Mr Sparkle

When I went thru Engineering @ UC, there was a requirement to take a certain number of humanities and social science courses to graduate (and there was an approved list of courses by the College of Engineering). Freshmen English was a requirement above and beyond the H&S requirement. I got my degree in 1995, so I don't know if it is the same now.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120103/NEWS/301030161/

^that's my point

US and State routes are maintained within cities and villages by the municipality, Cinti is one of them. ODOT may contribute portions of the funding. This outta bore you all: http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Legislative/Documents/ODOT%20REPORT%20-%20Maintenance%20of%20Municipal%20Routes%203-11-11.pdf

didn't COAST write the ballot language?

I'm confused. Do you want to make these ramps pedestrian-friendly urban streets? They are, after all, off-ramps at the end of the 6th street Expressway.

http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/transeng/pages/-11270-/ Plan: http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/transeng/downloads/transeng_eps11534.pdf

Has Pierre Foods rec'd any incentives? http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20111127/BIZ01/111270335/No-1-AdvancePierre-Foods-has-taste-growth?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

MLK viaduct/overpass was built at the same time as I-71

I don't think the movies and TV shows you cited dictated the feelings to density and urban settings, but were reflective of the current trends at the time

Wonder if they analyzed the traffic if the Victory Parkway interchange was completed, as the original construction was designed for. Would that pull enough Avondale and Walnut Hills traffic to allow the Taft interchange to work better? The interchange would make a nice back way to University Hospital, the VA and Children's via Rockdale and Forest. All the walls and R/W is in place at that never-constructed interchange.

Slam on the Enquirer or the Cincy area bloggers?

I searched for a thread an was surprised there was none for this project: http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/pages/-44601-/ Meeting Materials here: http://uptownaccessstudy.com/meetings.html 3 alternates on the table: http://uptownaccessstudy.com/Images/PDFs/Open_House2%20materials/UptownOH2_MLKB.pdf http://uptownaccessstudy.com/Images/PDFs/Open_House2%20materials/UptownOH2_MLKBex.pdf http://uptownaccessstudy.com/Images/PDFs/Open_House2%20materials/UptownOH2_MLKBexLOOP.pdf Alternates Discarded: http://uptownaccessstudy.com/Images/PDFs/Open_House2%20materials/UptownOH2_ConsideredDismissed.pdf

FYI^^^^^^Similac....some of the non-milk based formula's (Soy, etc) have corn syrup solids as a first ingredient

Madisonville is starting to fight it....

Not an interstate:

@Ram23, agreed with the ramp design for the Red Bank Road segment, it could/should be a lot tighter to conserve land. @Others: even though the Red Bank Drawings show grade separations at Madison and Erie, many other at-grades and signals are proposed, not appropriate for an interstate. I also believe the posted speed for Red Bank will be 45mph, but can confirm that at the moment. Further along the new road, towards I-275, other at grades are proposed as I noted above and can be seen on the exhibits that have been posted up-thread. yes the facility could be upgraded in the future, but no provisions are being introduced in the plans to make that happen. If ODOT had the urge to upgrade the whole corridor to Interstate status, then many grade crossings will have to be eliminated, more right of way purchased, shoulders widened and horizontal curves straightened, etc. The proposed road will be somewhat less than a freeway, but a little more than an arterial like Reed Hartman. Implying that the $809 million is for the extension of I-74 as done on the UrbanCincy article is disingenuous, or, flat out wrong. An interstate along that stretch could easily be double that amount, furthermore an interstate facility is prohibited by the EIS that was approved for the project

No extension of I-74 is planned. Ohio backed of that long ago. With the Eastern Corridor Project, SR32/Red Bank Road will have at-grade intersections at Mt Carmel/Tobasco; Old 74, and 2 of the I-275 off ramps, and various locations along Red Bank Road. No new interstate can have at-grade intersections. The environmental impact statement approved for the project specifically forbids the new road to be an interstate.

Will COAST come out in opposition to wasting the taxpayer money for split primaries as currently proposed for Ohio in 2012 (estimated at $15 million)?

So are you trying to point out that there are sub-standard shoulders on I-71 that are no difference than the BSB? I-71 in that location has 10-12' wide shoulders on both the median side and outside. This bozo was using the shoulders to pass cars at 150+ MPH. NO roadway design will be made safe for that condition. An aside, if I am ever in a car that breaks down on the interstate, I will wait outside the car up on the slope, or behind the median wall. There is no way I will wait for help while inside the car. that is a death wish

That is not true. (Portland 37.5 in/year, Cincy 42.6 in/year) Yes, Portland has more rainy days than Cincy, but overall the rains are lighter (less intensity). We do not design hydraulic facilities for total yearly rainfall, but for peak storm events. Here, we tend to have shorter duration, higher intensity storms For example, in Portland for a 10 year storm, 10 minute duration you design for an intensity of 1.6 in/hr See page 13 of the OrDOT drainage Design Manual, Portland is in area #7 ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/techserv/Geo-Environmental/Hydraulics/Hydraulics%20Manual/Chapter_07/Chapter_07_appendix_A/CHAPTER_07_APPENDIX_A.pdf In Cincinnati we design for a 10 year storm, 10 minute duration of 5.4 in/hr, over 3 times the Portland intensity

Inre Blight, this probably answers your question: http://www.projectgroundwork.org/lickrun/watershed/lickrun.htm Separating the storm from the sanitary, in theory will reduce the need for treatment facility. They can separate the storm sewer into a pipe as opposed to daylighting; however I think MSD still has to treat the stormwater pollution as part of the clean water Phase 2 requirements. Daylighting into a stream is probably what MSD is trying to accomplish stormwater treatment.

The time frame on MSD's compliance with the Consent Decree does not allow future pervious surface retrofits you describe to be used. It probably encourages structural improvements such as daylighting. Its naive to think that day lighting all downspouts to grass surface will magically solve the wet weather CSO flow issue. A lot of yards in the water shed are steep and rather impervious soils (e.g clay). Most of the shed is not roof tops http://www.projectgroundwork.org/lickrun/watershed/WatershedCharacteristicsFull.jpg I thin a lot of the wet weather flow is from system infiltration, but do not have the % in front of me

What about the rest of the watershed?

In my opinion its not that bad to walk from 2nd street over FWW and 3rd Street. I remember the old FWW too. And "Top 6"