Sustainability

Cleveland writer Angie Schmitt investigates pedestrian safety crisis in hard-hitting book

In 2018, a pedestrian was killed in a traffic crash in the United States every 84 minutes on average, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Thousands of pedestrians die every year in traffic accidents, and the issue of pedestrian safety has grown significantly in the last decade.

Cleveland City Council introduces ordinance to improve street safety for vulnerable road users

A new ordinance introduced by Cleveland City Council could help make the streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.

Cleveland becomes a parkland as trails and greenspaces multiply

Cleveland is a cleft land, and not just because of the Crooked River. For centuries, railroads, highways, ravines, utilities and more have barricaded us from each other and from our waterways, which didn’t attract us anyway. A confusion of roads and bridges high and low have linked us and kept us apart.

Scraps nourish Cleveland through Rust Belt Riders

Grounded by the pandemic, we’ve been gardening and cooking more than usual. That means laying down more soil and tossing out more scraps.

Locavores line up for beef, peaches and other delectables from Trevor Clatterbuck’s Fresh Fork Market

Trevor Clatterbuck trods down a path laden with mud and cow patties.

New platform tennis center to open in the Flats

A new form of paddling is about to join the water-based recreation in the flats.

The ‘mower lady’ of Greenlawn Avenue keeps her street clean and safe — one cut at a time

Each year, city of Cleveland crews are responsible for cutting more than 16,000 land bank lots throughout the city.

City recycling hiatus is an opportunity for a “fresh start,” solid waste district director says

By Lee Chilcote

When a Fox 8 I-Team story revealed last month that the city of Cleveland had been dumping all of its recyclables into the landfill for several weeks without telling anyone, many residents and city leaders were deeply angry and frustrated.

“We’re not going back”: Success of curbside pickup at West Side Market spurs talk of other changes

By Lee Chilcote

Change doesn’t happen quickly at Cleveland’s West Side Market, where vendors and city officials have been wrangling for years about whether the city-run institution should be overseen by a dedicated nonprofit. Yet during the Covid-19 crisis, the city and vendors came together quickly to roll out curbside pickup, and now it may offer a model for moving forward as the market seeks to adjust to this new reality.