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So nothing was learned from the Euclid debacle at all... because here we go blazing ahead without planning things out or making the necessary arrangements to deliver on promises. Regime change is desparately needed at RTA.

Our transit needs are too serious for such an expensive "beautification endeavor." If RTA wants to enhance people's transit experience, and we somehow have $10 million(!) to spend... let's spend it on actual transit.

^ and v... Strongly agree.

Why so personal? Attacking people's appearance? We're talking about a road project. Three things: 1) I still work and pay taxes in Cleveland, and 2) I do have formal traffic planning experience, and 3) There are many living in the area who question this project as I do. Is there anything less controversial we could pursue? Something like quality TOD at 117th? Also, it seems like the "car potato" question was a valid one, given that RTA is a transit agency and this is supposedly a transit project. The non-answer he recieved suggests that transportation was an afterthought in planning this.

This is the sort of plan I really like, and I'm glad the CDC and Urban League are supporting it. Maybe the tide is finally turning for Cleveland's commercial districts.

Not clear how the traffic pattern remains unaltered by a median that complicates left turns, and we've been promised signal timing before. I don't think the bus lane is a big deal, but for the same reason I don't see why it's necessary. Flexibility is a good thing. This is not about people who live far away in the suburbs. And I would not get overly excited about screwing up someone else's trip to work.

Am I reading that correctly, that the landmarks commission already said no and they're appealing it?

I've seen stranger things, but my money's on stick a fork in him.

Glad I moved out before this got underway. I hope Lake Avenue enjoys traffic.

Not clear how you arrived at that conclusion. And if that were true, why would the Republican party and its surrogates be so intent on keeping political balance away from the redistricting process? Doesn't add up.

You are absolutely right about zoning reform, and there's a separate thread here for that, but I'd be surprised if our current zoning would hold up a restaurant in the WHD.

It only makes sense that way if gerrymandered. When the population is split about 50/50 politically, the representation should also be. Only by drawing the lines to exacting specifications could there be such a divergence as we currently have. Population density does not change each person's right to representation. Has nothing to do with it.

I don't care what they did wrong on paperwork, March was a long time ago. Paperwork should never be that hard.

Under this theory, representation is apportioned by livestock. Under the one man / one vote principle, 50k people living in a city should have just as many representatives as 50k people spread across 4 counties.

Every time I see the Stars & Bars, I immeidately think of pilgrims.

Good job!

Free rent could be huge in places like downtown Cleveland, where foot traffic is constantly moving past empty storefronts. And filling storefronts in outlying neighborhoods can create foot traffic where there hasn't been any in years. There will never be foot traffic if there's nowhere to go. The desitinations must come first, then the traffic. People cannot be coerced to gather together and wait in barren commercial districts. But rebuilt commercial districts can draw traffic from outside their immediate area. Free rent can help get us there.

The first black president gets most of the black votes in a country that openly oppressed blacks for centuries? OMG! They're all racist!

Good call! Perfect use for the building too.

Would there be room for something like that on the JD Byrider lot? Heinens would be great on that corner (where are you hearing this), but didn't the Giant Eagle complain about parking? They wanted to tear down the church for more I thought. Maybe that was just a dog and pony show to break their lease. I don't think housing saturation should be a major worry anywhere in Cleveland. Moreover, I think housing saturation is a worthy goal. Anywhere in Cleveland. Stack em up. Let's go. Every time I bring up supporting retail, the problem is that we don't have enough people concentrated in a little place. Let's do it right here. Got a good head start already. Supposedly that's the only reason an already densely populated middle class urban neighborhood on the lake has so little retail.

Industrial shipping lanes? Pish posh. Your mind's in the 1950s! We have apartments to tear down, we have roads to reformat, we have greenspace to install. Focus on priorities!

These places you list as future battlegrounds... I do not think they are. The national popular vote wasn't quite 50/50 and neither was Ohio's. Electorally, the difference is substantially wider. And that's WITH a non-quantifiable bigotry edge against the winner. Just imagine without. I'm perfectly fine calling the Democrats a regional fringe party, so long as we recognize that their region is where most of the people live and their fringe is the majority of the electorate.

By regional fringe party, I meant nationally rather than state. Our state is notable for being about 50/50. The electoral college isn't, however, and my analysis of trends is that more states are becoming reliably blue, even as most red states become even more reliably red. These trends point to a Republican party that is consistently strong in the SE, plains and mountain states... but consistently below majority in most other states, and therefore nationwide.

^^ I have no doubt that subsidies are needed to get the results we're looking for. But development subsidies are somewhat common, here and everywhere else, and I believe the issue is what we choose to do with them. As long as we have our current leaders, poor decisions will continue to be made.

Yes. No. I like Lee Fisher, but he's never been a strong candidate. Even so, Portman was carried on the Tea Party tide. He's not a strong candidate at all... even tone-deaf Mitt Romney was able to recognize that. Portman's biggest problem is supporting an economic theory that less and less people believe in. Aside from that, the other trend I'm pointing to is demographics. Things do not look good for the GOP as it's currently constituted.