Ohio News Updates

Commercial Vehicle Miles on Ohio Turnpike Slipped in 2023

Despite the Ohio Turnpike’s record-setting 3.1 billion total vehicle miles experienced last year on its roadway system, commercial vehicles traveled fewer miles than in 2022.

February 2, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Ohio Law Bans State Adoption of California Emission Rules

In a slap to California, Ohio has a law taking effect in March banning agencies from adopting that state's emissions regulations and protecting the sale and use of diesel and gas vehicles.

January 11, 2024
GovernmentBusiness

Ohio Establishes $3 Million Tax Credit Program for CDL Training

Ohio is offering a new $3 million tax credit program to help companies offset costs for providing commercial driver license training to their employees.

November 16, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Hundreds of Flying Taxis to Be Made in Ohio

The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically.

September 18, 2023
GovernmentSafety

Ohio to Renovate 17 Rest Areas

Ohio transportation officials will add truck parking when possible in a massive four-year renovation to rebuild 33 rest areas at 17 locations in project recently announced by Gov. Mike DeWine.

May 19, 2023
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Ohio Turnpike to Start $226 Million in Construction Projects

Drivers are being reminded to travel with care through work zones on the Ohio Turnpike as $226 million in construction projects begin this month along the 241-mile toll road.

April 3, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTCA

Ohio Weighs Two-Year, Multibillion-Dollar Transportation Budget

Ohio DOT Director Jack Marchbanks emphasized increased costs during a Feb. 7 hearing in which he unveiled Gov. Mike DeWine’s transportation budget recommendations.

February 8, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyTCA

Cleveland Matchmaking App for Trucking Raises $4.4 Million

A Cleveland-based startup has a solution to the trucker shortage: matchmaking. Software company Drive My Way lets drivers create profiles where they describe what they’re looking for in a working relationship.

October 28, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuelTCA

Ohio Identifies 15 Alternative Fuel Corridors for EV Charging Stations

CLEVELAND — The Ohio Department of Transportation has determined where a number of federally funded charging stations should be deployed across the state as part of a plan to spend more than $100 million in bipartisan infrastructure law money on electric vehicle infrastructure.

July 12, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Ohio, Kentucky Apply for Federal Grant for New Interstate Bridge

Kentucky and Ohio officials are pushing forward to build a companion to the Brent Spence Bridge after both governors recently applied for a $1.66 billion federal mega infrastructure grant to improve the notorious bottlenecked 8-mile freight corridor.

June 15, 2022