Cleburger

I understand, and agree with you to a point. The tunneling technology doesn't exist today, but perhaps could in the future. In the meantime it's worth exploring, and maybe it could be of use on routes that are heavily congested, both in the air and on the ground (the existing NE corridor or the I5 in CA come to mind).

It's not going to work, and I don't know why people want it to work so badly. Said every naysayer about steam engines, automobiles, airplanes, high speed rail, maglev, electric cars, faster-than-sound air travel, the space shuttle, landing on the moon, intercontinental railroads, a plethora of "world's largest" ships, the space station, the construction of early skyscrapers, the Hoover Dam, an endless stream of bridges, the internet, wifi, smartphones, laptops, etc., etc., etc. Failing to see the benefit of a major increase in the speed of land travel requires a complete inability to grasp the benefit of technological advance while living in a world that has relied on technological advances that people like yourself claimed wouldn't work. If it's going to work you need scalability. Think of the amount of passengers that fly in the United States alone. People don't really comprehend it. Now transfer that total to users who can only use certain tubes to travel from place to place. If one capsule breaks down, then what? A bigger tube? More tubes? How many tubes will it take for travel between Cincy and C'bus? What about DC to Boston? Or Chicago to Denver? What about State College? Bangor? Cheyenne? Bismarck? Fairbanks? All these cities have air service. Do they get tubes? Now think of the NIMBY urban areas that won't want 700-mph "trains" moving through their neighborhoods. Think of the safety hurdles. The security issues. I don't think Elon Musk really has on this one. It looks cool don't get me wrong. This would be great for connecting areas on another planet that is mainly flat, like the Moon. When commercial airlines started a roundtrip transcontinental flight cost almost as much as a new car. The airlines carried a combined 6,000 passengers in 1930. And look at them now...flying buses, complete with the "people of Wal Mart." We have to start somewhere.

The top two employers in Columbus metro are The Ohio State University and the state of Ohio. Over 50,000 jobs. That definitely helps the C-bus economy.

Actually I remember WFL trains to be well patronized back then. While some clubs stayed open beyond 2a on weekends, many did not. And even if they were open, most folks were heading home by 2a and, I remember that ORR and other FEB streets were clogged as WFL trains glided by into Tower City and then home. IIRC more West Siders transferred at TC for Red Line trains. I know at closing time, trains were generally 3/4 (or more) full and on many occasions, esp when there was concert or some kind of special event in the Flats, RTA ran 2-car trains until 2a (actually 2:15a on the Blue Line). But the WFL was new back then, the Flats was exploding and RTA at the time encouraged people to ride the trains and many Flats goers trusted the trains... None of those factors are in play today even with FEB's recent resurgence with crowds even bigger than the 90s Flats. I worked down there off an and from 94-98. We used to joke about the ghost trains and place bets on one coming towards us as to the number of passengers on board. Some people called it "Mike White's Choo Choo". It may have had occasional peaks in ridership, and was probably more than today, but it was never wildly successful as it could have been if they had ran trains until 3-4 am.

I agree--definitely a throwback to 100 years ago, before every home had cars.

I honestly think the eastern half of that site would make a great site for both. It puts our courts and police slightly closer to our rail and transit hubs. Maybe they could pull off the expensive bus tunnel under Public Square to come full circle on multiple projects.

Much history in that building. Trent Reznor worked in the studio there while working on Pretty Hate Machine.

I don't know--it's not like ore boats are stopping along the river while the guys jump out and run over to Samsel to stock up on marine gear. At some point they put stuff in cars or trucks to get it to the end user. I don't think a brand new facility further up the river would hurt them. Plus we could put them on the new truck route to 490 that I dream of! :angel:

That garage entrance won't fly with the theater-going suburban crowd. What I'd like to see is the ground floor set up for either or--meaning it can be parking to start, but have another entrance in the design so if they ever decide to convert the ground floor it can be turnkey.

Crazy with these things on the horizon that the Samsel building hasn't been sold off for big bucks to convert.

