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I was surprised to see Len Komoroski's name so prominently mentioned in CSG's last press release.

It was a mild winter snow-wise and only slightly below normal temp-wise. Average seasonal snowfall for Cleveland: 63.8 inches. This season so far? 31.3 inches. Median December 1-February 28 temperature for Cleveland: 30°. This season? 29.2° making it the 70th coldest (or 84th warmest). Perhaps we've just gotten spoiled by the winters we no longer get?

@YABO713 airport noise abatement program (aka get rid of ears and the bodies attached to them). I was at Sun when this was going on and it was a pretty big controversy.

Rose Building sign not a sign of construction yet By Ken Prendergast / April 8, 2025 Cleveland Landmarks Commission is due to hear a proposal this week for the addition of a visible, unique sign atop an important building in Downtown Cleveland. But while the proposed sign on the Rose Building, 2060 E. 9th St., is touted as a “Temporary construction duration banner” — there is no sign that construction of a planned hotel-apartment conversion is imminent. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/04/08/rose-building-sign-not-a-sign-of-construction-yet/

They may have room and board in mind, but obviously not for eight or nine different sports. They're also thinking about an air-supported dome, like the Crew has at its old stadium.

Apparently this has been around a while. But this is my first time seeing it... LOL!

Look at the Spire Academy. It's 100 acres at I-90 and SR534 in Geneva -- one hour east of Cleveland. I was just out there last night. Despite being in the middle of nowhere, it's a huge attraction with global reach. They have coaches from Europe living there and teaching soccer, including to my son. BTW, the European coaches love the facilities but hate the location. None of them have cars and would rather be in Cleveland.

Before this thread gets locked, in case you want to know who are the buyers of Cleveland's increasing number of $1 million homes (Akram Boutros bought the first $1 million home I saw, on Duck Island). So this house was bought by someone who currently lives on Duck Island -- Maia Hansen, according to a certificate of disclosure from the city. If you're curious who she is and what she does... https://www.linkedin.com/in/maiahansen/

When court community services are sending out the cleaning crews, not only do they work along the highways, but sometimes along the rapid lines. Too bad they also don't clean up the trains, and remove the homeless from the trains and stations. I don’t ride anymore because of these conditions.

Apparently. Or they're trying to use this to get a better deal.

In the absence of a better thread.... NE Ohio Soccer HQ, training facility search begins By Ken Prendergast / April 7, 2025 Cleveland Soccer Group (CSG) has issued a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) to municipalities, civic leaders and community development partners to establish a new headquarters and training facilities for two professional soccer teams debuting in 2026 — a men’s team and Ohio’s first women’s professional soccer team that will be announced soon. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/04/07/ne-ohio-soccer-hq-training-facility-search-begins/

Allow me to be the first (apparently) to welcome you to the United States of America.

And of course, it's the last post on the page, so here it is for easier access...

More! Next in Cleveland’s BVQ District: Vega Ave. Studio Lofts By Ken Prendergast / April 5, 2025 If it seems like a new development is popping up just about every month in Cleveland’s Barber-Vega-Queen (BVQ) District, you’re right. The latest to pop up on public records is the Vega Avenue Studio Lofts. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/04/05/next-in-clevelands-bvq-district-vega-ave-studio-lofts/

MGK’s Shooters Yacht Club gets go-ahead By Ken Prendergast / April 4, 2025 A new direction for a longtime Flats West Bank restaurant site on the Cuyahoga River is about to get underway. But it may be in early August before before the public will have the opportunity to enjoy it, according to spokesman for the construction contractor. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/04/04/mgks-shooters-yacht-club-gets-go-ahead/

Really? I'm used to it...

Until they actually build something, it's still an open-ended question. All I did was share their public-record plans for a riverside "potential entertainment venture and beer garden" titled as “Scranton Road Redevelopment Phase One" as part of "Scranton Road Brewery.” Their words. Not mine.

That's rising fast!

3.2 million is what the Red Line was last year. IIRC, in 1960, the Red Line ridership was about 20 million, and the Shaker rapids was 7 million. Trying to find more specific data. But it dropped through the 1960s and 70s until RTA came along and introduced its ultra-low 35 cent fare. By 1980 with the energy crises and the final year of the low fare, ridership had jumped to 120 million for the entire bus and rail system.

There are new ones with deep pockets but most of them don't care for the spotlight -- Ruttenberg, Asher, Leonhardt, Ponsky, Fishman, Weiss, Goldberg, Beckmann, Trebilcock to name a few. And yes the Ratners are still out there.

Because, and this is a paraphrase from then-GCRTA General Manager Leonard Ronis (he was GM from 1974-81, ie: he was the last GM of CTS and the first GM of GCRTA): "Cleveland belongs with the likes of Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. We deserve a heavy rail metro system." He said that when some of his staff suggested they convert the CTS Rapid into a light-rail line. Ronis had led the rebuilding of the Shaker Rapid into a modern light-rail line in 1980-81, at a then-large cost of about $100 million. That was a condition of the pre-1975, then-city of Shaker Heights rapid transit system joining the GCRTA. There was some complaints from city of Cleveland officials and others who said that too much was being spent to benefit a high-income suburb while transit needs in the city of Cleveland and elsewhere were not being met. So Ronis' words about keeping the big-boy CTS Rapid as a heavy rail line was also a peace offering to Cleveland.

Yep. Use it or lose it.

National Acme redevelopment site to expand By Ken Prendergast / April 3, 2025 The fate of the National Acme plant at 170 E. 131st St., where Cleveland’s Glenville and Collinwood neighborhoods meet, is an all-too common story about the demise of a major employer-turned-abandoned factory. But community leaders today said they hope that the rebirth promised for this neglected, toxic site will also become a common story for Cleveland’s many problematic properties. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/04/03/national-acme-redevelopment-site-to-expand/

I've heard that the deterioration on Cleveland's Red Line trains does come from salt but not from roads since it has no grade crossings. Instead, it comes from the salt used on RTA station platforms. Except that LA's Red Line trains run almost entirely in subways, the exception being in an near the yards south of Union Station. And that's pretty far inland.