natininja

Please, please, please keep thinking that! It's beautiful!

The progressives in this city need to get P.G. out of politics. He is poison. Send him to SLC to run an Olympic committee.

Looks pretty nice from the pics. I always wonder, though, when I see an impressive photo thread: Is that all there is? Or is it the tip of the iceberg? Or somewhere between those two extremes?

As well as Indy, and possibly others.

Since there are very few pragmatic libertarians, I don't think they generally see the status quo as the only or even primary alternative. They would have no trouble envisioning and advocating for a world where all public transit is privatized. Your point about urbanists lumping together "not car" modes is very true, and probably something which will need to be addressed at some point. The general response seems to be that usage-based highway pricing is essentially just a tax-rise, which libertarians oppose. Unless roads were privately owned, which is even more politically inviable, it would take a revolution in libertarian thought to support usage-based pricing.

I really hope they can find their way. What an institution! Since 1871!

Wowowowowowow! I thought that would either sit vacant for years or become a charter school. This is incredible!

If all of Cincinnati were contained in the same district, the district would likely be Democratic. If all of Hamilton County were in the same district, it would almost definitely be Democratic. The way District 1 and District 2 split the city is ridiculous, and obviously done just to preclude a Democratic district. The silly jog from western HamCo to Warren County is completely absurd. And then there's that little tail thrown in for good measure (off the jogging portion), which I really don't know what that's all about.

Every time I see the shape of District 1, I want to throw things. Any reasonable and fair way of drawing districts would yield a blue district in SWO.

What is your definition of "between Chicago and East Coast"?

Sodomy laws don't mean anything after the Texas ruling. Sometimes cities are liberal when a state is not (again, see Texas: Austin). Didn't know Boise was pro-gay. Good thing for Larry Craig, I guess.

Isn't that from the Frankenchrist album packed with Penis Landscape? Tipper Gore would not approve!

E&S: Here is something similar, but it's a city hall rather than a state capitol. http://goo.gl/maps/XyXVr

^ Noooo! New posts, please.

^ Thanks. Good to see some variation from the green. Though those pics, once again, emphasize how much nicer colored asphalt is! I could dig some royal purple asphalt for the Queen City.

I like purple. :-)

Yes, that video shows what I hope we end up with eventually. (Nice video, thanks.) Paint and thermoplastic just aren't very attractive. Know of anywhere that uses green asphalt? That seems to be the color cities are converging on for bike lanes in the US. Seems like something cities could switch around to make something a little more unique, but green is all the rage. I remember reading that Portland or some such city tried using blue, but switched to green in order to make cycling lanes more distinct from handicapped parking spots. NYC and other cities (apparently Cincinnati among them) have followed the green trend. I'm afraid of the aesthetics of curbs we will end up with for cycle tracks. They're going to be hideous, just watch.

You make good points. Still, I think it is important in the long run for cyclists to have a stronger marker of their claim to a portion of the road. Since the goal of dedicated infrastructure is primarily to get more cyclists on the road, what is psychologically appealing to a potential cyclist is more important than highlighting conflict points for motorists. More cyclists on the road will do more for the visibility and safety of cyclists than anything that merely improves safety for a constant number of cyclists. My bet is a fully painted lane would inspire more people to hop on a bike than a lane highlighted at a few points. Still, more lanes in general (since funding is limited) is probably better than one highly-appealing lane. I wonder what the difference of long-term costs of maintenance for a lane of thermoplastic sheets is versus a lane using a colored asphalt (as is common in western Europe). It seems the American strategy is to get the network done as quickly as possible in paint and then (theoretically) upgrading later with higher quality materials. Since no city I know of seems to be to the point of a seriously upgrading materials, I've yet to see how this strategy works. I would like to see a rogue city taking the opposite approach and creating high quality infrastructure in strategic locations and then branching out from there, for a point of comparison. No one seems to be doing that, though, which I suspect is due at least in part to a lack of standards available for fully tricked-out cycling infrastructure. Temporary, experimental infrastructure is a loophole being used to get around a lack of engineering standards.

The beast is starved. Now we call it the fiscal cliff.

Great point. The worst consequence of the detractors not seeing it is people like ERocc getting a rise. The worst consequence of people agreeing with the venom at face value is far more dire. And so, so many people do. Like when Limbaugh went on about Obama's America where black children beat up on white children on school buses with encouragement and impunity. People truly believe that, and it is just plain unhealthy. I am always amazed these people do not frighten away radio and television sponsors. Really, really sad.

What do Cincinnati cyclists think of the green paint on and around the Ludlow Viaduct? http://www.urbancincy.com/2012/11/cincinnati-becomes-second-ohio-city-to-install-green-bike-lanes/ Specifically, what do you think about using the paint exclusively at "conflict points"? Is this a better strategy than painting entire lanes? On the one hand, I see it as a cheap cop-out. On the other hand, maybe there is something to making the lane really pop at certain points, which would be dulled if the color were constant. I think my stronger feeling is the former theory, but I don't know of any studies of the issue. Anybody know of any studies?

Kasich is smoooooooth. He knows how to change positions on issues without being called a flip-flopper. He'll put on any face that he feels the people want in order to win and is excellent at following polls. He's 1000X better than Romney at it. In fact, he knew to stay away from Mandel and Romney because he could sense that they were toxic to his re-election hopes or even to a possible presidential run in '16. Kasich is definitely an interesting cat. He is as you say, but I also honestly think he has some screws loose, which could/should be his undoing.

^ I think you misspelled Chipolte.

No problem with Firefox 16.0.2 here. Running Windows 7.

They still need to get reelected next year.