Public transit around the state of Ohio gets about 1 percent of its funding from the state government, but that's not enough according to a report from Policy Matters.
A new report from Policy Matters calls for public transit funding in Ohio. The state which has cut its budgets under Governor Kasich, and the report puts some of the blame for the state's problems with employment, poverty, and hunger with the governor. "Ohio funds only 1 percent of public transportation in the state. Yet, the Ohio Department of Transportation's Transit Needs Study said the state should provide 10 percent of transit's funding," Ginger Christ reports for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Policy Matters advocates for funds to shore up financially imperiled transit agencies around the state, recommending "…the state follow the proposition made by Ohioans for Transportation Equity, a coalition of mass-transit advocates, to establish a $75 million transportation 'innovation fund' to support public transit that is supported by both federal and state money," according to Christ.
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