While definitely more than today, I don't remember the WFL ever being that big in the 90's because they didn't run the trains until after 2 am. Most people wanted to stay until closing time, so the train didn't get them home.

SMH....is this really an issue on Detroit in Lakewood? Lakewood residents should be embracing this density and welcoming more of it. Its one of the most desirable attributes of their community.

How do we get this done? I'm not sure of the political/legal setup of RTA....

Agree--plus they generate additional road noise for the surrounding residents.

Looks like he vetoed the freeze on Medicaid expansion but allowed this amendment if I'm reading right?

Should be a huge hit for lunch on Sunday when the weather is beautiful!

I suppose one way the cycle may be broken is if he is in prison throughout the years in which he can produce a child. With his history, it looks like he may be headed down that path. That only takes 2 minutes on the outside.... :-o

Throwing up a 5 or 6 story building on a prominent spot Downtown would be a big mistake and not one that could be corrected for a long time. There are only a handful of truly central vacant lots capable of a large scale transformative project and we should take advantage of them. A 5 or 6 story building would be great if going up on some random lot on the fringe of Downtown, but in this location that's not dense enough. I understand what you are saying, and I am no means dug into my position, but it just seems that cities are built bit-by-bit rather than by transformative projects, and that the transformative projects end up being the flops. I'd rather have all the vacant land covered with shorter buildings than one superstructure and a bunch of other parking lots - look at DC, or any European city. Really I just want to be able to walk down the street and have an unbroken string of city. Obviously that doesn't take account of the cost of the land etc. Maybe Stark will learn from lessons at the Beacon and start on a parking structure (with ground-level retail) that can support a future tower? With a location next to ballpark/arena, plus new apartments going in AT&T, parking will at least start making him some money back quickly. The economics do not work for construction of a parking structure by itself. Parking is expensive to build and doesn't pay the return on investment to warrant building it without rentable floor space above it. The Beacon construction only makes sense because a previous developer built the parking structure, went bankrupt, then Stark was able to buy it for cheap. So it's a financing issue right? He would have to pay out of pocket to get the building designed then the parking structure built that will be the podium for a future tower?

Such a shame. He's 17--will spend less than a year in the Juvi system then be out again restarting his life of crime as an adult. Hopefully no one gets seriously hurt. The article says O'Malley is expected to charge him as an adult. I hope they do. My bad--I just skimmed it quickly. Still sad. The kid will never be able to hold a job. And so the cycle begins...

Such a shame. He's 17--will spend less than a year in the Juvi system then be out again restarting his life of crime as an adult. Hopefully no one gets seriously hurt.

It wouldn't. But those who are/think they are powerful believe the laws do not apply to them. I was gonna say--Calabrese seemed at first willing to go along with keeping the square closed, until the FTA reminded him of his agreements.

How would that change the FTA ruling on violating their contract?

Throwing up a 5 or 6 story building on a prominent spot Downtown would be a big mistake and not one that could be corrected for a long time. There are only a handful of truly central vacant lots capable of a large scale transformative project and we should take advantage of them. A 5 or 6 story building would be great if going up on some random lot on the fringe of Downtown, but in this location that's not dense enough. I understand what you are saying, and I am no means dug into my position, but it just seems that cities are built bit-by-bit rather than by transformative projects, and that the transformative projects end up being the flops. I'd rather have all the vacant land covered with shorter buildings than one superstructure and a bunch of other parking lots - look at DC, or any European city. Really I just want to be able to walk down the street and have an unbroken string of city. Obviously that doesn't take account of the cost of the land etc. Maybe Stark will learn from lessons at the Beacon and start on a parking structure (with ground-level retail) that can support a future tower? With a location next to ballpark/arena, plus new apartments going in AT&T, parking will at least start making him some money back quickly.

It's hard to find very many that DESERVE $15/hour from my experience.

To late, Frank Jackson is already putting it in place. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/06/cleveland_mayor_frank_jackson_39.html