Theme: Continuing Challenges
The funds available for transportation infrastructure construction and maintenance are declining. Northeast Ohio is unlikely to see additional freeway or rail transit network development in the foreseeable future and will need to maintain the infrastructure it has in place.
Public entities at the local, state and federal levels that are responsible for infrastructure investment are facing long term constraints as a result of economic investment trends. Infrastructure cost increases have far outpaced resources from employment growth, per capita wage growth, and property value increases that are generated for capital investment.
Northeast Ohio’s Highway System
Northeast Ohio's Highway Infrastructure
- I-90 – Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, and Toledo – Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, and Ashtabula counties
- I-80- Akron, Cleveland, Elyria, Lorain, Toledo, Warren, and Youngstown – Mahoning and Trumbull counties
- I-271 North/South access
- I-76 – Akron/Warren and Youngstown – Medina, Summit, Portage, and Mahoning counties
- I-77 – Akron, Canton, and Cleveland – Stark, Summit, and Cuyahoga counties
- US-422 – Warren
- US-20 – Elyria, North Ridgeville, Westlake, Rocky River, Lakewood and Cleveland
- I-71 – Cuyahoga and Medina counties
Northeast Ohio’s Rail Transportation Systems
Northeast Ohio's Rail Transportation System
Rail transportation is an important option for Northeast Ohio’s businesses. It is crucial to the region’s economic health and is a critical component to our transportation infrastructure.
Rail infrastructure provides 31% of all inbound freight to Northeast Ohio and helps keep transportation costs associated with manufacturing low. Northeast Ohio would need to add 5.1 million trucks to its highways to carry the freight that is currently transported through Northeast Ohio by rail. Rail freight is forecast to grow by 60% in ton miles by 2020.
Northeast Ohio’s Class 1 Rail Carriers include:
- CSX Transportation
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad
- Norfolk Southern Railway
- Short Line Railroads
- Akron Barberton Cluster Railway
- Ashland Railway
- Ashtabula, Carson & Jefferson Railroad
- Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
- Cleveland Commercial Railroad
- Flats Industrial Railroad
- ISG-Cleveland Works Railway
- Lake Terminal Railroad
- Mahoning Valley Railway
- Newburgh & South Shore Railroad
- OHI-RAIL
- Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad
- Ohio Central Railroad
- R.J. Corman Railway
- Republic N & T Railroad
- Warren & Trumbull Railroad
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
- Youngstown & Austintown Railroad
- Youngstown & Southeastern Railroad
- Youngstown Belt Railroad
Northeast Ohio Freeway Lane Miles
Freeway Lane Miles Added in Northeast Ohio, 1990-2010
Estimated New Roads in Northeast Ohio, 2000-2010
Estimated New Roads Map, 2000-2010
Northeast Ohio Bridge Inventory and Conditions
Northeast Ohio Bridge Conditions
Ohio Income Tax – Returns and Revenue Collected, 1974-2008
Education Tax Policy Institute, Revenue Options for Ohio's Future, May 2011
Ohio State and Local Tax Revenues, 1992-2009
Education Tax Policy Institute, Revenue Options for Ohio's Future, May 2011
Changes in Expenditures by Northeast Ohio’s County Governments, 1992 v. 2002
Cost of Government Study for Northeast Ohio, Center for Governmental Research, June 2008
Total Capital Outlays for Northeast Ohio Counties, 1992-2002
Cost of Government Study for Northeast Ohio, Center for Governmental Research, June 2008
Total Expenditures by Northeast Ohio County Governments, 1992-2002
Cost of Government Study for Northeast Ohio, Center for Governmental Research, June 2008