Departments / Communications / 2010 Press Releases


Community Yellow Cab Success Leads to OKI Expanding Program
Tues, December 7, 2010 - OKI announces an expansion of the highly successful Community Yellow Cab New Freedom Taxicab Voucher Program. Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society have joined the program.

OKI Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator Receives National Award
11-30-2010 - Don Burrell, Senior Planner and Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator at the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI), has received the American Discovery Trail Society's Happifeet Award for his involvement with the American Discovery Trail.

Huge Response Results in Second Printing of OKI Street Guide for Bicyclists
11-9-2010 - Overwhelming requests for the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Government's (OKI) Cincinnati Bike Route Guide produced during the spring of 2009 recently required a second run of this popular map to meet the demand.

OKI Awards More Than $12 Million for Transportation Projects
8-12-2010 - OKI announced today that more than $12 million will be allocated for six highway and transit projects in Northern Kentucky.

OKI Releases New Bicycling Map for Northern Kentucky
7-24-2010 - OKI Board President and Campbell County Judge Executive Steve Pendery today announced the release of
its 2010 Northern Kentucky Bike Route Guide.

OKI Freight Study Under Way
7-20-2010 - OKI Board President and Campbell County Judge Executive Steve Pendery announced an initiative to develop a regional freight plan for the tri-state region. The plan will be the result of a year-long freight study that OKI is initiating.

U.S. Senator George Voinovich Keynote Speaker at OKI's Annual Meeting
5-24-2010 - United States Senator George Voinovich provided the keynote address to nearly 400 business leaders, industry experts and elected officials at the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments OKI annual meeting today.

OKI Awards More Than $90 Million for Transportation Projects
5-13-2010 - OKI Board President and Campbell County Judge Executive Steve Pendery announced today more than $90
million will be distributed to 33 transportation projects within four Ohio counties.

OKI Aids Communities in Stretching Valuable Resources
3-10-2010 - OKI has created an innovative tool to aid local governments measure benefits and fiscal consequences of changes within these communities. The OKI Fiscal Impact Analysis Model is the only such model ever developed by a regional entity in the United States.

Miller Named OKI Regional Planning Manager
1-14-2010 - OKI Board President and Campbell County Judge Executive Steve Pendery announced today that Travis Miller has been hired as the agency’s new regional planning manager.