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The problem isn't the moving expenses, it is that the wheels of section 8 move slowly and they can only afford monthly rent if it is section 8. So either FCC pays their new rent until they can get a new section 8 apartment figured out in a year, or they put a bed-ridden 99 year old on the street. I'll once again reiterate that this would have been painless if they took the Corporex spot. All the money they are using on fighting the WE community could have gone to a better stadium with full features from the start. I have no sympathy for Lindner, Berding and ownership, they brought this on themselves.

I think e-Bikes change that equation a little bit, as long as the infrastructure is there. For example, a complete Wasson Way (with the UC connection) brings you to Reading Rd/MLK. From there we need a north-south artery with bike lanes and you're downtown, that's not a bad ride given proper infrastructure and an e-bike.

I hope that RedBike has staying power despite the influx of e-scooters. They are an infinitely better managed operation and actually care about the city they serve. It would be cool to see this one day become a viable commuting option way down the road. For $100 a year (or $60 if you are poor), you could have a cheap way to work for 9 months out of the year. I could see this expanding to most major neighborhoods on the outer bounds of Cincinnati proper. I think Bond Hill is the next one opening. Hyde Park, Oakley, East End are probably next with Wasson Way and Riverside Dr bike lanes. Lower and East PH, Sayler Park once they get a multi-use path along 8th St. Of course, that would require much better on-road bicycle facilities... maybe with the next administration.

I'm still wary of this as a large-scale job catalyst (although I had a post last week about how it potentially could lead to rail or better transit). The jobs the airhub creates will be mainly jobs that will get lost in the automation shuffle, along with those residual businesses that are locating here because of the airhub. There will be a small number of Amazon managers and the residual companies also will have those managers, but long-term, those warehouse jobs will be gone.

Restaurant owners have been wary to open there because of their propensity for driving to other places for meals. There aren't many walkable places on the west-side, and once someone gets in their car, all of a sudden they have tons of food options anywhere within a 20 minute drive of them. There's a reason Westwood and E Price Hill get the new/trendy west-side ventures, people are able to walk to those restaurants. If you're going to start a trendy restaurant in a place that you need to drive, I'd place it near not only a population center, but a place that people work, and there's tons of offices on the north and east side.

Just comparing to Philly's draft or Nashville's, I don't think we have the raw space to accommodate that many people in a way that could allow views of the stage. Smale is cut by the bridge and other permanent fixtures. Washington Park wouldn't have any room to view, the stage and team desks would cover the entire grassy area. It would have to be on the west end of Freedom Way, with PBS as the backdrop and the home base for NFL draft day operations and the waiting room for the top prospects waiting to get chosen. The banks has all your basic tourist accommodations to boot. The riverfront parks, the levee, and OTR will be plenty busy with spillover and the Roebling should be kept ped only for the weekend. Another option may be the Newport music venue with the skyline as the backdrop and the Levee as the main tourist accommodation space, but the powers that be wont let it go to Newport.

We do have a major convention issue, but we didn't miss out on the draft because of that. It's usually hosted in outdoor venues and we have plenty of hotels to accommodate out-of-towners. 1. We probably didn't have a group together lobbying the NFL for it 2. Looking at Nashville, I'm not sure we currently have a good street to hold all of those people. If the stage was set up in front of PBS on Freedom Way, the road may be too skinny and we need the garages there capped. The best potential spot would be a capped FWW if that ever happens, it could hold a ton of people trying to watch.

When I eventually get out there I'll have my GoPro capturing the entire thing (From CLE to CIN). I haven't figured out the logistics, but i have an overnight backpacking pack, I'm not sure if anyone actually uses those outside of hiking though, it certainly would be clunky. There are a number of free trail-side campsites that I was planning on using along the way. It's going to be either a long weekend by myself, or we take a week off and my wife and child (in a trailer) would go with on a more spaced-out ride. I'll be going either Spring or Fall in 2020.

I've been in the planning stages of riding the OTET for years now (catching a ride to Cleveland, then biking back to my house in Cincinnati, and camping at parks along the way). From what I gather, there has been significant progress on the cornfield portions between Columbus and Cleveland, but it still has a number of country roads that you need to bike on. Cleveland is just now getting their urban trail from Erie to the Towpath finished, so hopefully Cincinnati gets their butts in gear and connects Lunken to downtown. I could see this being finally completed in 2025. From the FAQ page: At least 83% of those miles are completed on a collection of off-street but hard surface/paved trails. Some of the OTET is on roads with the lowest traffic we could find in the areas. In 2017 another 8 miles of OTET on the Holmes County Trail extension from Glenmont to the Bridge of Dreams opened. *Since 2017 (from what I've followed) the Camp Chase trail filled in a gap and phase 3 Towpath extension filled a complicated urban gap.

