TraderJake

It'll be a cold day in hell when Reily Township is urbanized. On topic... I was wondering when they'd try their hand in an Easton-Like development in the area. Sort of wish it was closer to civilization.

The decking has sank at least a foot already, according to the television. Yep, there is in fact a considerable deflection, but that's not too surprising. The pier was taken out, after all. I imagine it would be an even more impressive deflection if there wasn't a locomotive holding up part of the bridge. The decking has sank at least a foot already, according to the television.

ODOT needs to upgrade / retime the signals at 128 & Harrison to begin with. Surely, this didn't help. My Aunt said she took West to Harrison and it was apparently a parking lot. What a surprise. It would be interesting to see dispersion patterns caused by this closure.

Cost+ Contract here we come! Also, they have a westbound lane on 74 blocked currently. Be ready to sit in traffic if you are traveling west. Dry Fork Road and Kilby are likely to be messes as well. Lots of people turning left on the two lane bridge. I imagine they may have to do something to keep the storage from entering the mainline during the PM rush hour.

That's going to suck for travelers from Harrison... Harrison Avenue is going to be overwhelmed.

Stupid Surveying Terms. From an surveying perspective, a subdivision is just a division of a property into divisions. It is not a strictly suburban / exurban term. In fact, the City of Cincinnati probably has hundreds, if not thousands of subdivisions. Well, that's a fun tangent. Anyways, I can't wait to see the final product. This is too cool.

I am interested as to what part of Greenhills is the historic district. It's all historic. It just hasn't aged as well as the other Greenbelt communities, and they know that. Their desire for a comprehensive transportation plan (read: bicycle and pedestrian plan) is admirable. I think if they are as pro-ped/bike as they came off to be in our public meeting they'll be okay. They're in a wonderful place to advertise, after all. Winton Woods is quite the asset.

We learned that in transportation planning class that the new bus stop signs in uptown are supposed to be going up this summer in time for the start of school. Apparently the signs will light up to inform bus drivers that someone at the stop wants to get on.

I totally agree. Who's to stop the flow out once it starts? Who's to guarantee that the net change in the watersheds are 0 (inflow=outflow) over the course of the year. Taking water and transporting it somewhere else is a terrible proposition. Once the flow out starts the demand is there, and unfortunately demand and subsequently money speaks. I fear for the day when Ohio / Great Lakes water is depleted to the point of not being able to use ports or other amenities. It's unfortunate that our government allowed for not so smart growth to occur in the West, but I don't think we should be poaching from other states to rectify misfortunes. They'll need to deal with this through other ways.

I hope Strickland sticks it to Seitz's and Blessing's requests. Punishment for attempting to punish the city. As Jake said, the west side has more than enough parks and ball fields.

Poor Don Burrell. What is he doing at OKI as the Bike / Pedestrian guy if OKI is auto-oriented only? Kudos to Anderson Township and the Park District. I wish the park district would be much more involved in creating a shared use network than they currently are, since compared OKI, the Hamilton County Engineer is significantly more auto-oriented.

This is the most exciting statement I've heard in a while. Great job with all you've done, John!

^^^Those photos do indeed add perspective to the section of roadway. Perhaps there is not an engineering issue, after all. It would be interesting though to see the crash history at that curve. Incident reports speak volumes about the problems being experienced. They're often rather telling. You could find out that there is a disproportionate number of people driving under the influence, or you could find that people are just being unwise in their choice of speed / control. Of course, that's all speculation, but I'd hope given the apparent number of incidents by your house that Fort Wayne DOT or equivalent is looking at that section of roadway.

As the pope says, there seems to be an engineering / enforcement issue at that section of roadway. There are many, many, low cost intersection safety improvements that can be done to ensure that something tragic does not occur when there actually is someone on the greenway. Your photos could open some eyes regarding the safety of the section of roadway for pedestrians, in addition to motorists.

