argument for rail advocates, including Ohio Secretary of Transportation Jolene Molitoris, who got their chance Monday, July 12, at the Dayton Rotary Club to rebut an earlier presentation by state Sen. Jon Husted. Husted, R-Kettering, and many other Republicans in the Ohio legislature say [...]
3C Rail debate draws confrontational lines
From the Lancaster Eagle Gazette Ohio’s proposed high-speed rail could merely brush through north central Ohio, but the region is taking shape as an epicenter for the political fight surrounding the plan. Designs call for the 3C Rail project to connect Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati with passenger rail service. Shelby and Galion are in contention [...]
Passenger Rail in OH Could Put Business on the Right Track
From the Ohio Public News Service The Ohio Department of Transportation says the federally funded 3-C corridor passenger rail project is on track, and that could be very good economic news for the cities along the route. The train would link Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati, with possible stops in other cities such as Riverside, [...]
Ohio has ‘manufacturing spine’ to grow jobs with rebirth of rail travel
From the Dayton Daily News Ohio could create thousands of new manufacturing jobs if rail service can get the push it needs from the proposed 3C Corridor Passenger Rail Project and the federal Surface Transportation Act, according to Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Ohio Secretary of Transportation Jolene Molitoris, who brought their pro-rail message Monday, [...]
East Cost passenger rail tracks success
From The Cincinnati Enquirer The director of an East Coast passenger rail service explained the impact of a similar project on the Boston area to a crowd of about 50 during a Sharonville Chamber of Commerce luncheon. About 50 people gathered in Sharonville to hear Patricia Quinn, director of the Downeaster rail service, which is [...]
Brown, Report Support Ohio Rail Investment
From The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio., says additional investment in a rail system throughout the state could spur more jobs and a more robust manufacturing economy. Nations in Asia and Europe have committed billions of dollars to developing their rail infrastructure and expanding opportunities for manufacturing. “There’s simply no reason [...]
Rail system draws interest of national developers to Dayton, Riverside
From the Dayton Business Journal The state’s top transportation official says a proposed rail development is drawing the interest of national developers to Dayton and Riverside. Jolene Molitoris, director of the Ohio Department of Transportation, was at the Rotary Club of Dayton on Monday to update about 150 local business leaders on the 3-C+D passenger [...]