KyleCincy

For some State institution projects forever they could not do design build. They had to jump through all kinds of construction hoops, like all steel has to be made in America, prevailing wage paid on all subcontracts, and a bunch of other junk. X is private, and they hired Opus to build Cintas. With construction reform now signed into law it will help to lower costs. OSU completed a monster project using design build.

Nati, I think some portions of Vine, even going up this hill, are good candidates for redevelopment. But not every section of a route has to be developed to capacity.

This was Qualls's position, and in the end it created delays and opened the door to more of the ensuing insanity that may not have happened otherwise. I remember the article. Everyone was attacking it when you posted it, assuming it was anti-Cincinnati streetcar. I pointed out that it actually would support the Cincinnati streetcar. Personally, I am leaning toward the idea that the Uptown link should be done via a tunnel. I know it sounds politically unpalatable (especially after Tuesday), and it might be, but I think it's worth at least studying. And assuming the cost is less than maybe $500m, there should be a full push by supporters, as much media-whoring as humanly possible, and a ballot referendum to secure funding and make it happen. Maybe do like KC did and make a special tax district in Downtown and Uptown to pay for it. Try to get UC and the hospitals to publicly back the idea. Not an engineer so not sure about a Tunnel. But you are correct about getting UC, the pill hill crowd into this. I think the mistake city leaders made was (and some know the story better than I) hey we can only get this much money so we only do Downtown-OTR. Hold off for more money. The other mistake is the economic development along the route pitch. Yeah some of that will happen but you have to have butts in those seats, getting on and off. I also think the average joe bystander or voter looks at a larger route uptown as making more sense. Anyway I hope it happens so I can ride the car to UC for football games some day, as I am moving to 8th Street in 2 - 3 weeks..... at least I can walk to PBS as UC is playing all home there next season.

For the streetcar proponents, maybe convincing Cranley and other decision makers that the not only should the project continue it should be expanded. College towns are ideal for public transit because they follow the original purpose of moving people from nearby suburbs to the CBD. Students tend to live in clustered housing near the university, their primary destination. Of the 30 most transit-efficient cities in the U.S. (defined by the number of passenger trips per mile of transit service provided), 16 are college towns such as Athens, Iowa City, Chapel Hill, and Ann Arbor. The other 14 are mainly large, dense cities with excellent rail transport such as San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C. (all of which also have significant student populations, though not the 25 percent threshold I use to classify college towns). The highest and best use for a streetcar system is to connect dense student housing, a university, a functioning downtown, and a regional shopping venue, hospital, or other large attractor in a community of around 100,000 people. Athens, Gainesville, Norman, and Bloomington are ideal for this type of alignment (as is Lansing, which has opted to build a bus rapid transit system). We already have models for how to do this. Three systems in France provide exactly this kind of service: LeMans, Orleans, and Reims carry between 35,000 and 48,000 trips daily on systems that have between 6.9 and 11.2 miles of track. These streetcars—called tramways there—not only serve universities and downtowns but also take advantage of the tram’s small footprint by wending between buildings, using rights of way that are useless to larger mass transit vehicles or automobiles. http://www.insideronline.org/summary.cfm?id=18475 The writer is Samuel L. Scheib, of Trip Planner Magazine. http://www.tripplannermag.com/

I posted a streetcar article on this thread somewhere. The writer is a transportation expert and fan of light rail. What he wrote made sense to me. Street car - light rail overwhelmingly works best between a major university campus / medical center and a central business district, with a population in the adjoining areas of at least 100,000. I think at present, if you look at Pill Hill, University Heights, OTR, Downtown we are closer to 70,000 in population, but it is increasing. From Day 1 I think it should have always included Uptown. I will see if I can repost that article.

OSU fans need the LSU upset more than anything. Baylor could leap ahead of OSU. Baylor's best win is a blowout of ranked Oklahoma, OSU's is a 7 point win against Whisky. On common opposition, Baylor beat Buffalo 70-13, OSU 40-20. Baylor has 2 ranked teams on the schedule, and Texas who could be ranked again at 6-2. As it stands now, OSU has no ranked teams remaining on the schedule, although Michigan could get ranked again. Baylor's remaining SOS is much better than OSU's.

Great idea to post pics of current condition and progress made. Look forward to seeing it.

Curious, whose idea was it for 4 year terms?

The talking heads say more injuries to the lower body because defenders are hitting lower to avoid the targeting rules.

Good idea. Years ago They started marketing some retail space in the upper floors as creative office space. Not sure if they landed any Tenants.

When it first opened up I went over there some, but can't remember the last time other than for a movie. Went to yard house last night to catch some of the UC game. Nice place.

Chris Crocker gets cut by the Bengals every year and they bring him back when DBs get hurt.

Eurokie, I graduated from UC in Urban Planning in 89'. Then and probably now it was not design oriented. I lucked out in that my advisor inside the college instructed me to take strong electives also, so I took a year of Accounting, Economics, and Business Law. If you are interested in UC schedule a visit with the appropriate person at UC- Urban Planning.

Outstanding.

Good for Halloween, So what button do I hit to link a video?

Most expensive Ohio Private Univ. Estimated Gross costs, room/board, etc http://www.collegecalc.org/lists/ohio/most-expensive-in-state-total/

Good points, might make sense to rack up some debt being an Engineering major at Purdue vs. Ball State. But if it is nursing, take the Ball State Scholly. Harvard gives giant tuition discounts to students from families with less means or income.

The best advice to give any kid going to college, who folks are not paying the bill, is to keep you borrowed debt as low as possible. Do as much research as possible related to scholarships. If you can get a 1/2 or full ride to Ball State, WKU, or Indiana State, but you can't at a Big Ten school.........take the scholly. I also don't know why one would rack up private school debt at Centre College, Kenyon, Denison, Wittenberg if you can go to UC, BGSU, Miami, Toledo etc. You can take liberal arts classes at State universities. Work part time during school, Co op some if you can, work full time in the summer, National Guard always has programs that cover tuition. If you are on the hook for borrowed debt don't major in something where you can't get a job.

Jordan is a banger and his TD pass fooled UConn so bad it wasn't even fair.

They are playing him and McClung in the slot at the same time, linebackers can't cover that. If the safety's cheat up McKay, Moore or Morrison can blow right past the defense. 8 different receivers caught balls on Saturday.

Mattingly isn't happy in LA, oh well I hope Price does well.

Nugent hammered that FG. Good weekend, Bengals and Bearcats win.

Another good one. Thanks

I agree related to high demand areas. With the Banks I get it due to the very high construction costs due primarily to the garage.

The number listed on the auditors site is the RMV. The taxes are based on 35% of that number. It is a huge benefit, actually, to the owner if your property is undervalued. Usually if it is undervalued and is sold for a higher amount, the auditor is quick to adjust their value to get additional tax. I don't see the auditor undervaluing a property because of a political agenda. There's nothing to gain, really, and ultimately you're helping your enemy by giving them a tax break. Well, if your goal is to "shrink [government] down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub", one way to accomplish that is to undervalue properties and reduce the amount of income that the city and county get. That lowers rents and would cause the population to increase, though. If you overvalue the 'burbs and undervalue the city more people and businesses will move into the city. That will eventually bringing rents (and property values) back to equilibrium. If my value is 20% lower than market (thereby lowering my taxes), I'm not going to rent for 20% under market. I'll probably rent 5% under to undercut competition but then enjoy my extra 15% margin. Correct rent is market driven, you have competitors. Real Estate taxes are higher in the City than say Anderson Twp. The City funds more stuff than Twps.