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What do we do if the streetcar gets too conjested?

I can't figure out why a capped FWW is more dangerous than an uncapped FWW. Helicopter access?

At least she said "leasing" and not "selling."

This is what the troll is inferring he wants to see happen. Ignore it and it will go away.

I'm thinking if he registered to vote in Ohio, he probably got an Ohio DL at the same time. Just guessing, but I myself would do that. Switching voter registration and not the license seems like playing with fire in the age of Big Data. We've even moved beyond big data, though, where now we have right wing ground troops looking to disqualify anyone from voting who might be voting liberal, using their Twitter "proof", lol. Who needs the NSA?

^ What does that mean, though? Sleeping in Cincinnati 30 consecutive nights? Staying within municipal boundaries for 30 days and nights? Are you allowed to go on vacation? Seems rather vague.

Amen, y'all!

Time to apply for historic designation is now, not after permits are applied for. Gogogogogo

ITT: A forest of strawmen

The Contemporary Arts Center was within the past decade (barely), if that counts. That's gotta be the most recent "star."

^ That link is broken. Good news, though. Man, it would be awesome if Cincinnati could get multiple daily trains to Chicago.

We'll never have another humorous moment on here if the standard for funny is a thread featuring men in low-rise capri jeans. We just need to place that in a category all its own and move on... Fine. How about we call that category "Funniest Thread"?

Must be a particular brand of humor. Funniest thread for me is the Greek one.

I'm fine with taking home leftovers. I know an elderly gent who proudly has never taken home any leftover food, like it's classless to do so. Tell that to people who can't afford to eat!

^ I probably wouldn't have noticed the event, in that case. Though I wouldn't have said "you know, this would have been better off in Washington Park!" I'm sure there are hoity-toity events in the burbs all the time. Let me say now I am not complaining about them not being in Washington Park, whatever and wherever they might be. Last year it was in Lytle, and didn't receive the same criticism (certainly not the same amount). So I think the dichotomy you've defined is a false one.

I appreciate your willingness to come here, but this point struck me as odd. by this reasoning, any editorial that caused people to talk would be considered "effective", no matter how incorrect its factual assumptions were or how incendiary its language was. No. The metric she proposed is "organizers being aware that location also influences the perception." I can't speak to the editorial, but it doesn't seem to me the attendees had any say whatsoever in the venue. If I paid good money to attend and later found myself distastefully placed in Washington Park, I could either a) leave and suck up the cost, b) leave and try to get a refund (which could be a big hassle for little beneficial impact), or c) stay because I spent money, time, and effort to be there. Frankly, I wouldn't personally hold it against anyone for not jumping into the White Knight role in those circumstances, though I'd see it as noble to do so. (Pun very much intended.) I don't know if Paige meant to lash out at attendees or not, but I do not mean to do so with my own criticisms.

Agree to disagree on this, I guess. I believe it was insensitive to overlook the implications. I basically agree with this. But I think it's bad enough to call them out on it. Maybe other people will think twice about doing something similar. It's not like anyone is suggesting some course of action be taken against the organizers. So the pro-DeB people are basically arguing that the "bad optics" should not so much as be commented upon. Enough that we're talking about it. Whether future event organizers will take note of this or not remains a question. My hope is that enough people are talking about it that people looking to host an event act more sensitively in the future. That won't happen without this dialogue.

What do you mean by "whiteness"? The fancy white clothes and their symbolic representation of wealth and white privilege of the vast majority of attendees.

There is a dialogue about what is appropriate in terms of investment in the neighborhood. But that discussion is completely different. I definitely take a critical eye to what 3CDC does, but on balance I think they're bringing more benefit than harm. OTOH, simply bringing the DeB to another venue would not have hurt the event much, but would have avoided the blow-back. 3CDC investing in another neighborhood? That would erase most of the benefit of what it's doing. As for the event organizers not considering the impact of their choice of venue? They should have, if they did not. The fact would only further confirm the charge of insensitivity.

If fares start coming into the general orbit of where other airports' fares are, I can only imagine O&D going higher and higher. So long as fares remain significantly higher than DAY, IND, CMH, and SDF, CVG won't see its potential. The bit about Frontier and Ultimate being "noteworthy advancements" is fluff. They do very little on their own to change the game. The noteworthy advancement seems to be that Delta's ever-tightening grip may have hit a sustainable bottom (or, less likely, an inflection point), despite retaining the highest airfares in the country.

I'm totally willing to let it go, but it's aggravating how people on one side of the debate seem to be throwing out false equivalencies between the Dinner in White and any number of other events (most free, inexpensive, or not-for-profit; all of which not having whiteness as a central theme). There seem to be two discussions going on -- 1) the veracity of UrbanCincy's facts, which I don't wish to defend or care much about; 2) the appropriateness of the venue for this event, for which many of the participants in the discussion from one side (pro-DeB people) seem to not care or are unable to look honestly at the issue from the perspective of the other side. Sure the organizers do and should have the right to put on such an event at WashPark. But they do not have the right to do so without being called out on the inappropriateness of their choice of venue. They should have just done it again at Lytle Park. Parade your whiteness somewhere less controversial.

The whole thing is like... White, white, white...in case you didn't get it, WHITE! And look, we're almost all white. See that? And we're asserting our WHITE presence in this neighborhood. See? We can do that now, because this park has been made nice for us. White, white, WHIIIIITE!!! The fact that it is destined to be interpreted that way means holding the event there was insensitive. The symbolism is too strong to ignore.

More like it's on the edge of rail yards and swamp. There is already housing within a few hundred meters of the station., yet the station is completely not designed to be walked or biked to. https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=secaucus+junction\&data=!1m4!1m3!1d6380!2d-74.0775056!3d40.7628325!2m1!1e3!4m10!1m9!4m8!1m3!1d3187!2d-74.074361!3d40.76164!3m2!1i1445!2i810!4f13.1&fid=7 It's also the only commuter rail station I know of that you can't see someone off on the platform. It feels like going through an airport security checkpoint when you go through the ticket gates, which often have NJT police manning them (presumably to help people having issues, but still it's unfriendly). It has a very post-9/11 security state feel to it, combined with an anti-walk/bike exterior. I can't believe anyone would point at it as a good model.

Did you read the UrbanCincy piece?

You're joking, right? The Secaucus station is a monstrosity, and a huge step away from making transit appealing. It's more airline terminal than rail station, complete with anti-TOD design.