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Cleveland police see 45% increase in applicants, city says https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/10/cleveland-police-sees-45-increase-in-applicants-city-says.html

Hate to keep being negative, but these have been up for a while, they were probably replacing ones that already got ran over by cars (the first one got knocked over on the day they originally put them up...). July 19: To add, these end very quickly and send you into right turning traffic on W25, or if you're going east it sends you onto the deathtrap of a lane on the bridge or you need to navigate across to the bridge without a bike box or anything to safely navigate other than the crosswalk. These lanes look cool but they're pretty useless.

lol they'll be working on this spot for the next month. The sidewalk on the corner of PS across from 55PS was dug up for idk the past month at least, just like the sidewalk on Euclid being open so long that folks put a fake garden in it. I'd love to be pleasantly surprised but I have my doubts.

Threw me off walking through the alley and seeing this in the distance...

When I first came across this neighborhood via the closed RR pedestrian bridge from Track to over there, I was kind of astounded that houses were still there, seems like the scrapyard has claimed a large part of it. Seems like a tight knit area w/so few houses remaining - I could feel the eyes on me as I was biking around the streets back here.

Does this have anything to do w/the development Ken posted in May?

The case for a land value tax grows every day...I get it, make as much as you can and create generational wealth but at some point...

Wow, no bathroom pics ... they must not be serious about wanting to sell the place! lol

Interesting read: https://signalcleveland.org/rta-says-ambassadors-social-workers-provide-safer-transit-rides/ Anecdote, but every time I see them they're all just talking with each other on the busses lol curious to see the metrics they present.

Tangentially related to this thread, Happy Dog/City Club had a great forum last night on indie venues and their new reality. It was really interesting and as with UO, it was cool to get some inside baseball on how things are going.

Crosspost from Bike Thread - Bike/Ped/Transit Coffee and Donuts tomorrow morning, happy hour Friday.

Heads up that there's a Bike to Work Day for Car Free Week Tomorrow in PS from 7:30-9A and a Happy Hour at Masthead from 5-7P on Friday. https://www.bikecleveland.org/bike-cle/events/walk-ride-roll-to-work-day/2023/09/ https://www.bikecleveland.org/bike-cle/events/car-free-happy-hour/2023/09/ Hope to see some folks there.

https://neo-trans.blog/2023/04/22/hulett-hotel-plans-make-a-comeback/

The large majority of energy behind 'Vote No' on 1 had to do with this coming vote. I don't think turnout will be low. Don't forget MJ is also on the ballot.

Took the 51 in today, they're adding the barbed wire hangars to the fences on W25. I get that there'll be a lot of equipment down there but barbed wire seems like a stretch. If folks want to get in cutting the fence is a lot easier than climbing.

For better or worse, and after living both places, I've always told folks PGH feels 10 years ahead of Cleveland. Likewise, I've called Cinci a less pretentious PGH lol. They really embrace their schools - we do to an extent here but it's really engrained in their culture. Also worth mentioning - Duquesne (dooo-kane), Chatham, Point Park, etc. etc. I used to live up from the stadiums in the East Allegheny neighborhood (2014-16ish) and it's pretty wild how much has changed and how quickly it's changed/pieces added (mostly converting surface parking into buildings). They embrace their waterfront (like our plan by the stadium) with some really nice paths and access points for water based recreation. You can also tie up your boat and live there until your boat sinks, plenty of stories of folks taking their boats down there post divorce and hanging out lol. But long story short, there's a lot to do on the water and up above so that it's active year round. Stage AE (music venue akin to HOB), Southern Tier, country bar, etc etc., keep things rolling in the offseason and off nights. I don't think there's any immediate housing in between stadiums, but if you go past the Roberto Clemente bridge, apartments start up. It's an easy walk to get to bars and venues if you wanted to. It's a healthy mix. I think the closest thing we have to some blocks in the North Shore is FEB, hopefully once Bedrock builds out we'll have a contiguous boardwalk to enjoy our water. Mods, my bad, I tried! to bring it back around to the stadium...

Oh man, this would be amazing. Bop is great, but sure would be nice to have a jazz outpost in the core.

Yo! Count me in.

If anyone needs bike lights (or knows anyone that needs them), I have a bunch from the Random Acts of Brightness event yesterday w/Bike Cleveland. Reach out and I'd be happy to give ya a set, free no-strings.

She's dead, Jim.