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‘Do I eat that day?’ Cost of public transit burdens Cleveland job-seekers, GED students

By Mandy Kraynak ● Transportation ● December 13, 2022 December 15, 2022

Transportation costs are a barrier for many people who rely on public transit to get to literacy tutoring and job training. Nonprofits like Seeds of Literacy provide limited bus passes to those who need it, but the organizations – and RTA – face funding challenges.

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How NE Ohio communities are building small transit solutions to solve big issue of sprawl

By Conor Morris ● Transportation ● June 9, 2022 June 15, 2022

In Northeast Ohio, the continuing sprawl of urban and suburban development has placed some major job centers out-of-the-way for many workers.

Equity is on the (Transit) line: Two transit riders nominated to RTA board

By Aja Hannah ● Civic Engagement ● March 2, 2022 May 27, 2022

Mayor Justin Bibb nominated two public transit users to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) Board of Trustees. If approved, they would be only the third and fourth trustees to actually use the transit system they represent while on the board.

Church van program gives workers a lift out of poverty

By Lee Chilcote ● Economy ● August 4, 2021 May 19, 2022

There were more than 8,000 open manufacturing jobs in Northeast Ohio last year, according to the nonprofit organization MAGNET. One of the more intractable problems facing manufacturers is the mismatch between the location of jobs and where entry-level workers live. Many low-income and Black workers live in Cleveland and don’t own cars, but many jobs are in the suburbs, far from public transportation. The church van program aims to bridge that gap.