Ken Prendergast

Ken Prendergast has worked as a journalist for publications such as NEOtrans, Sun Newspapers, Ohio Passenger Rail News, Passenger Transport, and others. He also provided consulting services to transportation agencies, real estate firms, port authorities and nonprofit organizations. Writing about cities, transportation, history and the people who create these.

Dear Gov. Kasich: building more highways isn’t cool

1 Comment / Ken Prendergast / May 13, 2011

Our dear governor sure has lots of interesting things to say. For example, he said he wants Ohioans to get on his bus or he’ll run them over with it. Odd thing is, Gov. John Kasich doesn’t like buses; doesn’t like trains much either, as we all know. He doesn’t seem to like any alternatives […]

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Cleveland may be jumping out of recession

3 Comments / Ken Prendergast / January 21, 2011

By Ken Prendergast For metropolitan areas, how they emerge from recessions is a lot like how companies emerge from bankruptcies. Did they learn anything? Are they leaner and more efficient Have they positioned themselves to grab growth opportunities from the coming economic upswing? Unlike the last two recessions in the early 1990s and early

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A transportation tale of two cities and states

3 Comments / Ken Prendergast / January 9, 2011

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