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Downtown still has a void of diverse fast casual restaurants, so I'm excited about the addition of this. It will be nice to be able to grab something quick and it not be a burger, burrito, or pizza.

Is waterfront development paying off? Nine takeaways from League of Women Voters panel By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer on February 15, 2016 at 11:12 AM, updated February 15, 2016 at 1:47 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio – Waterfront development is paying off so well for Cleveland and Cuyahoga County that the area should stop casting envious eyes at Chicago, Pittsburgh, Toronto and other waterfront cities, local leaders say. Even so, progress is slow, and benefits are spread unevenly between the East and West sides of the city... ...Roman said he'd still like to see the I-90 Shoreway flipped south of the 57-acre site of the soon-to-be-demolished FirstEnergy Lake Shore power plant. "If you moved it south and tucked it up against the railroad line, you would create immense new areas of property along our lakefront for development," he said.... http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2016/02/is_waterfront_development_payi.html

Let me put a plug in here for downtown Heinen's. As a downtown resident, I'm there between 2-3 times per day. Speaking anecdotally, everyone I know who lives downtown shops there for their groceries, even those who live in the Warehouse District. A lot of my coworkers also go there during the work day or their lunch break to pick up things for home. And their lunch business is booming. I think they'll do just fine, especially as downtown's population continues to climb

Since when? I didn't see a tweet from RTA or a commuter alert about it I spoke 30 seconds too soon. [email protected] "The Red Line service is running a 25 minute frequency eastbound and westbound. We apologize for the inconvenience!"

It's Heinens. They are probably more interested in a calmer ambience indoors than the perception from outside. Plus they are constrained by the architecture of a former bank, as you say. I think the heavy foot traffic in and out might help draw people in. They have some signage, but they are probably pretty restricted as far as what they can do. I do think some facade lighting at night would really help. I think that was in the original plan and I am really disappointed they haven't added any yet. The Schofield corner will be wonderfully lit at night, I wish that Heinens would follow suit. That's true of the rotunda section of the store, but the contrary is true for the section in the 1010 Euclid. You can very clearly see into the store at eye level and you see the aisles and the cashier stations.

Interesting, because a friend of mine just FB posted an article he wrote for Crain's Detroit: http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160214/NEWS/302149982/i-75-plan-opens-transportation-rift And one of the replies said that Cleveland has a much better transit system than Detroit. Which dominates urban Michigan of course, their second biggest city would be #6 here. What are they paying for? If you look at the SMART bus system, which covers Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Monroe counties, they got $25 million (24%) from the state and their total revenue was $104 million. RTA's general fund revenue was $279 million, of which pretty much nothing came from the state. Wayne, Oakland, And Macomb counties contributed $66.1 million (or 24%) from property taxes, and RTA's county sales tax generated $198 million (or 70%). So, we have much more funding from our local millage than they do in property taxes. I didn't look at Detroit's DDOT funding, but their primary local source comes from the city's general fund. Looking at the DDOT budget (from 13-14, I couldn't find a more recent one), they were looking at $48 million from the state (30%) and $61 million from the city (39%) out of a total revenue projection of $156 million. So basically, the state of Michigan gives them a pretty high share of their total revenue, but they lack the local funding commitment that we have made here in Cuyahoga County. That may change soon though as the newly formed Southeast Michigan RTA will be looking to put a millage on the ballot for the whole region. SE Michigan RTA has been undertaking a master plan process to increase transit in the region and is creating a lot of excitement about future transit growth.

^ E Rocc's fault. Anyways, I love Cleveland...

That's an interesting question. My experience with it was that it was the best place to ride- the buses are infrequent enough, and I ride fast enough- that I never had to worry about them. But I'm not sure about the legalities. I actually got pulled over on a bike while riding in the bus lane, but only because I followed the bus signals and not the traffic signals for the auto lane. I tried to explain that I was following the signals for the lane that I was in, but he wasn't having it and I didn't want to push my luck. I didn't ride in the bus lane after that, because it was too confusing as to what rules I should be following. I've looked through the entire code of ordinances for the city of Cleveland and wasn't able to find anything about the laws regarding bus lanes. I know bikes are allowed in the Clifton lanes for sure, but have never seen anything about Euclid. Whoa if that is the case then perhaps cars aren't really banned either.... Actually it seems that power might be granted to the Commissioner of Traffic Engineering in § 403.06, instead of bus lanes actually being codified.

