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It's been a while since I've used Concourse C (I've been an exclusive Southwest patron for the last few years), but is the concourse wide enough to install moving walkways? Not that that would necessarily be a wise use of funds, but just a thought.

Trying to push that area would potentially bleed off the growth of the Little Italy/UC area, and I'm not sure it would take off anyway because, to be blunt, it's East Cleveland. If anything new nucleates at a station, I suspect it will be 105-Quincy. The key phrase was "long shot to happen in the near future." But McLovin is right, geographically speaking, the station does provide lots of potential. I have always loved the bones of the commercial strip just north of the station on Superior; it'd be great to see that area get new life one day.

^ I wouldn't be surprised if it's not a case of RTA being dishonest, but rather a lack of communication between their operations and media people. That wouldn't be the first time that that's happened

It'd be nice if council appointed an immigrant to fill his seat, or a non-native Clevelander, or at the very least, someone outside of the current political power structure. But I won't hold my breath

Which is why I don't usually recommend the Rapid for nightlife. Which is unfortunate, since that seems like a significant component of the Rapid's potential market. Regarding the W 117th Red Line station, the last train to leave east bound is 1:28am & west bound is 12:55am

Residents along path of proposed Purple Line told to move fences, sheds By Katherine Shaver January 6 at 8:00 AM Some Maryland residents along the planned route for the light-rail Purple Line are being told that they have until April 30 to tear down fences, sheds and anything else built on publicly owned land preserved for the project. About 80 property owners in the Washington suburbs of Bethesda and Chevy Chase have begun receiving letters from the Montgomery County Department of Transportation ordering them to remove structures that “encroach” on a county-owned trail behind their homes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/residents-along-path-of-proposed-purple-line-told-to-move-fences-sheds/2016/01/05/a3df5f50-b3e1-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html

Scheduled to open in mid-April Drury Plaza Hotel readies for debut in former Cleveland Board of Education building By Susan Glaser, The Plain Dealer on January 07, 2016 at 8:37 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio – The former Cleveland Board of Education building, a historic beauty neglected for decades, is readying for her second act: as an upscale hotel in the heart of downtown. The transformation is nearly complete: Cubicles and workspaces are being remade into modern guestrooms; slabs of marble are being restored on the walls; and the well-worn, two-story auditorium is in the midst of a conversion into an elegant gathering space for business meetings and weddings. http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2016/01/former_cleveland_board_of_educ.html

I think I can explain this policy. RTA doesn't have the money to run it later, nor the ridership to justify it.

Conspiratorial proof they are closing Burke! p.s. p.15 of the presentation....sky bar view. Wow.

^ Assuming the date on those is this Saturday, January 9th?

We do have those kiosks on West 6th (just north of St Clair :wtf:). I wonder why they haven't spread further? The did a pilot program with them on Chester back in 2013. I don't know what came of that though. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/08/cleveland_tests_new_downtown_p.html http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20130829/FREE/130829740/digital-parking-meters-are-coming-to-cleveland Edit: Never mind, they were just regular credit card meters

Cuyahoga County expects $25 million back from hotel project By Karen Farkas, cleveland.com on January 06, 2016 at 9:05 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio - When the Hilton Cleveland Downtown hotel opens June 1, Cuyahoga County is expected to receive $25 million in unspent contingency funds, the project manager reports. And guests who park in the county's Huntington Park Garage will be able to take an underground walkway to the hotel by spring 2017. County Council is expected to approve a $9.8 million contract next week to build the walkway below Lakeside Avenue. Jeffrey Appelbaum, the Cleveland lawyer managing the project for the county, told council members this week that the hotel project is on time and on budget and no unexpected expenses are anticipated. http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2016/01/cuyahoga_county_expects_25_million_back_from_hotel_project.html

After years of a revolving door in Berea, you can't fault the Browns for trying something different. Everyone seems to have great things to say about DePodesta

^ If I were a leader in St. Louis, I would just say 'good riddance.' There are much better uses for that public money in the region and the economic return of having a football team wouldn't be worth it. And, it's not like the Rams have a long, significant history in St. Louis that makes irrational spending more worthwhile.

Good read, but it bothered me that the author kept referring to the Nashville AMP as a "streetcar."

Here's a blurb about nuCLEus from today's article on 515 Euclid: "Ezra Stark said that plans for the 515 high-rise aren't an indication that Stark has lost interest in nuCLEus. "They're completely different flavors," he said, adding that apartments on Euclid Avenue will be less costly to rent than those near The Q. "So it's going to attract a very different person." Stark still is assembling financing for nuCLEus and hopes to start construction on the property – now a parking lot, a dingy garage and a small retail building – after the GOP convention leaves town. Demolition of the existing structures isn't likely to happen before the convention. Construction would take at least two years. "We have tens of millions invested in nuCLEus, and we are for sure doing it," Ezra Stark said, adding that the project team is negotiating with the city over public financing. "It's a much harder lift. It's a much more complex project." http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/01/stark_enterprises_enters_joint.html

Stark Enterprises enters joint venture to build high-rise apartments on Cleveland's Euclid Ave By Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer on January 06, 2016 at 7:00 AM, updated January 06, 2016 at 7:38 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio – A vision of an 18-story apartment tower rising above a downtown parking garage inched closer to reality in December, with the formation of a joint venture between an outspoken developer and a quiet businessman. Stark Enterprises of Cleveland consummated a deal last month with Reuven Dessler, the managing partner of an investor group that owns a parking structure at 515 Euclid Ave. By joining forces, the investors aim to support a high-rise residential project just as a handful of developers are jostling to see who will be first in decades to finance and construct such a building in the city. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/01/stark_enterprises_enters_joint.html

^ I think Troy Smith might be the worst reporter at Cleveland.com

Regarding Toledo, I don't think so. It looked like the top part of the meter was just replaced with an electronic component. The base was older looking infrastructure. And yeah, a lot of cities have kiosks that give printed tickets, but in Pittsburgh and Detroit, they have you enter your license plate number and that is how it is tracked by parking enforcement. This also allows you to park anywhere in the particular zone and not just one spot.

^ Last I heard, most of the council members were likely in support of it, except for Seelbach

Right, but I was intentionally not counting short streetcar systems. And if we leave our rail system the way it is without expanding it, then yes, we will likely start getting passed up. Kind of funny that as all these cities are building rail, we're having conversations in Cleveland about rumors of shutting part of ours down or paving over rail lines for BRT...

Except for Columbus, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Louisville, Nashville, San Antonio, Las Vegas, etc.

I think the rate of $1.00 per hour to park downtown is still way too low. I was just in Pittsburgh and it was $3.00 per hour, which I didn't think was unreasonable. They also had parking meters that allowed credit card payment as well as mobile payment. It's pitiful that downtown Cleveland still uses coin operated meters. Even Toledo's parking meters accept credit cards. I haven't seen a study, but I imagine a city could increase its revenue with more targeted enforcement using smart parking meters as well as the fact that there wouldn't be roll over time from one user to the next there is with coin meters.

This would probably be a better thread for this, as most of the discussion about this issue has taken place here: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,30302.105.html

I can already see the national media headlines, "Cleveland elects convicted felon as mayor."