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This will instantly erase those projected census gains.

Maybe the data collectors were just hearing the word "all" in a Cleveland accent and misinterpreted.

Interesting. Apparently people from Cuyahoga County say "y'all" more than the rest of the state: http://www.floatingsheep.org/2014/05/hey-yall-geographies-of-colloquialism.html

After thinking about this, it might be because it would allow the streetcar to continue at-speed onto Vine, though I'm not sure of the technicalities here.

Why gates and not just (painted) stop bars? I have usually just seen stop bars, plus priority signals, for LRT crossings.

There are a number of ways to do it, which would probably be determined by ridership forecasting. It might even work differently depending on time of day or weekday vs. weekend, like PATH trains do (they have overnight/weekend schedules). Check out the blue/yellow line and its operating times: http://www.panynj.gov/path/maps.html

I am sure you know who the rail zealots are. Those who are constantly advocating rail transportation no matter what. There may be a future for rail, but I frankly don't believe it is here and now. If gasoline prices keep increasing OK, but it will take a national initiative on the scale of the Interstate Highway System to make it happen. That is a huge endeavor and extremely political. All of these local proposals are also extremely political, why do you think they are going nowhere? I don't know who you're talking about. The consensus among rail advocates seems to be that the rail portion of the Eastern Corridor is a bad investment.

This anecdote illustrates the point perfectly. Your daughter would likely be buying a house in some newly minted greenfield subdivision out east if SR-32 (or I-74) were extended out that way. Instead she is looking to purchase in an established community. Hence the floodgates I was talking about if the Eastern Corridor plan comes to fruition. But look at the original sprawl communities, like North College Hill, Springdale, Fairfield, Forest Park, Monfort Heights, Mt. Healthy. You probably wouldn't consider them safe enough. What happens to Mason when the 2x4 & drywall construction starts to crumble? Sprawl subsidies (like SR-32) remind me a lot of the claims about how America has become full of people dependent on the state, so they vote for more handouts. That's exactly what I hear you saying when I hear the refrain "the majority wants roads." The majority wants their handouts. That doesn't make appeasing the majority a sound investment. Although, in this case, it doesn't even seem like the majority wants it. Certainly not in the Hamilton County communities it would allegedly "serve." Edit: "The bottom line is that the type of development that’s been ongoing [in most American communities] can’t ever generate enough tax revenue to pay to provide the infrastructure, amenities, and services necessary to support it." - Aaron Renn

Great photo tour, jmeck!

Just who are these "rail zealots" disappointed by the prospect of the Oasis line not being built?

http://www.geekwire.com/2014/amazons-bezos-suburban-hq-wrong-decision/

In theory, if we did everything Portune is trying to put in the pipeline, you could have a one-seat ride from Newtown and other points east to the airport. So even if you had to drive to a train station, it wouldn't be Downtown parking rates. In fact, you'd probably save as opposed to parking at the airport, since suburban park & rides would most likely be free. Then if they actually make nice access to the terminals from the train (the US doesn't tend to do this well), you'd likely have less walking w/ luggage than if you parked in one of the airport lots.

I agree that a line to the airport should not be the top LRT priority. Though it's worth noting Downtown is the city's main transit hub, so there's that. I've ridden buses to train stations to catch a train to an airport countless times. Never felt I was carrying my luggage for any distance close to how much I have to carry it at the actual airport, so that concern is mostly bogus.

Almost all cities I fly to have a rail connection between the airport and the city center. Funny how most of the world seems to find it useful. I guess they're all idiots.

Very good. So encouraging to see the Enquirer taking on a road project. I think they missed some things, though. Most of the projects they recommend spending money on instead are also unnecessary. The only really necessary one is the Western Hills Viaduct. They didn't mention sprawl as a reason this is an unsustainable boondoggle. Related to that, I think what they say about improvements to I-75 having more tangible and immediate development effects is dead wrong. SR-32 would have the more immediate development effects, because I-75 has long passed diminished returns on development vs. increasing capacity. SR-32, OTOH, is absolutely ripe to kick off a sprawlfest, should these plans go forward. Eastern HamCo and Clermont have largely avoided the rampant sprawl that has infected the north, south, and most recently (with I-74) the western suburbs. This project would open the floodgates. Neither development from a widened I-75 nor a relocated and expanded SR-32 are desirable development, though, as they'd ultimately only serve to spread our metro's resources thinner and thinner.

I'm fortunate to not have much of a sweet tooth, and the only totally predictable sugar I have each day is that tsp of honey (probably less, actually) in my coffee. Though I might totally pig out on a dessert on occasion. On days where I go over the 10g, I probably go way over -- like double or triple! I definitely eat too much meat, though.

That's the place! ;)

^ MSD project hasn't started, which is why people should demand for it to be reworked to include transit and TOD. Remember, we live in Cranistan, where it's never too late to change anything.

Ok I looked it up. 8 oz. serving has 24g; the almighty Internet (some q&a site) says a gram of table sugar is about 4.2 tsp. So that's a little less than 6 tsp in 8 oz. Bump the oz. up to 12 and you're at 8.5 tsp, slightly less than Coke! Tropicana OJ (I figure that's a typical juice people drink daily) has 22g per 8 oz., so it's in the same ballpark. About 8 tsp. Yep, what I've heard is true: drinking juice is about as bad as drinking Coke when it comes to sugar content.

^ Makes sense, as I have to think CVG will be the end of the line if PFCs are in play for anything more than a station (i.e. if they pay for track). Won't be any other way of getting to Florence. I still think it would be hilarious if the Creation Museum gets on board. They'd have to foot the bill for track thru CVG, most likely. But it's not out of the realm of possibility for them to tap their fundraisers in a quest for prominence. Though I guess they could have chosen a closer-in location if they were at all concerned about accessibility.

Maybe the Creation Museum wants a stop. They have deep pockets!

It doesn't matter; they must exclusively serve the airport. The EWR station was built using PFCs, and -- despite being next to a residential neighborhood -- it's illegal to create access from the street to the station. Even though that wouldn't hurt service to the airport/flyers at all (and people arriving from the street might even be flyers just looking to hop on the monorail to the terminals). But if you're talking about a transit line, how can you have a destination from CVG without serving something else? Suppose you only have one stop downtown and one at CVG, you're still serving that stop downtown, right? In that case, everyone using the track/stations the PFCs paid for is either going to or coming from the airport. So that is allowed.

Yikes. I like the soundtrack. :) I'm actually more curious about juice, since I don't drink pop. But I've mostly stopped drinking juice, too, and I water it down when I do (to avoid all the sugar). I still put honey in my coffee, though! Hopefully that's not so bad.

It doesn't matter; they must exclusively serve the airport. The EWR station was built using PFCs, and -- despite being next to a residential neighborhood -- it's illegal to create access from the street to the station. Even though that wouldn't hurt service to the airport/flyers at all (and people arriving from the street might even be flyers just looking to hop on the monorail to the terminals). This should certainly be possible, but I believe it would have to be done in discrete segments. So maybe OKI cobbles together funds to get from the RTC to a couple stops in Covington and Florence. Then the PFCs cover from Florence to CVG. That should be how it's done, if it's done.

The problem with using PFCs is that any infrastructure paid for with them may only serve the airport. So, for example, if they were used to pay for the rail segment from the riverfront transit center to CVG, there could be no stops serving NKY neighborhoods.