Introduction

The City of Toledo is located in (and is the county seat of) Lucas County in northwestern Ohio, approximately 75 miles east of the Ohio-Indiana border. The City covers an area of 84 square miles and borders on Lake Erie to the east and the State of Michigan to the north.

The City is served by diversified transportation facilities, including: four Interstate Highways; 11 State and U.S. Highways; four rail systems; its own Toledo Express Airport, a commercial airport with scheduled flights for eight airlines; and two general aviation airports. The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority provides mass transit bus service in the City and surrounding areas, and the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority provides cargo facilities for ships using the Port of Toledo at the mouth of the Maumee River and operates the City's commercial and general aviation airports.