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Fun fact: land value tax is outlawed by the Ohio constitution.

KJP[/member] the credit unions sign was replaced with the carpenter union's sign. I bank there and was concerned that they moved last time I went to that branch.

I just want to point out since the C line only runs in one direction to get to the flats from Public Square on the trolley you'll have to ride it down Euclid turn on E 9th turn on Prospect turn onto E 17 then again on to Euclid right onto E 12 then all the way down lakeside before getting to the flats

While Somali and Sudanese immigrants are more noticeable because of the way they dress, Congolese immigrants outnumber them immensely. You just don't notice them because they look like native African American

Huge Congolese Church on the corner of 45th and bridge right there. Lots of African immigrants mostly are from DRC (Congo) and are housed on near west side. Source: I work for migration services and live on w 47

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/05/cota-going-free-for-a-week-as-it-debuts-redesigned.html First week of service for Columbus' new high frequency grid is free!

I print people bus maps all day every day to get to Metro. It's going to be so much easier to explain to folks, "just take the metro health bus"

Comparison to ridership from year before. Not broken down by mode but interesting nonetheless.

Greater Cleveland RTA ridership dips to record low; annual ridership, 1976-2016 CLEVELAND, Ohio - Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority ridership dipped to a record low of 43.8 million in 2016. The decline of 6.9 percent represented the second straight year of losses after increasing ridership for the transit agency in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, the RTA reported. The previous record low of 44.7 million riders was in 2010. Below is a chart showing year-by-year ridership since the the first year of the regional transit agency in 1976, formed with the merger of several municipal public transit services. The record high of 125.9 million riders was set in 1979, the fourth year of operation. Transit ridership is the result of numerous factors, including the service offered, the concentration of jobs downtown at the core of the system, traffic delays (or lack of them), gasoline prices, parking rates, employment and public funding. In a budget decision, RTA reduced routes and increased fares in August 2016. The Greater Cleveland RTA is Ohio's largest transit agency, carrying more than double the number of riders than the Central Ohio Transit Authority in the Columbus area. COTA reported ridership of 18,827,846 in 2016. http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2017/03/greater_cleveland_rta_ridershi_2.html

Buses were running smoothly today, and RTA riders, the thousands of them who go to Public Square every day, were happy. Westbound during the PM rush was a party downtown. The lack of congestion, omnipresent for the past two years, was a sight for sore eyes. RTA riders remain the most consistent user of Public Square. That's what the last seven months taught. However, I guarantee that St Pattys Day the square will be closed, which will be neat. Per the plan all along. Weekends, get a special event permit and close it. On work days, however, buses will be given the right of way: they should. Workers need to get to jobs. People down the lines need to make connections that categorically depend on timing. Seniors got to get to the doctor's. Public Square is the transit hub. That's how the city is laid out, and it's not a bad thing. Re-routing buses around the square was a safety hazard. One million more left turns is no joke. Unilaterally making that decision was not a shining moment for Cleveland democracy. Indeed, in contrast to its original design and avoiding any public comment or public planning process, that's how the decision to shut down Superior was made. Today the RTA isn't out the $12 million the FTA wanted. Considering that amounts to 5% of RTA's annual budget, that's a big deal.

Seven days... http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/02/rta_riders_rally_for_reopening.html RTA riders rally for reopening of Public Square to buses By: Ginger Christ CLEVELAND, Ohio - Only eight days remain before the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority will be forced to pay the federal government $12 million for not running buses through Public Square. Local transit advocates want to see city government take action to reopen Superior Avenue through Public Square to buses before it's too late. In a rally at City Hall before tonight's Cleveland City Council meeting, Clevelanders for Public Transit, a local riders' organization, called for members of council to force Mayor Frank Jackson to reopen Public Square to buses. Roughly 25 people attended. "We're trying to make sure they still know we're here," Akshai Singh, a member of Clevelanders for Public Transit, said during the rally. "If they don't decide to move on the Mayor, they're really abdicating their power."

Backhoes showed up yesterday on W. 47th between Bridge and Franklin to dig a foundation for a new house.

Feds grant RTA a 30-day extension on $12 million repayment http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/feds_grant_rta_a_30-day_extens.html New deadline is Feb. 21 From the FTA's letter to GCRTA & City:

Feds grant RTA a 30-day extension on $12 million repayment http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/feds_grant_rta_a_30-day_extens.html New deadline is Feb. 21 From the FTA's letter to GCRTA & City:

Because who cares about the 1st amendment? Chuck Hoven will become a criminal evidently: https://plainpress.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/brothers-produce-at-the-west-side-market/ " Saturday, December 17, 2016, West Side Market, W. 25th and Lorain Avenue: David Gentille and Sam Shaw sell fresh produce at Brothers Produce. Gentille says business is down 70% due to West Side Market parking spots being taken by other area businesses. “I have never seen it this bad,” said Gentille."