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The rise of a Midwest intercity bus network: GOGO Charters is rolling out two new routes from Chicago this summer
Update 12/13/25, 11:40 PM: GOGO Charters spokesperson Jonathan Schneider recently provided the following statement. "GOGO Charters is still planning to launch intercity bus services. We're working towards a launch in late 2026 and are currently building our operations and fleet to meet the heightened daily demand. To achieve this, we've just made a purchase announcement of 30 new motorcoaches."
March 6, 2025
Nope, Harassing Panhandlers Isn’t a Pedestrian Safety Plan
The criminalization of walking continues in Dayton, Ohio.
May 29, 2018
To Restore Walkability, Cities Like Akron Need to Look Beyond Sidewalks
A person walking down a major thoroughfare in downtown Akron encounters enormous swaths of parking and barely any retail or housing.
August 24, 2017
With Seattle Transit Funds Under Siege By State Legislators, the Governor Rides to the Rescue
Things are looking up transit riders in Washington, where Democratic Governor Jay Inslee fended off attacks on transit funding. But in Ohio, Republican Governor John Kasich delivered a blow to transit service with a stroke of his veto pen.
July 5, 2017
Toledo Neighbors Fight Back Against City’s Plan to Widen Their Road
Roseanne Martinez has lived at the corner of Secor and Bancroft Roads, just over the border from Toledo, for almost 30 years.
August 15, 2016
Ohio DOT’s Defense of the Transit-Inaccessible Transit Meeting
On Friday, the Ohio Department of Transportation held a meeting ostensibly to gather feedback from transit riders in the Dayton and Cincinnati regions. But ODOT held the meeting in exurban Lebanon -- a hour's trip by car from Cincinnati and totally inaccessible by transit from either city.
November 3, 2014
Ohio DOT Hosts Transit Meeting That No One Can Reach Via Transit
Ohio DOT is one of those old-school transportation agencies that’s still just a highway department. The director is a former asphalt industry lobbyist. The state — despite being fairly densely populated and urban (about 1 million people don’t have cars) — spent only $7.3 million supporting transit in 2013, far less than it devotes to mowing highway medians.
October 30, 2014
Lakewood, Ohio: The Suburb Where Everyone Can Walk to School
The inner Cleveland suburb of Lakewood (population 51,000) calls itself a "walking school district." Lakewood has never had school buses in its history, and kids grow up walking and biking to school. Mornings and afternoons are a beehive of activity on streets near schools, as kids and parents walk to and from classrooms. You can feel the energy. The freedom of being able to walk and socialize with friends is incalculable. According to city planner Bryce Sylvester, Lakewood strives to design neighborhoods so that all children are within walking distance of their school. These decisions have paid off financially, saving the city about a million dollars annually, according to Lakewood City School District spokesperson Christine Gordillo.
April 29, 2014
Warning Signs From Columbus About America’s Big Suburban Housing Glut
Columbus, Ohio, is a convenient microcosm of the United States as a whole.
January 24, 2014