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Someone might want to get to work on digging through archives of his cable show and radio appearances. I'm guessing there are a few interesting sound clips.

Density at a human scale is one benefit. Also, while they could be ugly, they're usually attractive buildings, especially since most were built during a time when there was a lot of attention to detail. Combining the density with the detailed aesthetics, you can have a heavy concentration of varied (or repetitive but detailed) attractive structures, which adds up to a nice-feeling environment. Neighborhoods with narrow streets.

If cars weren't so dangerous in and of themselves, it's doubtful they would require licensure or registration. I believe that system developed out of the fact that they as a newish invention were noticed to cause a lot of damage, serious injury, and death. From what I can tell, it's the dangers posed by cars rather than bikes themselves that are the primary drivers of people calling on a copy/paste of auto regulations onto cycles. That's why it's not whataboutism to counter such calls with comparisons between the dangers of cars vs. bikes. And when one calls for "the same accountability we give to drivers," it's wholly appropriate to point to scenarios where drivers are flouting laws with impunity and causing far more danger -- e.g. how nearly 100% of drivers don't stop at crosswalks without stop signs or red lights and nearly 100% of drivers routinely break the speed limit. We don't need to increase the size of government or inhibit freedom of individuals for something that's causing relatively little damage. Car crashes are literally a leading cause of death*. When bike crashes start registering on the scale, we can talk about holding cyclists to "the same accountability we give to drivers." *: Lung diseases and cancers related to exhaust inhalation also register on the chart, while a bit harder to measure directly. And of course global warming is an increasingly devastating killer, with an increase in extreme weather events.

In many of the implementations I've seen, the curb ramps aren't changed to accommodate bicycles, so they're too narrow for multiple bikes and peds to use at once, and bikes must be maneuvered at awkward angles to go straight through the intersection. On one of these paths I use in Dayton, a beg button must be pushed to get a signal -- often leading to sitting through almost two whole light cycles. And really there is no signal; it's a walk signal. I'm not sure if it is the law that a cyclist on a mixed-use path should obey the walk signal or if, being a vehicle, is governed by the green light. But for safety's sake you'd better obey the walk signal. This has to be one of the worst offenses I've seen, right here.

It's kind of weird that, with separate pavement and markings already in the city's design lexicon, they spend all the money on these new paths but don't use that tool.

I don't know about Toledo, as I haven't been there recently (or ever, actually). But Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Akron are all eating Cincinnati's lunch when it comes to bike infrastructure. Dayton residents passed a levy in, I think, 2016 to repave roads, and as they're being repaved many are getting bike lanes. The number of bike lanes has grown dramatically since that ballot measure passed.

Hoping RedBike and/or Lime decide to bring eBikes to the city soon. That could be a real game-changer.

"I want Clifton Gaslight to thrive, like Corryville, Northside, Walnut Hills and Over-the-Rhine" If I'd seen that phrase when I was growing up in Clifton, I'd have had a preteen heart attack. It still sounds so surreal, and exaggerates the success a bit of at least Walnut Hills.

I was waiting for my bus this morning and saw 7 cars make a right turn from a stop sign without stopping. While on the bus I see many drivers checking their Twitter feeds or whatever they're doing on their phones. Unless there's a red light or stop sign, I find nearly 100% of drivers don't yield at crosswalks in most American cities.

Might be true for the current market, but Columbus is reliably growing its population by double-digit percentages each decade.

Kroger has also announced they are starting their autonomous vehicle delivery pilot program in suburban Phoenix. Apparently it's already up and running now. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2018/08/16/kroger-driverless-delivery-location/1006438002/ It's not mentioned in the article, but my guess is there's a meat-and-bone copilot on these vehicles.

That's not what the article said, at all. The 2019 projection of 2.4% still holds true. And that decline from 3.3% is due to Trump's asinine trade policies, but no where in there does it say the economy is projected to crater. More unvetted tweets!

I still really like the Blind Lemon. I would like there to be some destinations within the NBD up there for tourists to have somewhere to go. I always tell people visiting the city to check out Mt. Adams, since the neighborhood is rather unique.

You can't take them into other establishments that sell alcohol. But other businesses have signs in their windows saying whether or not you can bring in drinks.

RedBikes are B-Cycle. The only other B-Cycle bikeshare in the state is in Dayton. Chicago's is something else. Here's a map of all the B-Cycle cities: https://www.bcycle.com/top-nav-bar/find-a-city If you have a membership in Cincinnati, you can use the systems in all the other B-Cycle cities.

You can get impressive density in a neighborhood of 3-4 story rowhouses.

Been done had one, bruh

Source?

I don't see the 10th going Democratic. The district shifted more red for Trump than it had in previous elections (unlike Warren and Hamilton or Franklin and Delaware). Also, Turner is moderate on a lot of things, like he voted against repealing Obamacare (which is possibly the main issue making Republicans vulnerable aside from being the party of an unpopular president).

I don't know the extent to which this is happening elsewhere, but I've noticed an uptick in travel journalism about Cincinnati lately. Obviously in the NY Times, but also from international publications. Some, but I'm not sure what proportion, is due to WOW Air providing cheap service from Europe. Europeans (and other int'l travelers) don't have the same prejudices against flyover country as Americans, so it would make sense that word-of-mouth praise would keep this trend up moving forward. Recently, I was in Cleveland and ran into a group of Icelanders. CLE has seen the arrival of both WOW and Iceland Air. So this definitely isn't just a Cincinnati thing, and these flights definitely do influence the tourism market. Perhaps a new flight from London could elevate this trend and help sustain its growth.

PX should retract & apologize & feel embarrassed.

I have the opposite feeling from RJohnson[/member] about what's historic. If being in a space, particularly an outdoor one, gives me a sense of what it would feel like standing in that spot many years ago, then I feel like that's worth preserving. Having that solid row of 100+ year-old houses would definitely qualify; I could stand across the street from them and tangibly feel a bygone era. What happened, or didn't, in those houses isn't particularly relevant to me.

^ I'm just judging based on what is possible with paint. I'll be curious to see when and how they choose to deal with the St. Clair/5th/Patterson intersection. I guess from Wright-Dunbar, you probably normally take the bike trail on the river to Stewart to go to Brown. I've normally used the Burns-Jackson bridge over 35, which is supposedly going to be closed for repairs soon. Rather than the up-down and winding ramps of the bridge, I think I might just stick with the new bike lanes even when the bridge reopens. It'll be nice to have options, anyhow! :)

Crews were out painting the buffer parts of the bike lanes yesterday. I rode them to see how complete they are. Aside from a very small southbound segment around 5th Street, where St. Clair joins Patterson, there are now bike lanes all the way between Monument in the north and Stewart in the south. That's 1.7 miles, from the northern edge of Downtown to the southern edge of the UD/Brown Street business district. The buffers on the northbound lane at the 35 interchange are pretty creatively designed to calm traffic that is turning through the bike lane. Overall, I'm impressed with the design. And I'm wondering if the southbound contraflow lane on Jefferson is the first in the state.

Does Cheez Whiz even go bad? It seems like something easy to offer. If hardly anyone wants it, then just buy a jar every few months or whatever.