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They actually work great in places like the Twin Cities and Los Angeles. The idea is to keep the freeway moving and not allowing a thousand cars enter at the same time. Pretty simple and smart. I would like to see these put in all over Cincinnati.

As far as Atlanta, piece of cake! I have hit Atlanta at 7 A.M. twice (going to Sarasota and Orlando). Sure I-75 came to a stop once before I-285, not a big deal. Take I-285 on the west side of town south and then back to I-75. I-285 moved and do I mean moved, probably 80 MPH. Shouldn't be a big problem as the west part of I-285 is by far the least traveled. Plus you get to drive under the runway around ATL! Have a fun trip, usually around 14 hours to Orlando! Plus, no rush on Sunday!

The Power Manager is a no brainer. Most times your AC isn't even on when the cycling is in effect and it is only off for a very short period of time. Plus Duke pays you for it.

The signs north of I-275 on I-75 were showing detour to I-275 east to I-71 south, then to I-471. Yet, majority of the traffic continued on south 75. The sign said delay up to one hour. Stupid people and truckers.

Um, in evaluation summary, it mentions One River Plaza as a property that needs to be displaced. Since it isn't built, does the developer make changes to accommodate the rail line, or does the rail line move? Overall, I am disappointed in the length of the line (1.4 miles), but I do like the look of the trains.

^They do this in the Twin Cities and it can make a big difference when traffic is sitting on 35W.

I saw some smoke as I was walking home from class. Headed down Marshal toward McMicken and I can honestly say that this thing was huge! I was in the parking lot at the D&M Mart(?) and the two story structure was totally engulfed and flames were 30 feet above the roof line. It wasn't like a couple of fires going, the entire area was fire. The fire engines were driving down McMicken with fire hoses connected to hydrants a couple blocks down, they didn't have enough water! Then the power transformers started to pop, which was cool and colorful, except McMicken is a small, skinny road and the FF were shooting water at the fire and the transformers were blowing right next to them. Soon enough the cops came and told use to move further back. All in all, its sad that the business was lost, but thats what insurance is for. Lucky, the brick structure survived, but I don't know how much interior damage there is.

Cincinnati's Shriners Children's Hospital has possibly the best burn unit in the country. Naturally, in a disaster like that, special care will definitely be required. The Shriners is right next to Cincinnati Children's and no doubt the two work together.

I don't think Tri-County is going anywhere, it lost one major store that has a new model and JCPenney stock price has reflected their change in business model. Now Cincinnati Mills and Northgate, who knows. Northgate seems old and outdated, not good with the new Towne Centre (SP? I don't know if we use old English or American English anymore).

So with the eastern corridor project, I am confused on what is being built. Will both the freeway and rail be built? As much as I hate to say it, build the freeway and relocate the rail plan for downtown to the north. The northern suburbs will continue to out pace the east side and also has existing rail lines that could be looked at. Also, what is the cost difference of using diesel commuter trains vs. electric light rail trains?

As far as going to CVG, I think a BRT line would be effective until a more permanent line could be established. You would think TANK would establish at least a more sustainable route from CVG to downtown, with keeping stops in Covington.

^ I doubt NKY will ever build a rail system. Read back the beginning of the thread. No local option tax for transportation. So it would take a large initiative to build a link to the airport.

While I agree with John that the main focus on the Eastern Corridor was obviously to build the Red Bank connector to S.R. 32, but I don't think I-74 will continue on this "freeway". As far as diesel trains, it does seem silly to use this option and I would prefer smaller, light rail, electric trains, if it is what gets built, I will hardly complain. What I really want to know and hear everyone's opinion on is what will get built first or at all among this options: 1. Downtown-OTR-UC streetcar project. Most likely as a 2-3 phase project. 2. Downtown-Milford Commuter rail. Using diesel trains. Future expansion lines to the north and west. 3. Downtown-Blue Ash light rail project. (Should have been passed 5 years ago, but we decided that Mike Brown needed a new stadium to put the county in debt). I personally loved this project because it would connect all the major business centers and help redevelop the neighborhoods along the line.

As Gannet (Also in the running to buy WKRC from C.C.) owns the Enquirer, E.W. Scripts owns the Post and Cox owns the Daily. At the end of this year, as many of you know, the Post will no longer exist. So, if Scripts and Cox can form a deal similar to what Gannet and Scripts had, we could see a Metro newspaper. How likely is it, I would say slim, as the newspapers are slowly dying to new forms of news, such as the UrbanOhios of the world. I would rather read the opinion of hundreds instead of a single person, it lets me know that not everyone worships our current leaders.

