Senator Sherrod Brown will be joined by officials in Cleveland to make a 'special announcement regarding the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.
The proposed project could replace its current fleet of 69 rail cars with up to 60 new cars , easing maintenance demands and creating new service options.
President Biden's budget would allow large transit agencies to divert formula capital grants to operations in 2024, a move that one transit official said may hurt smaller agencies.
Connecting potential workers to employment opportunities in places that aren't near where they live has been a continual challenge for Northeast Ohio. The problem becomes even more frustrating when a portion of the distance the last mile from a transit stop is relatively short, but seemingly impassable. A new effort is afoot, though, to address that last-mile problem to get workers from Cleveland to a popular destination: Solon.