ForTheLoveOfDayton

Check it out at http://maps.google.com On June 10, 2008, twelve more cities were introduced: Atlanta, Buffalo, Charlotte, Columbus (Ohio), Fresno, Jackson, Jacksonville, Louisville, Oklahoma City, Sacramento, St. Louis and Virginia Beach. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming was also introduced. This update also included a number of locations which are unattributable to camera icons as their recorded streets are not contiguous with those of adjacent featured cities. These unlabeled locations include Bakersfield, Cincinnati, Dayton, Death Valley National Monument, Greenville, Huntsville, Knoxville, Lexington, Omaha-Lincoln, Palm Springs, Reno, Rochester (New York), Sequoia National Park, Syracuse, Toledo, and Tulsa.

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Here's a great article from Seattle about the debate between streetcars and electric trolleybuses published on May 6, 2008. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/362080_streetcar07.html Except for the overhead powerlines, the electric trolleybuses (ETBs) are indistinguishable from normal buses. Both ETBs and streetcars use electric power but the similarities stop there. ETBs tend to be quicker and more versatile than streetcars because new routes are easy to lay/hang and does not disrupt streetlevel construction. Streetcars are more desirable in my opinion because they lack any stigma that city buses might have and they are new, quiet, clean and offer a smoother ride. Also, they are COOL. The biggest advantage is probably the set in stone (pavement) streetcar route. Businesses and residents can count on the streetcar line not disappearing tomorrow. ETBs have an extensive network of overhead powerlines throughout the Dayton area including many suburban cities. UD is a pedestrian campus but most of the surface streets surrounding campus have ETB powerlines. August 8, 2008 will mark the 120th anniversary of continuous electrically-propelled public transit in Dayton. No other city in the USA can make that claim. Only five cities in the USA currently have electric trolleys - Boston, Dayton, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. Some resources: http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Dayton/ http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/types/etb.html http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/SanFrancisco/TC/ http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Philadelphia/TT/ http://www.greaterdaytonrta.org/about_ETB.asp

^good to hear, thanks for the info.

Wow, I'd love to see those wires go underground someday.

^Sounds like Dayton's electric trolley buses

Maybe something like this... Wind turbines slowly spin on the Lake Erie waterfront in Lackawanna, N.Y., Thursday, June 7, 2007. The unique "urban" wind farm has sprouted along a stretch of Lake Erie that is too polluted for much else. Eight towering turbines slowly spin on a waterfront site where Bethlehem Steel once stood. http://www.daylife.com/photo/0fJccN70x6f0v

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Any news about light rail (the other mode of transportation mentioned in this thread's title)?

Excellent job!

Attractive, thanks for sharing. SH is the shizz

Like it a lot. Great pics.

:) GREAT

Cool, great idea.

^me too! Cleveland really needs to do something sweet with its lakefront like Chicago.

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Attractive, thanks for sharing.

good point which leads me to think of the Grand Ole Opry...

Every rendering of a Dubai project I see ignores the overwhelming amounts of sand EVERYWHERE over there (aside from the pockets of artificial color of course). The place is a lot tanner than one would think if you went by what you see on tv/online.

Nice little article about the capital.

The rendering is gorgeous.

better than leaving the metro for greener pastures...or is it? which would you prefer?

^this is the best and most compelling argument for the revival of OTR. The streetcar, of course, plays an important role in connecting the re-emerging inner city.

Sounds intriguing!

And here's the cover of the magazine with a nice backdrop of downtown Cincinnati