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Those pictures were great Jake. Thanks for posting em.

She seemed to have good things to say about the streetcar at the dinner on Friday night. So did Mann.

Nice.

The fact that politicians made a decision based on facts is (sadly) refreshing out of this whole ordeal. In today's political climate, it seems as most on both sides of the aisle are planted in ideology instead of thinking critically and giving the other side some credit where it's due and making a decision based on that. What happened yesterday took courage and for that, my respect has been earned.

Congratulations Cincinnati!

You guys are fast. It was 42s ago on my Twitter feed and you both already posted. LOL

Indiana doesn't want him....

Just watching from afar, but a lot of the comments being relayed on Twitter paint opposition in very negative light. Mostly negative emotional pleas instead of fact based speeches.

Most of us are on the same side of this debate and look at how this data is diced down already? Let the stakeholders handle this. It will come out better that way

Construction projects in EVERY city across the country cause disruptions to business. This is nothing new.

Construction of rail projects can resemble chaos at times (like most road projects) but in the end, it comes together and makes sense. Just because there is 6 months between those completion dates doesn't mean much. There is a lot of safety and regulatory work that occurs between end of construction and actual operation. Cars need pulled along the track and tested (for instance, so they don't fall over on the 1st day of service), FTA has to sign off, etc. 6 months seems like a long time, but the presence of the line will be quiet impactful with testing and final finishing touches being made.

Just got press release from the City covering all the recent posts. Issuing of construction contract imminent. About damn time

I saw the bid request. There was some terminology in there about the final utility relocation. I am guessing this is the engineering/design side of things?

If you have been at this forum long enough to debate the merits of the streetcar and cannot answer your own question as to why the city didnt simply craft this line as BRT, then you shouldn't be discussing the merits of the streetcar...

If they are going to use that argument, we should be tearing down power lines everywhere. One can drive down any street anywhere in the country where power lines are too close to the road, and be affected by the same thing. Using this as an argument against rail is grasping at straws...