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Could there be anyone in the NBA that looks like they don't belong on the floor any more than Jon Leuer?

Hts, have you been to Ty Fun? It got a 28 Zagat rating and IMO blows away Lemon Grass.

Even if they were to go 2-80, I would still enjoy the Cavs, and mainly because I love watching Kyrie play.

Wow, that Eds/Mentor game was exciting.

That would be a really cheap gigabit internet connection for your server if you can fit that server into a 1 sq ft space!

So now it seems there are only 3 Zipcars for all of Cleveland and they are all on the CSU campus? I'd say this didn't turn out to be such a good thing after all.

Are you saying that people just like to complain? ;)

Being someone that's really into maps, the downtown map does not look hand drawn. It actually looks very precise. Some may actually say the precision is a disadvantage, though (many maps draw features out of scale on purpose to make them easier to read). However, I like it, especially for a map showing all roads and bus routes. Schematics like for subway maps would not work in this case. The new maps actually remind me of the Chicago system maps, which I also think are great. Public Square only appears lopsided because there are many lines along Ontario at that point, and due to the way some break off westbound on the north end of the square, there are more running down the right half at that point, causing it to look like the right side of the square is smaller. I'm not sure what you mean by "loopy Rapid routes". If you looked at an overhead satellite view of the tracks, I'd bet the routes on the map would lay pretty much directly on top of where they actually run. There could be a few additions, such as maybe using subtle background color differences to denote different districts, but overall I think it's a very nice map.

I just downloaded the new system map, and, WOW, what an improvement! I love it, it's gorgeous!

Haha, I know that, but I figured they would still keep the Zagat website up to date.

It seems that Google has updated its Zagat ratings to the 2013 edition, which is funny since the Zagat website still shows last year's ratings. Crop went down to 26 from 28, but many restaurants moved up, including Giovanni's (to 29) and my personal favorite, L'Albatros, to 28. Also a nice surprise was that Ty Fun was Zagat rated for the first time, and debuted at a 28 rating!

Yeah but how much can they really be making on alcohol when they're selling Dogfish Head 90 Minute pints for $3? That's cheaper than you can buy it in the store!

True, but on all other bus routes you can't. That includes the top 10 busiest bus routes where an average of nearly 300 minutes of delay per day are caused by boarding/payment issues. Another 150 minutes of delay per day is caused by buses waiting at traffic signals, just on the 10 busiest bus routes. I was referring only to the HealthLine since we were talking about the bunching up of HealthLine busses.

But on the health line those tickets can be purchased at the stations before boarding.

We won, 5 scores to 4! Go Browns!

Thanks for the info, biker. I don't know why I had 5 min in my head. Did the schedules change since the line first opened? I still feel like traffic light prioritization could make a big difference. It shouldn't matter how heavy the cross traffic is if it is implemented well (3 minutes is more than enough time to clear the cross traffic in between busses if the light timings are done well). However, as you indicate with your study, this may not have as big of an effect overall as I think it would (which is admittedly based on anectodal observations, not a study).

I was referring to the HealthLine.

It still is!

As Hts121 said, a voucher system has only one purpose, and that's to ensure that public schools cease to exist, and that quality of education is solely determined by level of wealth. We have always determined that a good education is something that every child deserves. We need to try harder to achieve that goal, not run the opposite direction from it.

I disagree that loading and unloading is the main problem. Even at the busiest stops, it takes only 15-20 seconds to load and unload passengers. But most traffic lights stop the bus for anywhere from 30 seconds to over a minute. Also, I thought the busses were run every 5 minutes at rush hour, not 3? Regardless, even at 3 minutes, you should be able to have effective signal prioritization. Also, I know you wouldn't want to have to run green line trains every 5 minutes, and there's no way there is density to need it. But I was just referring to a train system with a similar number of traffic lights and short platforms (such that you couldn't run large trains to handle more capacity) to point out that a street level train has many of the same problems as BRT. But don't get me wrong, I'd still much rather have Light Rail down Euclid than BRT. I am just saying that it wouldn't magically solve all of the line's problems.

Um, Chagrin Falls. Sorry, I misread your post, I thought you were referring to two different towns in your first paragraph. Plus, you lived in Bainbridge, not Chagrin Falls! :)

I agree with 327 on the light timing. Screw trying to time the lights...it won't work. Just use preemptive signaling. When a bus is coming the light turns green for it, or stays green if it already is (I know, I know, it's a white rectangle/triangle, not green/red). You could even implement some simple logic where it will only turn green as long as the light hasn't changed within X number of seconds to avoid unexpected "quick changes" for motorists, and it would still be 1000x better than it is now.

I personally know 5 people who have told me they will vote for Obama even though they didn't in 2008. I know 0 who are voting for Romney that voted for Obama in 2008.

What town is that?

I can agree that Heights "deserved" to get in based on the screw job they got a couple years ago. But based on the bylaws, it's unclear as to what should happen and I don't think there's a precedent in football. The problem is that the game was completed and then the violation was called out by the school was not an OHSAA violation. In the eyes of OHSAA, it would be no different than a school randomly deciding to forfeit a game after the fact to get a buddy's school in the playoffs (I know that's not what happened here, I'm just saying that's why OHSAA may feel that allowing a school to forfeit a win after the fact when they didn't violate any OHSAA rules may be a slippery slope). However, the bylaw says that a game must be forefeited if a player is found ineligible, but then apparently never defines whether or not eligibility is determined by the school or by its own standards.