PRESS RELEASE: Riders Thank Cuyahoga County Executive Budish for Appointing Transit Rider to GCRTA Board 

Riders Thank Cuyahoga County Executive Budish for Appointing Transit Rider to GCRTA Board  Rider’s Perspective Will Provide Clarity for Improving Transit   Clevelanders for Public Transit thanks Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish for appointing Roberta Duarte, a transit rider and community leader, to GCRTA’s board. CPT thanks Cuyahoga County Council’s Human Resources, Appointments, & Equity Read more about PRESS RELEASE: Riders Thank Cuyahoga County Executive Budish for Appointing Transit Rider to GCRTA Board […]

PRESS RELEASE: CPT Once Again Calls on GCRTA To Divest From Violent Transit Police and Reinvest in Transit Ambassadors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CPT Once Again Calls on GCRTA To Divest From Violent Transit Police and Reinvest in Transit Ambassadors  Transit Ambassadors Needed for Mental Health Responses, De-escalation, and Empathetic and Productive Engagement with Riders. Clevelanders for Public Transit (CPT) continues to call for an alternative to Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority transit police.  On Read more about PRESS RELEASE: CPT Once Again Calls on GCRTA To Divest From Violent Transit Police and Reinvest in Transit Ambassadors[…]

Right of Way: The Racist, Classist, and Violent Politics of City Street Design

Photo by Lynn Friedman on Flickr Picture this: on a cold northeast Ohio morning, an affluent white driver from the east side suburbs drives their Ford Expedition SUV westward into the city, navigating from Chagrin Boulevard onto Kinsman Boulevard at a speed of 40mph. Overnight snow has become piles of slush lining the street and Read more about Right of Way: The Racist, Classist, and Violent Politics of City Street Design[…]