DM4

For the money/ridership/TOD spinoff, I think it would be much smarter to leave the blue line the way it is and just built a route connecting Coventry and/or Cedar as far out as you can go. Perhaps if all of a sudden we have massive rail expansion this reroute would make sense but for now I think it would make more sense to serve the greatest areas where transit would work, Coventry, Cedar Fairmount, Cedar Lee, etc...

Thanks. THe first picture looks like a old cartoon drawing.

Interestingly enough, I just discovered that there ARE steps in this location. They are actually quite cool. Unfortunately they need repairs and do not continue all the way down to Edgehill anymore/ever?? It would be awesome to see them rehabbed but I believe they are located on the parcel with that old church, so the city does not have ownership of them. Im also afraid if it was brought up they would shut them down due to safety reasons, even though you can tell they are used often based on footprints in the snow as well as well as the fact that I physically saw people using them today. Top of the stairs. Winding down the hill Damaged step Staircase suddenly ends Gate on Edgehill "Step" up to gate

Cool! Interesting though, it won't be a typical Piccadilly. Any ideas? "But this will be no ordinary Piccadilly Artisan Yogurt, says Adrian. In fact, it will be called something else entirely (other than the Piccadilly part, which will remain). "It's going to be something different that nobody in Cleveland — or anywhere in Ohio, really — is doing," he promises. "The concept will be pretty cool. It's just starting to trend on the Coasts, but hasn't made its way out from there yet. We think it's something that can have some legs." http://m.clevescene.com/cleveland/blogs/Post?basename=piccadilly-artisan-yogurt-divulges-plans-for-third-shop&day=20&id=scene-and-heard&month=01&year=2014

My choice would be to bring back 'Top of the Town' 38th floor ErieView tower. We need a great restaurant and lounge with an amazing view again. It would be beautiful at night. Now that would be an awesome spot. Unfortunately it is somewhat isolated, but it could be a draw the area needs.

Or really be ambitious and run it down Euclid Avenue.

It's tricky DM4 because, as you noted, the really effective options imho would require significant grade separation, which will cost considerable money in a heavy built-up area like Cleveland Heights with few ROW options. The Euclid Heights/Coventry leg provided an opportunity per the old streetcar/interurban route alongside Cedar up the Hill and, then, in EH’s median. But then once you reach the Coventry intersection you’d almost have to drop down into a tunnel because of the car/foot density and tight configuration of the Coventry Rd. intersection. This is (very) roughly similar to Pasadena where LA Metro’s Gold Line drops into a tunnel under the dense Old Town Pasadena restaurant, retail residential area – remember Coventry also is a very heavy apartment district by Greater Cleveland standards. From there, the line could either follow a tunnel/open cut combo route to Coventry and out the Mayfield corridor, or loop back to the Cedar/Beachwood corridor via Washington Blvd. To follow the LA model, we could run a combo of open-cut, aerial, (briefly) in street and behind-the-property-line surface gate-protected ROW. Unfortunately the Heights, with the exception of the current Blue-Green routes, has no RR or other ROW which trains could “borrow”. Since the Heights are already built up, I think a system like Toronto's LINK would work well. The supports are small enough that they would be able to fit in the middle lane. Two lanes of traffic in each direction would be able to be maintained since the rail is elevated.

I believe it was/is the sterling building. Today it is covered, similar to 668, schofield, john hartness brown buildings, etc.

Cleveland SWAT surrounds home after 5-year-old girl is shot, killed on West Side CLEVELAND, Ohio -- SWAT officers surrounded a home on the 3500 block of Riverside Avenue Friday morning after a 5-year-old girl was shot and killed overnight on the city's West Side, police said. About 7:22 a.m., police said the suspect was not at the home, and the suspect remains at large. The girl and her mother, a 33-year-old woman who is being treated at MetroHealth Medical Center, both were shot in the head Sunday about 11 p.m. on the 12800 block Crossburn Avenue, according to officials. The mother and child were sitting in a vehicle on Crossburn Avenue when an unknown suspect pulled up in a green SUV, got out of the car and opened fire, police said. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/01/cleveland_swat_surrounds_home.html

I have never heard of "Cash Only" as being a trend. I actually have to agree with the comments relating to that point.

The only extreme high speed system that truly makes sense is the tubed Maglev in japan.

^ I have not. I looked at Google maps and see what you said. Which option do you think would be best for Cedar? I haven't been on the green line past shaker square in awhile, and I can't remember, but what is the travel like further east? Does it stop at red lights? Doesn't the speed of the trip drop down significantly east of shaker square since it essentially turns into a streetcar?

I actually agree 100% After making that for fun, I started thinking the same thing you just said. True rapid transit is needed, and I do not think streetcars will cut it. That was the purpose of my post above. Perhaps a Skytrain/Peoplemover system could provide us this system at a lower cost than a full blown subway.

How popular are night clubs these days? Nobody I know or anyone they associate with like to go to dance oriented nightclubs. They prefer low key bars and restaurants like X pointed out exist in our residential neighborhoods.

Is the one hour parking on Euclid Avenue enforced all day or does it end at 6pm like parking in the rest of the city?

For an urban area, subways are the best method of transit by far but that comes at a price. What is the cost for modern elevated rail like these? Streetcars experience many of the same speed/traffic problems as busses. Cheap heavy/light rail follows freight ROWs which is disconnected from residential and commercial districts in the city. Is modern elevated rail the best option or is it just as costly as subways? Or a people mover like in Detroit

AND SHAKER SQUARE. The never ending struggle of letting people know the east side exists! :-P (Not aimed at you X!)

It does bring up a point on how badly the city fails at projects like these, but this is Playhouse Square's project, and I do not believe they will let it die. If the city was running this then he has a point, but they aren't, so the connection is not valid. Maintenance is not something Id give Cleveland or RTA an A+ on.

I just hope they are not allowed to cut down any of those trees.

Idk, Im having trouble getting on board with this project. I really do not like that pedestrian bridge. I think the money would be better spent on improving current connections. I also would like them to look at the possibility of removing/converting the shoreway to a boulevard, completely removing any need for the weird pedestrian bridge.

^ I saw a map once and you'd be surprised to see how low public transit ridership is in those new popular urban west side neighborhoods. Less than 5% of households I believe it was use transit to commute to work. And those neighborhoods still are home to many residents living in poverty where public transportation is their only option. Most of the new residents still all own cars and prefer driving them to work downtown or elsewhere. They are happy about their much shorter commute but they haven't given up their cars. I'd have to say I believe her that most of the growth is from the parking lots at the further out stations. That's why they are expanding them to meet the demand.

New Train Car Project BART’s new train cars will feature a slew of new improvements. The cars will be: Quieter: micro-plug doors will help seal out noise Cooler: cooling systems will distribute air directly to the ceilings, making it more comfortable for standees on hot days Comfortable: padded seats will have lumbar support – and will be covered with wipeable fabric for ease of cleaning Easy to use: routes will be color coded like the BART system map, and next stop information will be readily available via automated announcements and digital screens. http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/cars/new-features

I like the building and the sign.

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