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Yes. :-) But I've already lost that battle. I would still like to see the intersection at E55 retained rather than introducing an interstate off-ramp there -- that has to be cheaper than the current off-ramp design.

I wholeheartedly agree -- but if he needs to plan for something taller, why not take the approach followed with 515 Euclid? Build mid-rise with some preparations in place to go higher when it can be better justified. Let's get construction started on the parking garage and lower-level retail to improve the streetscape ASAP!

That lobby would make a grand metro station....

The article actually says that they improved the "service interruptions" interval from 2,800 miles to 6,800 miles by implementing a predictive maintenances program. That's different from saying that that is the goal for a "good" service interval. Good that they're reducing service interruptions -- may it continue to go up!

For reference, KJP's third picture shows the Keith Building across Euclid from The Lumen construction. The Lumen is expected to be 34 floors, but The Keith Building is only 21 floors.

That is an excellent article, but the conclusion fails to note that Republicans do not require roads to pay for themselves. If this community sees an economic benefit from Amtrak's service, they could rally to elect representatives who support Amtrak funding, or they could raise money (taxes) and subsidize the service.

And frequency.

Cleveland Heights recently announced a program to move traffic along Mayfield Road by having fiber-optic controls added to all of the signals, a project that will precede a review of the design of the road itself, including the possibility of a road diet. (Easy -- let's reduce our maintenance costs, Mayfield does not need six lanes by Severance center!) http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-heights/index.ssf/2018/04/cleveland_heights_oks_817000_f.html Several years ago when Taylor Road was resurfaced by Severance the residents asked to have their front lawns increased and the road width decreased. It didn't happen, and I think it was because moving the storm drains and fire hydrants would have added significantly to the cost -- even though maintaining the existing excess lanes of roadway will add future maintenance expense over what is needed. All of that reminded me of this article, which should be a must-read for anyone considering any new road projects and road diets. Driving at lower speeds along more interesting streets is both more productive and more pleasant, and the drive time difference compared to a higher-speed street is small. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/3/16/everyone-knows-we-have-a-traffic-problem

I don't know, skyscrapers are so much more expensive to build than a mid-rise building, from having to deal with wind loads, possible seismic loads, deeper and stronger foundations, not to mention operating and maintaining the elevators, pumping water to the top floors and getting sewage back down. The construction cost is so high that it's hard to imagine that you could rent any of it out as affordable low-end apartments. And if the 50th floor is a disaster, how do you repurpose it for another use? It's probably only suitable as office or apartments/condos. No retail. Can't easily be refurbished for light industrial. Fewer options than a mid-rise building. While a few iconic skyscrapers seem to provide some pride and distinctiveness in a city, overall I think the tax base in Cleveland would be stronger if we built six-story mid-rises on every empty lot downtown than if we built one new 20+ story tower. (There's a research idea for an urban planning student!) I also don't see how building skyscrapers reduces the city's footprint. If we plot the area within the Cleveland metropolitan area, with metropolitan population, and plot when our bigger towers were built, do we see any slowdown in the expanding metropolitan boundary? We'd be better off making the Emerald Necklace continuous and 2-miles wide and just stop subsidizing any development outside that border than building skyscrapers on all the vacant downtown lots. Not that many Clevelanders are going to want to move to downtown.

The median between Chester and MLK on the north side of Euclid has been fenced off and many large trees have been taken down -- anyone know what's going on?

Electric Mini -- looks cool, but how will it drive? https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/03/27/electric-mini-way-next-year/464504002/

Actually, I typically budget 20 minutes to walk the same distance from my office to the courthouse. Sure, it would be less if I just factored in the time it took me to walk from the front door of my building to the front door of the courthouse, but most people aren't. And I'm a fairly quick walker. Google maps says that it is exactly 1 mile from 1900 Euclid to Public Square. Most people walk between 1-2 miles per hour, so that 20 minutes seems accurate enough. It's far enough that a bus ride would be welcome many days.

Yep, paying too much for a company, and then paying high salaries to the management, is not a recipe for success (unless you're the CEO...)

Tesla is not losing money in the same way that the Pentagon loses money. Tesla is making capital investments in plants and equipment, but is not yet generating revenue from that capital investment. The money isn't lost, it just isn't being productive yet. That is why investors are still supporting the price of the stock. If Tesla were spending money only on building cars and was losing money on the cars it was building without pouring billions into capital improvements, then it would be a different story. Ford looks more profitable on paper, but how much is their product line or their production capacity going to change in the next five years compared to Tesla?

We've overbuilt our road system for what we can afford to maintain. Maintenance isn't as exciting as a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new road. There is push-back from some communities, but I think we'll be seeing more road closures and converting paved roads to gravel, etc. in the furture. http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/iowa-takes-the-hard-road/article_a5271d4a-03a5-11e0-baef-001cc4c002e0.html

I disagree, and believe that current development patterns are overly auto-centric and unsustainable. The condition of our current roads and bridges is evidence that we have built more lane-miles of roadway than we can afford to maintain. Making the vehicles on those roads electric or autonomous does not generate more revenue or reduce maintenance costs, and thus will not create a financially-sustainable transportation system.

My biggest objection to this project is the current design and interaction between the end of I-490 and E. 55 -- it seems like a huge added expense there. Is that final?

Yes -- don't you see the sign they put up on the fence!? ;D

And Connie Pillich is out. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/02/13/connie-pillich-ends-gubernatorial-bid-and-endorses-cordray-sole-female-democrat-race-wanted-break-ol/333509002/

I saw a couple “likes” on this article. Is this a good thing that Ferchill sold it? I don’t know Ferchill’s reputation. The sale might provide cash to a local developer for another project, which seems like a good thing. Potentially.

This is another reason why we should be prioritizing passenger rail over auto-centric travel: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amtrak-train-with-311-passengers-derails-in-snowy-savannah-georgia/ http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-injured-multi-car-pileup-buffalo-amid-blizzard/story?id=52103350

We forget history... https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/tax-cuts-dont-lead-to-economic-growth-a-new-65-year-study-finds/262438/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/09/28/i-helped-create-the-gop-tax-myth-trump-is-wrong-tax-cuts-dont-equal-growth and are destined to repeat it. Pay down your debts, a recession is coming.

Since the Home Depot at Severance just renewed their lease this year, and the owners of Severance are marketing the Home Depot portion for sale, I suspect that someone got carried away with the listing. Looks like a simple error.

A train to Cleveland, Columbus, and Pittsburgh connecting at a CAK station would help....

I was watching a whole crowd of Clinic employees cross the new E105 at Carnegie today -- wow, talk about a wide stretch of road to cross. No wonder the new parking garage is getting an elevated walkway to keep those Clinic employees off the street. Is that what we're going to get for the rest of the Opportunity Corridor?