Federal Transit Administration

GCRTA wins grant to build new East 79th Rapid stop

By Ken Prendergast / December 19, 2022 December 23, 2022

Early last year, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) opened a new station at East 79th Street on its Airport-Windermere rail transit Red Line. Late next year, and less than 2,000 feet south, the transit agency could start construction on a new East 79th station on its downtown-Shaker Heights rail transit Blue/Green Lines. Both stations are seen as a key strategy to improve access for everyone to reach job sites being added along the new Opportunity Corridor Boulevard.

West 25th transit plan to give development a lift

1 Comment / By Ken Prendergast / October 14, 2021 November 18, 2021

A plan to enhance West 25th Street with dedicated bus and bike lanes plus new zoning and parking guidelines could make it a ‘complete street’ and spur more development along it.

All Aboard Ohio asks Cleveland RTA for Waterfront Line Phase II study

By Ken Prendergast / December 2, 2020 December 2, 2021

Think of the benefits Clevelanders could see by morphing GCRTAs low-ridership light-rail Waterfront Line from dead-ending in a windswept, out-of-the-way parking lot into a fully functional and convenient Downtown Loop that serves more of downtown Cleveland most important destinations.