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Title: Connecting Cleveland: Economic Impact of Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

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Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: The Center for Economic Development (the Center) produced this economic impact report for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) to illustrate how their operations, infrastructure, and services contribute to Cuyahoga County’s economy. Cleveland is fortunate among the Midwestern metropolitan areas to have a rich transit history and infrastructure which is actively updated and shapes regional life. Among similar metro transit authorities in the region (Detroit, Cincinnati, and others), GCRTA was second only to Pittsburgh’s Port Authority of Allegheny County in terms of ridership and vehicle-revenue miles in 2017. 1 With 2,300 full-time employees in 2017, GCRTA is the 13th largest Northeast Ohio employer based in Cleveland and the 38th largest in the region. 2 GCRTA’s service area is Cuyahoga County; its 2017 operating budget totaled $247 million, and its capital budget varied from $60 million to $87 million over . . .

Url: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/1606/

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Authors: Lendel, Iryna; Pasha, Obed; Sohrabian, Dro; Ellerbrock, Matthew B

Publisher: Cleveland State University

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization, Other

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