"We've fought so hard to do good stuff with limited resources," Foley says. That's because the Biden administration is asking Congress for hundreds of billions of dollars for climate-friendly infrastructure, including upgrades to public transit. Yet Mike Foley, the sustainability director of Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, says it's now time for ambitious plans. "The fact that we've got a president now who believes in climate change and understands its impact and wants to help us out is a game changer," he says. Mike Foley is director of Cuyahoga County's Department of Sustainability. "But also, on the climate action front, to help get people out of their cars." "We're looking at transportation as a huge opportunity to really address some equity issues that we've seen here in our city," he says. So Collier wants to create a less car-centered city. And the reliance on cars over public transportation means more carbon dioxide pumped into the air, warming the planet. In Cleveland, almost a quarter of all households don't have access to a vehicle. But when a city is built for cars, those who can't afford one or who can't drive get left behind.
And that is both the blessing and curse of the area's road network, says Freddy Collier, the city director of planning.Ĭonvenience is one clear blessing.
If you have a car in Cleveland, you can get anywhere in the county in 15 minutes. One of the mythic "Guardians of Transportation" (often called the "Guardians of Traffic") stands at the end of Cleveland's Hope Memorial Bridge.
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