Here is the website of the District 8 (Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Greene, Clermont, Preble and Clinton Counties) Public Involvement Meeting Schedule http://www.dot.state.oh.us/dist8/planning/PI%20meetings.htm. It has meeting times and locations, along with PDFs of some projects, including the Monroe SPUI. The Monroe overpass and the piers were widened, along with an increase in height. The SPUI should be started in 2008 with the widening project. I would suspect a SPUI would be built at the Western Hills Viaduct with the Brent Spence Bridge Project. As far as rail, I would absolutely love to see it, but will I, who knows. I am 20 right now, so if I still live around here in 20 years, I still won't expect to see it!

Wal-Mart is definitely beating Kroger as far as going green. Where I am working now, we are building packages for them to reuse the heat from the freezers to heat the building and domestic water. They are replacing about 10 air handling units that required a separate gas and electric feed to control the air with one water unit that supplies each air handler with hot and cold water, which is much more efficient. They are adding solar panels and using special paints in the stores.

I don't believe that building design has anything to do with it, most IKEA stores and almost all big box stores are masonry structures. Like I said, it is coming down to land agreement because if the issue was design, I guarantee that a "Coming Soon" sign would be on the lot. I work across the freeway from the site and if I hadn't read about the project, I would assume nothing was going on the site. And you should know better, WC doesn't adhere to "Design" standards!

WTF are you talking about? WC wouldn't have anything to do with this. The land is owner by Schumacher-Duggan, not WC. So IKEA has to buck up and meet what SD wants for the land. The roads upgrades are happening this summer, so WC would have been ready for the store in the fall/winter.

IKEA Opening Delayed Last Update: Mar 1, 2007 6:24 PM If you've been looking forward to shopping at IKEA this fall, you'll now have to wait until Spring 2008. The Swedish company, known for affordable, functional furniture, has experienced some delays in building its first Ohio store in West Chester. IKEA says the store will be a huge regional draw with design ideas, a supervised children's play area and a 300 seat restaurant. The delay is blamed several factors, including negotiations and a road widening project.

I keep my plastic bags and simply return them to the store. Wal-Mart and the like usually have a bag return at the enterence to the store. That why they get recycled bc Rumpke sucks and will not recycle bags.

Monte, you proved my point very well!

Come on guys, you know this is going to be put up as cheap and fast as they can. No disrespect, but this is going next too a mall, nothing more or less. It may be the best place to shop in Cincinnati, but it is a sprawling, single story building. This is what I expected to see get built anyways, this company is also developing the mall in South Lebanon, so don't expect much.

Can you really blame them for leaving? Middletown is forcing out high paying jobs with their income tax. They just raised it again and they wonder why all the big business (AK, Middletown Regional) are leaving the city limits. Once cities (Middletown, Dayton, Cincinnati) figure out that large income tax percentages force out business, the better off they will be. While some tax is OK, most people can agree that they can spend their incomes much more wisely than the government does. Sucks for Middletown, but maybe they'll figure it out soon.

Thank you Ink for the info and again disrupting this thread with irrelevant information! There is shit open all night. Just go walk around Taft or McMillan around 3 a.m. when all the drunks are out!

Check the local news for documentation of the amount of crime at MU. I don't know why MU is being discussed on this thread. I am glad that overpriced MU has 24 dinning, I would much rather support real business than what UC has to offer for food. It is overpriced, along with housing. We all like our respected schools, and it is a fucking waste of time for us who want to read the discussion of the new arena when it is full of comments on MU, OSU and when you can go to the library or eat. Now back to the arena, as was discussed in the sports section a while ago, there has been plans to move CAS (College of Applied Science) back to main campus from its buildings on Taft by I-71. The location of Daniels Hall, the former Sander Dinning Hall (Also shares space with the African Studies Department), Fifth Third Arena and some open land is the most logical spot to place CAS. Now as far as a new arena, I imagine that the other two ugly sisters will be torn down, along with the shitty parking ramp located near them. A new arena could be placed at this location with new underground and some above ground parking. Second location could possibly be where the Alumni Center is located. I have spoken with several high and mighty alumni and they know that the center is on its way out. I was told that the business school was most likely to expand here, but knowing UC, who knows. My third choice and perhaps the best would to build the new arena in Burnett Woods. While this is a nice park, the southern edge along MLK would be a great place for an arena. The park is mostly thought as unsafe by most students and by placing a large venue, like an arena, in the park would make the park more useful and it would provide an excellent atmosphere for the arena. It could also allow UC to grow north where the land is available and reduce the cost of building because buildings would be more spread out and not crammed in between current buildings.