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Thanks, KJP. Looks nice. Definitely a vast improvement and quite overdue. I was hoping for some digital signage inside the cars that could indicate upcoming stops though. Oh, well.

http://www.riderta.com//news/dec-10-11-rta-unnveils-new-red-line-cars I look forward to seeing pictures tomorrow from you all that are in Cleveland!

I'm glad that they are finally running on the weekends. But it's still annoying that they don't run on holidays (or the day after Thanksgiving)

One of the best things about my job and traveling to Westchester and Connecticut often is that I get to spend a lot of time in the City. Here are some pictures I took in the Big Apple this fall And as a bonus, some shots of Sleepy Hollow and West Point

Sunset over Washington

Some pictures from my trip to Cleveland back in September Huntington Beach A bit closer in.. Edgewater Park. I was amazed at how good of a job the Metroparks had done at cleaning up the beach and park Sunrise The typical post card shot Rain delay... And the game was called but the Tribe got the win! Game #2 Ohio themed fireworks courtesy of Nick Swisher I love the uplighting

It does indeed...just not sure I'd want to spend $20 for a crab cake meal again so soon!

Is the feed no longer working? Or is it just my computer? Edit: Here's a new link http://news.cincinnati.com/interactive/article/20131202/CINCI/131202014/Watch-live-Committee-city-council-meet-about-streetcar

This is my first time ever following Cincinnati politics, and it only took me 2 minutes to realize that Smitherman seems like a smug scum bag.

So Mann wants council to vote based upon a personal hunch he has about how the federal government will act? It baffles me now the "anti-streetcar" contingent is willing to act solely on ideology and not on facts.

Edit: Added more pictures from last weekend at the bottom. On a my third day of Thanksgiving vacation, I got a little bored of DC and decided to make a day trip to Baltimore. It being a Friday, I decided to take the MARC commuter rail from Union Station to Baltimore...only to find out after getting there that there was no service because of the holiday. Instead of paying $30 for Amtrak, I decided to take the Metro to the B30 bus to BWI to the MTA light rail. After finally getting to Charm City, I took the following pics: My light rail train after getting off in Mt. Vernon. The symbol of Balitimore (and the original, as they'll always remind you)- the Washington Monument Side view of the famous Peabody Institute My first stop of the day: The Walters Art Museum. This was a pretty neat museum, and I just recently had found out that it is free! The collection isn't huge, but still some good pieces. America's first cathedral, designed by Benjamin Latrobe with some input from Thomas Jefferson I'm told that the oculus shown here was Jefferson's suggestion Main lobby of the library My second art museum trip of the day. Like the CMA, the BMA is undergoing a massive renovation, so only a fraction of their galleries were actually open. Some house in Charles Village That's a bit bold Back to downtown The light rail tracks going up Howard Street (this is not a rail corridor success story). More empty storefronts on Howard Street This place is great. Think smaller, less ornate version of the WSM, except with more prepared food vendors. Great crabcakes! Looking down Eutaw Street Of course I had to take a ride on the Metro Subway. The rail situation in Baltimore is interesting. It's similar to Cleveland in that it has one heavy rail line along with a light rail line that has some divergences and is sort of considered to be two lines. However, they are referred to completely separately. In Cleveland, all three lines are "the rapid." In Baltimore there is the "light rail" and there is the "subway" (or "metro", not sure what the locals actually call it). The lines also do not connect with each other and you have to walk a few blocks if you want to transfer from one line to the other. The subway is also relatively new (early 80s) and the plans for it were of course much more extensive, but only one segment was built. The stations and trains were pretty dirty and parts of some of the stations were crumbling. A nice benefit of the system though, MTA and DC's WMATA accept each others' smart cards. Same exact rolling stock as Miami's metro system And now to the Times Square of Baltimore: The Inner Harbor. I usually try to avoid sections of cities that are home to Ripley's Believe it or Not and the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, but I do love the Inner Harbor. The National Aquarium The 15 star, 15 stripe flag is a popular sight in Baltimore...for obvious reasons Beautiful Charm City from Federal Hill Park A memorial in Harbor East (I forget what for unfortunately) My favorite Baltimore neighborhood: Fell's Point Despite its football team and its reputation from The Wire, Baltimore's a good town. Sure, it's rough around the edges, but there's a great culture there. Plus the food and architecture are great too. February First stop of the day: getting one of the best crab cakes in the world (and dropping $20....) Unbelievably good Lexington Market Greenmount Cemetery I feel torn about posting this here, and even feel guilty for having taken the picture. But this is John Wilkes Booth's unmarked headstone. Typical Baltimore row homes on Broadway Canton Natty Boh! Sadly no longer brewed in Charm City View of downtown City Hall https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v2x4bDjloTo/Uu5qHOZD9MI/AAAAAAAAEJE/SLbID747wEQ/w637-h849-no/IMAGE_67.jpg[/img] And here are some shots of filming locations from The Wire Bodie's Corner St. Casimir's Church McNulty's Crash Site The Greek's Diner Major Crimes HQ "Kavanagh's Irish Pub" where they had the officers' wakes "Baltimore PD HQ" And some bonuses from House of Cards Zoe's apartment Frank Underwood's house

