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Over 7,000 Comments Submitted to Department of Labor | Ohio PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Mario K. Salazar. Over 7,000 Comments Submitted to Department of Labor. Consumers Support Closing Retirement Advice Loophole. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Today the U.S. Public Interest Research Group submitted comments to the Department of Labor from 7,244 consumers across the country in support of a strong rule that would require financial professionals to act in the best interests of the hard-working Americans that turn to them for retirement advice. A strong rule from th...
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The Innovative Transportation Index | Ohio PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. The Innovative Transportation Index. The Cities Where New Technologies and Tools Can Reduce Your Need to Own a Car. Ohio PIRG Education Fund. Wednesday, February 4, 2015. With other cities catching up rapidly. These services make it easier to conveniently get around without owning a car. That is increasingly what city dwellers and Millennials especially say they want. These services individually help travelers, but more importantly, they work together to become ...Offer...
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Transportation | Ohio PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Clean Transportation Doesn’t Need To Be A Distant Utopia. Monday, June 20, 2016. 21st Century Transportation Campaign Director. For many, when they think of combating global warming, they think of solar panels on rooftops and eliminating coal fired power plants. But, the truth is, there is not an effective solution to address global warming that does not deal with transportation as well. Read more about Clean Transportation Doesn’t Need To Be A Distant Utopia. Don’t Bel...
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Mortgages and Mortgage Complaints | Ohio PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Report: Reining in Wall Street. Mortgages and Mortgage Complaints. The CFPB’s Consumer Complaint Database Gets Real Results for Victims of Mortgage Problems. US PIRG Education Fund. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. This is the sixth in a series of reports that review complaints to the CFPB nationally and on a state-by-state level. In this report we explore consumer complaints about mortgages, with the aim of uncovering patterns in the problems consumers are experiencing with...
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Welcome to Ohio PIRG | Ohio PIRG
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Standing Up To Powerful Interests. Welcome to Ohio PIRG. Stop the Overuse of Antibiotics. Democracy For The People. Making Health Care Work. Reining in Wall Street. Stop the Highway Boondoggles. Get our RSS feed. Are you a student? You spoke up, and they listened. Subway has announced that they will stop selling meat that's been raised with antibiotics. Get Big Money Out, Voters In. HOW CAN I HELP? Stop the Highway Boondoggles. Keeping Wall Street in check. Ohio Public Interest Research Group.
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Fare-Free Ohio: April 2015
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Monday, April 27, 2015. One free bus route turns things around in Columbus, Ohio. Ridership on COTA buses in 2014 reached its highest level since 1986 as the free Cbus Downtown circulator exceeded expectations. The 19.3 million trips taken on Central Ohio Transit Authority buses last year was about 3 percent higher than in 2013. Of the 550,000 trips the authority added last year, about 348,000 were on the Cbus, which started running between the Short North and Brewery District in May. Build Soil. Bui...
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Fare-Free Ohio: ROI multiplier for #publictransit can be high as 9
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015. ROI multiplier for #publictransit can be high as 9. Public transportation key to our future. Business leaders know that to be successful, changes in our way of thinking need to occur. Recently, Yaromir Steiner, CEO of Steiner Associates and developer of Liberty Center, noted that the key to the design and layout of Liberty Center is the millennial generation, "who want walkable, urban areas with parks and public transportation.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Build Soil....
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Fare-Free Ohio: One free bus route turns things around in Columbus, Ohio
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Monday, April 27, 2015. One free bus route turns things around in Columbus, Ohio. Ridership on COTA buses in 2014 reached its highest level since 1986 as the free Cbus Downtown circulator exceeded expectations. The 19.3 million trips taken on Central Ohio Transit Authority buses last year was about 3 percent higher than in 2013. Of the 550,000 trips the authority added last year, about 348,000 were on the Cbus, which started running between the Short North and Brewery District in May. Build Soil. Bui...
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Fare-Free Ohio: September 2014
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Sunday, September 21, 2014. People want efficient, reliable #publictransit. Cities of tomorrow will need strong public transportation systems to foster growth - Cleveland Business News - Northeast Ohio and Cleveland - Crain's Cleveland Business. The most important factor for riders in choosing transit is travel time and reliability, not fancier amenities such as wi-fi, CityLab.com notes.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ohio’s low transit funding complicates efforts to cut emission. No bus service hinders r...
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Fare-Free Ohio: March 2015
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Friday, March 27, 2015. Millennials choosing public transportation over cars. DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -. Many young professionals are choosing not to buy cars. Instead, as they move into the city, they're using public transportation. It's an environmental and economical decision.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ohio’s low transit funding complicates efforts to cut emission. One free bus route turns things around in Columbus, Ohio. Auto culture disables people and then leaves them stranded. No bus ser...