Yeah, the bike lane starts at East 22nd St going east. That may be true about the HealthLine lanes, but if so, it sure isn't promulgated anywhere

That's an interesting question. My experience with it was that it was the best place to ride- the buses are infrequent enough, and I ride fast enough- that I never had to worry about them. But I'm not sure about the legalities. I actually got pulled over on a bike while riding in the bus lane, but only because I followed the bus signals and not the traffic signals for the auto lane. I tried to explain that I was following the signals for the lane that I was in, but he wasn't having it and I didn't want to push my luck. I didn't ride in the bus lane after that, because it was too confusing as to what rules I should be following. I've looked through the entire code of ordinances for the city of Cleveland and wasn't able to find anything about the laws regarding bus lanes. I know bikes are allowed in the Clifton lanes for sure, but have never seen anything about Euclid.

^ The 45 is actually going away on W 65th and instead being rerouted down W 25th to Clark. That was a seperate proposal from these service reductions. Despite negative reaction to the change at the public meetings, it is still moving forward and will take effect in April, IIRC http://www.riderta.com/sites/default/files/pdf/presentations/2016-01-26Aprilservicechange.pdf

If there were one thing from Cleveland Hts that I would like to cut, it would be that loop around Severance on the #9. That would add up to quite a bit of service hours reduced over the year. I do like the #81 changes, not going to lie

Here are the service reductions that RTA has proposed: http://www.riderta.com/sites/default/files/pdf/presentations/2016-02-09ServieProposal.pdf

I think this is the point that we should just start ignoring him (her?). So, back to restarting rail service in Ohio's 3C corridor...

I think it just looks that way from the lighting, as Jacobs Field would not have been that far along during the summer months of '93. My guess was 1995 since you can see the Rock Hall, but there is no Science Center yet.

Can anyone guess when that picture from the article was taken? I think I narrowed it down to a particular year More high-paying jobs? In Cleveland? The news is good and bad. (Dave Andersen, cleveland.com) By Leila Atassi, cleveland.com on February 10, 2016 at 3:59 PM, updated February 10, 2016 at 4:12 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland officials say the city has rebounded mightily from the economic languor of the past decade, with income tax collections exceeding pre-recession levels. But a recent study by the United States Conference of Mayors concludes that the Greater Cleveland area won't recover its recession-era job losses for another two years. http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2016/02/more_high-paying_jobs_in_cleve.html

RTA Postpones Fare Hike, Tables Discussion Until Next Month Posted By Sam Allard on Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 4:27 pm In a meeting Tuesday, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority's finance committee elected to table the discussion on potential fare hikes. The heated conversation, which is being followed closely by area transit activists and commuters, will continue on March 1. http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/02/10/rta-postpones-fare-hire-tables-discussion-until-next-month

Because a train would be able to attract a very different & wider demographic than Megabus. Sherman Cahal[/member] already articulated those points quite well above

So, Sherwin had a huge sales conference last month in Orlando where they sent 12,000 of their employees. All of the Cleveland contingent believe they were going to announce the new location at that conference. It did not happen. The employees seem to think either public square or the West Bank of the flats. There is absolutely no beef behind any of those thoughts except for internal rumors. Pittsburgh's paint company is headquartered in a tower right near their central square downtown. I'd love Sherwin-Williams to do the same

^ I bummed I won't be able to go because of work. Will AAO be live tweeting it??

Well, there we have it... RTA committee tables fare increase hearings CLEVELAND -- Not so fast. That's what the RTA Board's Finance Committee decided about the process of approving a possible fare hike and service cuts. The Committee met Tuesday and was expected to schedule dates for public hearings later this month. But instead it decided to take more time to study a possible fare hike and service cuts. The committee will revisit the issue March 1 and schedule needed hearings then. http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/cleveland/rta-committee-tables-fare-increase-hearings/38236898

I agree. One thing I don't like about Baltimore is the blandness of many of the row houses in some of the neighborhoods. Some streets have almost no grass or trees at all either, so it leads to a very barren concrete and brick landscape.

^ Fun fact about your last picture. That was the location of Zoe Barnes's apartment in the first season of House of Cards. The show was set in DC but filmed in Baltimore.

I took one of those about a half hour earlier. Well, not technically from the Solstice Steps, because you can't see the skyline from there.

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