Agreed. You can tell how much wealth used to exist in Hartford, but unfortunately most of the city proper is in a pretty depressed state. The downtown area is also pretty dead after 5:00. The same can be said for most cities in Connecticut. But the small towns, suburbs, and countryside are all beautiful

First up, one of my favorite cities: New Haven Yale's "Old Campus" View of the city from the top of East Rock New Haven's Little Italy on Wooster St My favorite pizza place ever (and the best pizza in the country according to the Daily Meal) The birthplace of the hamburger, according to the Library of Congress Chris Columbus at the Knights of Columbus Museum Hartford Look familiar? This arch was the work of George Keller, who also designed the Garfield Memorial at Lakeview The Capitol Another Keller creation Another American city with a riverfront totally cut off from downtown by a highway... Kent and Kent Falls Park Canterbury Mystic

Well, at least we don't start street car projects and then cancel them half way through. Go Browns

September 2013 Here are some shots from my trip to Cincinnati a few months back. Special thanks to ColDayMan for showing me around the beautiful Queen City. Finally made it to Terry's Turf Club

Awesome. Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone. Can't wait to get back to the Queen City!

I will be visiting the fair city of Cincinnati again in just over a week. I was able to do some exploring when I was there last year, but I'm hoping you Cincy people might be able to give me some more insight into things to check out. Every time I try looking up things to do, I get the same responses: Kings Island, the zoo, the Cincinnati Museum Center, the Underground Railroad Center, etc. I'm sure these things are great, but I'm more interested in seeing "real" Cincinnati. I like walking around cool neighborhoods, meeting locals, seeing historical things, and just experiencing urbanism. Also, I'm open to some good food suggestions (and please, for the love of God, do not mention Skyline Chili). I'll be traveling alone, so if anyone is up for showing me around as well, that'd be cool. Here is a list of the places I got to last time I was there: -OTR: Vine and Main Sts. and Washington Park -Mt. Adams -All of downtown/riverfront -Observation deck of the Carew Tower -Great American Ballpark And here is my photo thread from the last time I was there: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,28029.msg648784.html#msg648784 Thanks guys!

Does anyone have pictures of the new W. 6th streetscape? I haven't been able to find any.

Cambridge has the most European feel of any city I've ever been to in the US. Great town.

These are great pictures. People often find it weird that I say this, but New Haven is one of my favorite cities. The food scene there is awesome, especially the pizza...I mean apizza. East Rock is also very cool.

Happy 217th Birthday, Cleveland!

I still don't think I've seen an answer to this: what work is ODOT doing that requires them to shut down the entirety of the west side of the Red Line?

Yet another delay for DC's H St. Streetcar. The tracks and station platforms have been in place for a couple years now, yet no other infrastructure has even started to take shape. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Streetcars-Not-Likely-Before-2014-188913511.html

Hopefully they figure it out quicker than the Chipotle at Uptown. I swear the workers there intentionally try to move as slowly as they can.

Here's an article from Greater Greater Washington talking about rankings of BRT systems in the US. CLE comes out on top, but still only receives a mediocre ranking. It does make a good point about how corners are often cut on BRT systems, thus making the service inferior to rail despite promises from politicians to the contrary. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/17389/the-us-has-only-5-true-brt-systems-and-none-are-gold/