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^ I never cease to be in awe of the transformation of OTR. Not to mention the abundance of such beautiful buildings in your city.

Green Line replaced with shuttle buses between Shaker Sq and Green Road... RTA train collides with van in Shaker Heights By Ryllie Danylko, cleveland.com Follow on Twitter on November 17, 2015 at 8:32 AM, updated November 17, 2015 at 8:35 AM SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- An RTA train and a minivan collided Tuesday morning in Shaker Heights. Nobody was hurt in the crash that happened shortly before 8 a.m. at the intersection of Shaker Boulevard and West Park Boulevard. http://www.cleveland.com/shaker-heights/index.ssf/2015/11/rta_train_collides_with_van_in.html

So apparently LA really wants a team. Why don't we give them the Browns just like we did the Rams and then we tear down the stadium and develop the valuable lakefront land?

Well, so is anyone actually here? Lol

Perfect. See everyone there!

CBS 19 is doing an "investigative" report on the RTA rail situation during the 11pm newscast on Monday night

I thought the plans looked good. I'm glad there are provisions in place for a connection to the lakefront pedestrian bridge. I still lament the fact that we won't have a grand, beautiful train station, but I think it will still be an attractive facility. Now about that funding...

New signage is up on the fence.

Also, I highly doubt this house is from the 1830s. I thought it was acknowledged that the Dunham Tavern is the oldest building in Cleveland, which is from the 1840s.

Thus the reason for my question about a dedicated "Urban Cleveland" site Edit: I'm also surprised how Cimperman knows nothing about it

Scene's story on the fare hike, among other things RTA to Raise Base Fare, Cut Service in 2016 Posted By Sam Allard on Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 10:21 am In a letter to the RTA board of trustees, CEO Joe Calabrese proposed fare increases and a "slight service reduction" in the 2016 budget to react to what he characterized as downward financial trends. The proposed budget includes an increase in base fare from $2.25 to $2.50 and an increase in Paratransit fare — the service for riders with disabilities — from $2.25 to $3.50. Also, due to overcapacity at RTA garages, Calabrese has proposed a 1.3 percent reduction in the number of buses in service. The board deliberated at its meeting Tuesday morning, and will do so again, said Calabrese, at its meetings on December 1 and December 15. Public comments will be welcomed on those dates. (The meetings take place in the board room at RTA headquarters downtown, 1240 W. 6th St.). ..."This award [from Governing Magazine], together with the appointment of Valarie McCall as the chair of the American Public Transportation Association, shows the nation that Cleveland is leading the conversation on public transportation,” Jackson said... http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/11/12/rta-to-raise-base-fare-cut-service-in-2016

It keeps giving me an error message when I click on the link EDIT: Never mind, found it.

RTA fare increase to $2.50 proposed for 2016, as well as a 1.3% service cut for buses Page 5 http://www.riderta.com/sites/default/files/pdf/presentations/2016%20Transmittal%20Letter-FINAL-11-3-15.pdf

^ Is anybody else here going to that?

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Sounds like a great topic of conversation at the UO lunch meet up on Monday. Kafeteria at 200 Public Square at 12pm on 11/16 http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,30291.msg778979/topicseen.html#new

Sounds good. Thanks, Mayday. So, Kafeteria at 200 Public Square at 12:00pm on Monday, November 16th. It looks like 10 people said they could go, but if you didn't respond and are able to go, please come out!

If there is any proposal to alter a designated city landmark, or to change and area within a designated landmark district, it must go through the Landmarks Commission. The purpose is so said development does not adversely alter the historic landmark. Edit: CbusTransit[/member] beat me to it. But if you're ever bored, here's some fun reading about it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B16RJdSArUFacEZfYmVkaXp3T1U/view?usp=sharing

Sort of like GCRTA being named "North America's best transit system." I do think that Joe gets unfair criticism, but I'd expect this award to go to someone with some more bold vision and leadership. It's also been 7 years since the HealthLine opened, which is pretty much all the blurb talked about regarding accomplishments.

Here's the thread for discussion on the North Coast Intermodal hub: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,17673.525.html And regarding site selection: http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2015/10/new_site_on_downtown_central_l.html

With 8 votes, the winner is Monday, November 16 at 12:00pm! Unless someone has an objection, let's plan it for that time. Now for the hard part-- picking the location. Let's do somewhere downtown. Does anyone have any good suggestions? I'm trying to think of places that are good for groups. Has anyone been to Kafeteria?

^ I don't mind it not being friendly to cyclists if it's because that the road is overly friendly to pedestrians.

As excited as I was when I first saw plans for nuCLEus, I also lamented the fact that Stark had seemingly abandoned plans for developing the Warehouse District. Those parking lots do more to destroy the urban fabric downtown than the parking lot next to the Q.

^ Well, in that specific example, FlipSide is significantly better than Shake Shack, which is highly overrated inmho.

^ Well, obviously. I'm still not convinced that we're going to see a 500'+ tower at nuCLEus, but if the market is there, then go for it. I'm just pushing back against the mindset that tall buildings are needed just because we want an impressive skyline.

We need more 500 feet+ buildings? Maybe when all of our empty lots are filled up and real estate becomes so expensive and in such high demand that we need to build vertical. I love tall buildings as much as the next guy, but it really doesn't make much sense for us to be building those right now.