Robu

I'm not so sure this would be a good spot for that. The logical place to put a two-way cycle track on Central Parkway would be the west side, because the east side has a lot of driveways, which create a lot of conflicts. But the east side is the side with more destinations and connections to other streets, hence it's the side cyclists naturally want to be on (I have even seen cyclists riding the wrong way in the northbound bike lane, presumably for this reason). If there were a two-way cycle track on the west side, I would expect many cyclists to not even bother with it if they aren't traveling the full length between Downtown and Ludlow. But the danger factor is too intense to put it on the east side, where e.g. you will have southbound cars turning left into driveways, not looking to see if there are southbound cyclists they are about to crash into.

Yep.

You two are forgetting we live in the Era of #MAGA. This could be something DT could push through and the House/Senate would be cool with it because it isn't a Democrat doing it (and the Secretary of Transportation is the Senate Majority Leader's wife).

There was a sense back then that old was ugly. And architects thought modernism was the hottest thing since sliced bread (or perhaps since the invention of the Model T). So it's not too far off to say there was mass delusion. It's kind of hard to say that we are not currently under such delusions, but we believe we aren't, and we certainly have the power of hindsight and more data, which was lacking back then. Piggy-backing on the modernist architectural movement was the sense that we needed to redesign our inner-cities to accommodate automobiles: from the '40s to the '70s this was seen as the wave of the future. And it seemed obvious the cities needed to be retrofitted in suburban form to compete with the suburbs to which the cities were bleeding population. Of course, we know now this was futile, and cities would have better served themselves using their political weight to oppose policies which distorted the market in favor of suburban development.

Not true, in my experience. People in NYC seem more open to random interactions than Southwest Ohioans. But the situation has to call for it somehow. Southwest Ohioans (especially Cincinnatians) have a more reserved demeanor, while NYers are more comfortable with brief situational "relationships." If I had to guess, I would say the Ohioans are hung up on the idea that personal interactions should be somehow meaningful, which adds stress to the situation. I could be projecting, but I definitely think NYers are overall better minglers - in a bar, shop, train, or on the street.

Not sure if this is the reason, but it used to be that Cincinnati was a non-stop flight from Schipol Airport. A lot of people in Amsterdam probably used to transfer to other U.S. cities from there. Many if not a majority of the people I met there were from elsewhere in Europe (or other continents), but that could have been true for some Dutch people. Good ol' Idawahio. Edit: That reminds me of the time I was with a group of people from NJ, when the Miami Heat was playing against Oklahoma City in the NBA championship. (2012, I think?) I tried to explain that I was rooting for OKC because I was from Ohio and had a grudge against LeBron. But all they heard was that I was from Ohio, which in their mind was the same as Oklahoma! I just dropped it instead of trying to explain.

I can't speak of Cleveland or Columbus, but in my experience living abroad, everyone I met in the Netherlands knew Cincinnati, and knew which state it was in. When people asked where I was from, I would state the city just to see how they responded. Seemingly no one I meet from outside the Midwest knows the positioning of Cincinnati or Columbus. As far as they know, the entire state has a big cloud of lake effect snow 75% of the year. Living in Northern NJ, I'd frequently have people comment on how bad the winters/snow must be in Cincinnati. NNJ gets a lot more snow than SWOH.

I ran the numbers in more detail. A net of an even 11,000 are estimated to annually move to Columbus's MSA from elsewhere in Ohio. And a net of 1,196 moved from Columbus to elsewhere in the USA. So all of the Columbus MSA's positive domestic immigration is accounted for by intra-Ohio migration, with the rest of the country drawing people out of the metro. Let me know if anyone has more specific questions, as I have a database set up where I can (likely) answer those questions fairly easily.

If it's true that 50% of the population growth is natural (births minus deaths), then we're looking at not 45% but 45% of 50%, or 22.5%...which isn't far from jbcmh's figure. The 45% your addressing is 45% of net in-migration, not 45% of population growth (which is what jbcmh was talking about). Edit: Also remember jbcmh was talking MSA and my top figures were for Franklin County, so there should be some difference there.

Getting more detailed than this would take more time. (Note that I discounted all margins of error, assuming it's an overall wash.) Estimated annual net migrations to Franklin County: From other counties in Ohio to Franklin County: 6,115 From non-Ohio locations in the USA to Franklin County: -587 From Puerto Rico: 265 From foreign countries: 7,417* (Don't have numbers for emigration to foreign countries; assuming zero below, a bit optimistic) So Ohio makes up 46.3% of the net in-migration to Franklin. This doesn't account for whether a county is in Franklin's MSA, and it's possible non-Ohio domestic migration to the MSA is in the black, but it's in the red for Franklin. Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/geographic-mobility/2013/county-to-county-migration-2009-2013/county-to-county-2009-2013-ins-outs-nets-gross.xlsx Ohio MSAs to Columbus MSA, net migrations: Akron: 518 Canton: 483 Cincinnati: 1865 Cleveland: 3380 Dayton: 770 Lima: 630 Mansfield: -293 Springfield: 93 Toledo: 451 Steubenville: -145 Youngstown: 790 (Total: 8,024) MSAs which include part of OH: Wheeling: 51 Huntington: 158 Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/geographic-mobility/2013/metro-to-metro-migration/metro-to-metro-2009-2013.xlsx Remember, the 8,024 is for the Columbus MSA whereas the 6,115 number is for Franklin County. Additionally, non-Ohio counties are included in Cincinnati's MSA, which could have some impact as those would be included in the non-Ohio USA migration in the top figures. All of these calculations use estimates from the 2009-2013 American Community Survey. Edit: I added the disclaimer that no data is included for emigration to foreign countries, so it's assumed to be zero. Which is a bit optimistic, but it's the best I can do without throwing foreign immigration out completely.

There's a new pizza joint with craft beer and cocktails on Patterson just south of 35. Old Scratch Pizza. Can't say enough good stuff about it; if you're in the area you've gotta try it.

^ Wrong thread? This isn't Huffman/East Side. It's off of Edwin C. Moses, west of the CBD. Hope they find a taker on the building.

^ Seems like a workable solution, though it will attract more political controversy than necessary as another lane for travel or parking could have been spared, and will frankly be empty almost all the time if your plan is followed and the right lane is kept as part of the street. It could be an opportunity for permanent, creative Park(ing) Day-type use (parklets, cafe seating, etc.), in places where there are no bus stops. Right turns shouldn't be a problem with proper signal phasing. There's no reason cars can't turn through the tracks when transit vehicles have a horizontal-line phase. Edit: A proper cycle track would be another possibility for the former parking lane, complete with dedicated signals for cyclists. Bus stops would take some figuring out, and the light rail stops may have to be narrower than they currently are. There is plenty of precedent for cycle tracks that go between a sidewalk and transit stops; just requires crosswalks through the cycle track and some creative engineering.

^ Would you then propose allowing motorists to cross the tracks/transit-only lanes for street parking?

How would you do this but still minimize the occurrence of a LRV having to wait for a streetcar (potentially at every stop as the LRV goes from Central Parkway, to the Banks, to 12th)?