The Cincinnati Streetcar project was recommended to receive two State of Ohio grants in the total amount of $36.8 million to build the line from the riverfront to the University of Cincinnati and to plan the build-out of the system throughout Uptown.

These two grants will create new jobs and economic development in the City of Cincinnati. The first phase of the Streetcar will create 1,800 new construction jobs and 9,000 permanent jobs—growing our city’s tax base and increasing the resources available for all 52 neighborhoods.

The Cincinnati Streetcar is the top-ranked transportation project on Ohio’s 2011-2015 Major New Program List. The list can be found online here.

These are draft recommendations that still must be finalized by the TRAC board following the Public Comment period. Please show your support for the Cincinnati Streetcar by writing to the Transportation Review Advisory Council before February 11.

Please be sure to mention the two streetcar allocations included in the draft-list:

$35 million in Construction Funding for “Cincinnati Streetcar Phase 1” (located on the middle of Page 1)

in Construction Funding for “Cincinnati Streetcar Phase 1” (located on the middle of Page 1) $1.8 million in Preliminary Engineering funding for the “Cincinnati Uptown Streetcar” (located on top of Page 4)

Comments can be submitted until February 11 in two ways:

By email to:

TRAC@dot.state.oh.us

By regular mail to:



Ohio Department of Transportation

attn: Ed Kagel, TRAC Coordinator

1980 W. Broad Street

Columbus, OH 43223

Jerry Wray, Director

Ohio Department of Transportation

1980 West Broad Street

Columbus Ohio, 43223

Be sure to mention how the streetcar will benefit our city, create new jobs, attract new businesses and help make Cincinnati a better place to live.

Thank you for your support of this transformative project for our City. Support the future of our City—Support the Streetcar.