Pete Witte seems to be bitter about what is happening to his neighborhood (and he should be). I completely disagree with using the Banks to stage discussion on what should be a regional issue. I wholeheartedly agree with what Mayor Mallory said: It should be a county issue, not just a throw section 8 people in Cincinnati. I'd like Mr. Witte to have the audacity to say the same stuff when some housing development occurs in Indian Hill, Hyde Park, or Madeira. I feel sorry for what is happening to the West Side in Cincinnati, but Witte needs to pick a better time to delve into this county wide issue.

Is he serious? Doesn't he realize that our infrastructure is in disrepair and as far as I am aware of the gas tax funds the transportation budget. Last time I checked... ASCE gave our infrastructure horribly low marks. I guess what I am trying to say is cut defense spending before raping the Federal Transportation Budget.

I don't know why there are 4 signals per onramp, other than that it's as prescribed in the Plan Insert Sheet. I have a reasoning as to why those signal heads are turned around though... in Ohio an unpowered traffic signal is to be treated as an all way stop. I imagine that the ORC probably applies to these signals as well, so it could technically be that you'd have to make a stop before passing the ramp meter.

These are the exact same meters that they use in the Atlanta area...except I don't understand the purpose of having lights facing both directions. Anyone have any rationale behind that? This Plan Insert Sheet implies that the signals **should** all face the same direction. I imagine that they probably will all face the same direction by the time they start operation.

Given the nature of the work, I imagine that ODOT got this project done for a relatively cheap cost by allowing the contractor all the time in the world. Also, these lights look like two section polycarbonate heads to me... am I missing something? They look better than those in Columbus, that's for sure.

And that is the biggest problem that will hit Las Vegas and many other Desert Cities in the next 10 years. Water is a commodity that in Ohio can be taken for granted, but in a place like Vegas the growth rate of the city is extremely dependent on the consumption and recharge rates of water in the area. With an arid climate like Vegas, it will be only a matter of time before the consumption rate of Vegas / any other desert city completely overwhelms the recharge rate. Will it kill the growth of Las Vegas? Maybe, maybe not, but when the price of water in Vegas costs an inordinate amount of money relative to other cities one will have to wonder what it means for Sin City.

Haha... this is hilarious in the most terrible of ways. This is what happens when you let Green Township be involved in the design process. The funniest thing about this is that the improvements occurring this year DON'T take that property, and there is no funding as it is currently to do major improvements at the intersection. This is just Green Township getting rid of something they view as a nuisance.

I'm a traffic engineer... what interest do I have in supporting the streetcar... yet I do... There is a lot more here than being left wing extremists. Providing viable transportation alternatives is crucial in the modern world, and with each passing day the cost of driving / maintaining roads increases. I'm not saying let's abandon the roads, but rather we as a society need to think multimodally. The subway... let's talk the story of the subway. In the 1920s, Cincinnati was one of the most corrupt cities in the US, led by Boss Cox. His corruption led to Murray Seasongood and the Charterite Movement, which eventually killed the corruption. Unfortunately, Boss Cox gave a lot of his friends contracts on the Subway. These contracts were completed slowly and horribly overbudget, which eventually killed the subway once Seasongood took over. The subway was approved in the mentality that corruption would not kill the project, yet that is exactly what happened. Without a completed project, it took years to pay off the work when it would have taken much less had the line been running. Times are different. People pay for the privilege to use the roads all the time. What is the worth and benefit of these roads. When does the cost of maintaining them lead us to consider alternatives? I would hope that we think of viable alternatives now before it is too late.

Did anyone ask him about where he thinks gas needs to go before cars become an undesirable mode? That... would have been a great question. Where is his research that shows that investment in roads will provide the necessary benefits in the future? If they were done, what was assumed for the price of gas? Good lord, a man placing his faith blindly in roads, when the lifeblood of this infrastructure is being ever scarce. Such bold recommendations to pimp Highways when there is so much uncertainty now in the benefits.

Be careful who you point fingers at for this interesting development. Turns out there is more to the story regarding Wagon Wheel than you know.

The signal was first installed on 5-10-50. The plan was drawn to show the new geometrics on 12-19-88. It appears as though the signal as it is today was approved for installation on 10-1-91. There are your "stump your friends with random trivia" content for today. Enjoy!