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Looks like it’s the Bridge-Carrol-Jay block club. I don’t know much about them but it’s probably not great.

Because I was curious (and a nerd, like my name says) I went looking. Ohio City Inc defines its service area as the red border. The city of Cleveland planning commission defines Ohio City with the cyan border. Very slightly and maybe insignificantly different. **edit** Apparently DSCDO defines their service area at 45th, which would overlap with OCI.

We’re all about to go full Karen. How do we reach the manager??? In all seriousness, I want to know where OCI solicited their comments from; they didn’t use the new platform they set up, and I don’t remember hearing anything from them about it either.

The block-club is the real life version of the Ohio City Facebook page. It’s awful (and it’s my block club). The problem, as it usually is, is that you only have a specific kind of very vocal minority that take the time to devour to these meetings.

...looks like a college dorm from the ‘60s 😐

I just can’t take these people seriously, because they never propose a viable alternative...that is if they propose anything at all 🙄 Someone can cross post this in Cudell if they want but I’m too lazy 🙃

I was wondering; the barricades were taken down but when I drove Fulton I passed about 10 signs saying wrong way

Sounds like Sherwin needs an Emily in Paris on their payroll to help them understand social media.

I attended a webinar which attempted to predict future impacts COVID-19 would have on traffic volumes. It was predicted that traffic levels would return to normal sometime in 2022, but the expectation is for long term impacts to rush hour traffic. Many people are expecting some level of flexible work arrangements to stay; and this is going to lead to, if I may borrow a phrase, flattening the curve of traffic. Instead of traffic being focused in the mornings and evenings, it will be more spread out through the day. This is just a prediction, but I think it has sound reasoning.

The funding bill MAP-21 passed back in 2012 legalized several forms of interstate tolling. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/tolling_and_pricing/tolling_pricing/federal_tolling_programs.aspx

Looks like the townhomes on the corner of 44th and Whitman have finally broken ground. Not gonna lie after three years of no activity I thought this one was dead.

I cannot STAND that page. There truly is nothing worth seeing on that website lol.

My info was from a City inspector overseeing the work, but I’ll take shame 😔

The collection of property taxes by the school district is wholly separate from the City’s. The school district is a separate political entity even though it is under mayoral control (unique to Cleveland).

The No 1. obvious guess is because it’s cheaper. But I also think it may have to do with availability of the building material itself (which in turn affects cost). This isn’t a popular method of construction in the US yet, so domestic availability is probably both elusive and costly. Just a guess. Edit: This article states that the material allowing this type of construction was invented in Austria, so it’s fair to assume they have bigger and more knowledgeable supplier market there. https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2020/1/15/21058051/climate-change-building-materials-mass-timber-cross-laminated-clt

I will say, the State and the Governor in general has made safety projects like these his priority, so I’m hopeful that progress can be made. But I’m less than I’m impressed with the design choices the City has made in the past.

I’m not an expert on all of the roadway segments listed in the high injury map, if that’s what you mean. Wide lanes, long straight stretches and poor pedestrian infrastructure are good for high speed and bad for per injuries in general though. I mostly wanted to make the point that enforcement is not a sustainable solution.

I will be curious (hopeful) to see if this project gets re-evaluated due to COVID traffic impacts. ODOT is reevaluating many capacity projects while they’ll all delayed due to funding.

You cannot enforce yourself out of a poorly designed road. The West Shoreway is the most obvious example: if you build a freeway, people are going to drive like it’s a freeway no matter what speed is posted. But this goes for many other City streets as well; geometric design changes are needed if you want to slow speeds. And if we want pedestrians to survive, we need slower speeds

@YABO713 it will be open by the end of the month ??

I don’t think Council has acted on it yet, but the Tax Abatement study was released earlier this year. I think the recommendations could help improve the incentive system. https://www.greaterohio.org/publications/2020/7/27/cleveland-tax-abatement-study

Ground broke yesterday actually!

Long live the Western Reserve!

That article sure was something to read. Omg! Not single family homes! In my city! The traffic, the noise! ?