Expand the Streetcar
Your voice is essential in expanding the Cincinnati Conector streetcar routes! Send an original message to Mayor Pureval and City Council to show your support.
Reckoning with the Truth
An Interdisciplinary Panel on the Historic and Future Harms of Interstate Highway Expansion in Cincinnati.
Opposition Mounts to Brent Spence Corridor Highway Expansion
Citizens urge an Environmental Impact Statement for the Brent Spence project, citing risks and lack of alternatives.
Action Alert: Ask Council to Support Red Bike
Ask city council members to support Red Bike
Sustainable Cincy General Meeting: Thursday, 3/14 at 6:30 PM
Join us Thursday, 3/14, for a Sutainable Cincy General Meeting.
Meet volunteers and learn about ways you can get involved.
Action Alert: Ask Council to Support Full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Brent Spence Project
Ask city council member to submit their comment to ODOT asking for a full EIS
Feedback on Brent Spence Corridor Environmental Assessment
Considering the outdated 2012 assessment, unmet traffic projections, advanced environmental insights, and EPA's highlighted issues on air quality and social inequities, a thorough Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is urgently needed to reassess the project's impact
Expand Transit, Not Highways: Public Comment Action Alert
Tell ODOT in Person Why Expanding the Brent Spence Corridor is a bad deal for Greater Cincinnati
Expand Transit, Not Highways: Action Alert
ODOT is proceeding with the 7.8 mile Brent Spence Corridor expansion using a 12-year-old environmental assessment. We need as many comments as possible by March 8, 2024, to challenge the proposed $3.6+ billion freeway expansion.
Cincinnati Streetcar Expansion Route Maps
View and rank your preferred streetcar expansion route from the nine route maps unveiled on 2/1/2024, at the Cincinnati Streetcar Forum.
Cincinnati Streetcar Forum: Thursday, 2/1 at 6:30 PM
Join us Thursday, 2/1, for the Cincinnati Streetcar Forum and discover the remarkable journey of Cincinnati's Streetcar.
Sparked by community interest, the Cincinnati Streetcar forum will delve into the next phase of Cincinnati's streetcar expansion.
Take Action at Cincinnati Planning Commission 11/17 to Stop the Teardown of 1005 Gilbert for Surface Parking
With the vote on the surface parking ban set for mere weeks from now, a parking lot developer is trying to circumvent the process. Council has approved a temporary ban on new surface parking while the issue is studied by city management. The report and vote are set for early December. Yet, the developer was able to get on the planning commission agenda less than 24 hours before the meeting. Your in-person assistance is crucial to stop the teardown.
Freeway Fighters Grassroots Summit Recap
From October 19th to the 21st, almost 50 attendees from across the US gathered together in Cincinnati for the first-ever Freeway Fighters Grassroots Summit, a joint effort by America Walks and The Devou Good Foundation.
Scrappy grassroots advocates joined together to collaborate on how to fight the expansion of freeways in their backyards, working to protect and reconnect our communities.
Paved Paradise Book Discussion 11/29 at Trinity
Join us Wednesday, November 29th from 10 AM-12 PM at Trinity Church as Matt Butler leads a discussion of Henry Grabar’s Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains The World.
We’ve taken our 4th Street Bridge Concerns to US-DOT
The letter to Secretary Pete Buttigieg garnered 127 signatures in only two weeks. Thank you to everyone who's signed so far!
The recent Newport Commission Meeting exacerbated concerns that KYTC was not seriously considering community feedback, particularly regarding the community push for maintaining three lanes instead of expanding to four lanes.
We're proposing an alternative vision to KYTC’s overbuilt design and have brought our concerns directly to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. We're still gathering signatures. Join us!
What does the future hold for the 4th Street Bridge replacement?
The 4th Street Bridge replacement has sparked a lot of conversation about what the future, specifically, the next 50+ year life span of the bridge replacement holds.
Does the future include streetcars? What does safety for pedestrians and cyclists look like not just over the water, but at both ends of the bridge?
What does building a bridge for the community it serves look like? Where does a continued emphasis on concrete, car-centric cities, over-built designs, and increased air pollution leave our most vulnerable neighbors?
Conversations during the 9/25 Newport Commission Meeting two weeks ago brought up many of these concerns.
Beyond Automobiles: A Conversation on Environmental Justice and Transportation
Pollution from the transportation sector has been a long-standing obstacle to advancing environmental justice (EJ), as many communities of color and low-income families live near areas where vehicle pollution is pervasive and experience disproportionate exposure to this pollution.
Join us for a multi-faceted discussion about actions being taken in our area to protect our most vulnerable neighbors.
Take Action to Stop the Expansion of Surface Parking Lots in Cincinnati
Update 9/12 after the vote:
Thank you for supporting the IDC extension and zoning against parking lots. Despite the opposition, council listened to your voices and granted the extension of the IDC!
The final ordinance for a vote is in 3 months.
Stay updated by registering below, and sign the No More Concrete Wastelands petition to let your elected officials know that you want Cincinnati to continue to be a thriving city, not endless parking lots.
The People’s Public Hearing Event Recap
Thank you to the 60+ community members and two elected officials from Newport that came out for the People's Public Hearing on the 4th Street Bridge last Thursday! We had a full house.
Again and again during The People’s Public Hearing, community members appealed to the need for 4th Street Bridge to be safe, sustainable, and created for the community it serves. Experts and members of the public alike pointed to data, statistics, and to the irrationality and irresponsibility of a 4-lane bridge.