Oh no, that's one of the few bars I actually enjoy in OTR...

Yes, because the city also made a promise to the West End when they had to approve the stadium contingent on the agreement with the WECC being approved. There would be major protests of FCC and the City if they went back on that agreement.

If that property ends up in the hands of FCC, you can bet people would sniff that out. There would be serious backlash, to the extent that they definitely could get the stadium delayed.

FCC made a promise when they moved here to not displace people and to be a good neighbor. Maybe they are being better and more accommodating than a generic developer would, but that doesn't mean they should be let off the hook. The tenants are using their leverage, good for them.

If rail happens, it will be because of all these things happening over the next decade: 1. WC/Mason growth + downtown/uptown job growth continuing at its current rates, grinding 75/71 to a LA-style halt daily. 2. CVG-area job creation is through the roof + passengers continue at current growth rates 3. Hamilton County continues to have 3 Democratic commissioners, City Council continues to have a progressive majority, and we get a progressive mayor. 4. DeWine/Future Democratic Gov of KY not going out of his way to block federal funds So, yeah, probably not going to happen. But I do see the general public (suburbs included) embracing this if the highways get bad enough. If there's enough suburb support, 1-3 takes care of itself, even if there are some more conservative democrats on council or in the mayor's seat.

The optimist in me says: the job growth about to explode in NKY and horrible access to the airport (and the already congested I-75) we may yet see huge push from not only young people, but employers to get rail integrated along the highways or at least a major BRT overhaul. No amount of highway-widening and bridge-building is going to solve our MSA adding yet another top-notch job hub outside of the urban core, and along a highway. @jmecklenborg 's idea of having a direct transit link between population centers and job hubs is vital. The realist in me thinks: this will just lead to Florence punching up to West Chester/Liberty levels of growth, the highways get bad, but not bad enough for major change to happen, and we get a 5th lane on I-75.

All hail our lord and savior, Jeffrey Bezos!

On top of the fact that the reason the due date is so soon is because R state legislatures everywhere just re-draw a map that isn't acceptable and send it in just before the deadline and continually re-do that process of getting denied and having that pushed back until the SCOTUS decides to force their hand.

I live a block off of Wyoming Ave (which turns into Benson when you cross the Mill Creek), that entire road is unique in the best way. 3 business districts (1 in Wyoming, 2 in Lockland, 1 in Reading), 2 lane road the entire way, and survives crossing I-75 twice! Lockland has some work to do on their districts, but the book-ends are great NBDs to walk, bike, or drive through.

The drama is there, not because of any legal reasons, but because this site was chosen specifically by Lindner and they made promises left and right to get it done. They're already showing to be flaky (Just Cookin' and now this) and now council needs to hold their feet to the fire. Berding not being able to control himself and use the "we are a soccer team" line in frustration just shows how much they don't give a shit. If they didn't want to put up with this crap, they could have built a cooler stadium for less in Newport, but Lindner can't fathom having money go to the other side of the river. I'm so glad we passed on season tickets, I really don't want to support FCC's ownership.

Just prepping them for an office job in Blue Ash

Yeah the city (and county) got it backwards. PromoWest should have received The Banks project and MEMI is more suited to a place like The Emery.

I live near the upper portion of the Mill Creek Greenway and have rode the entire paved portion of this trail numerous times. Each time it was overgrown and the path was not in good condition. The route itself is useless because of how broken up it is. I was actually planning on posting some photos when I actually get a chance to get the bike out one weekend. From what I've gathered, the next step is an Este Ave multi-use path and cut-through the GCWW access road to Winton Rd. The city has all but ignored this route, one I've been patiently waiting on getting completed because that lower portion could be one of the coolest trails the city has to offer. I'm hoping the Lick Run project and (never-to-be started) Price Hill Landing boost the priority of this trail because connecting to those two parks would be huge.

And to make matters worse, they said they're studying these free days to see if its a good long-term policy. Of course they've all been on horrible days. At least the new Streetcar CEO is talking about these things though.

I'm waiting for him to suggest that we build a 4 lane highway above the current Liberty St to make sure traffic can easily get between 75/71 and stay away from pedestrians. That's his Vision Zero. I'm still baffled by the excuse that Liberty is a connector between 75 & 71, which is why it was widened. It honestly is quicker to just stay on the highway and take FWW if you need to switch between the two.

I hope everyone involved in the wrecks is okay, but I'll go ahead say it: I'm hoping these back to back pedestrian injuries gets us one more council vote due to the dire nature of the highway that cuts through OTR. Let's see if Cranley actually cares about Vision Zero or not... I think I know the answer.