Niko

Assuming a crossing has no signaling equipment, what's the cost difference between regular signaling equipment and the stuff required for a quiet zone?

what happens if they don't meet the deadline? nothing? amendment repealed?

It might only help a little, but these sure do look cool. http://gizmodo.com/5553271/are-these-not-the-classiest-knives-youve-ever-seen

is $100 million a reasonable number for "phase 1'? maybe its that plus 600 for phase 2?

totally missed that it was a gate, I thought it was just more fencing that stuck out.

http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/may/26/nbc-4-puts-passenger-rail-test-ar-89414/ NBC 4 Puts The Passenger Rail To The Test For about a year, talk around Ohio has been focused on bringing passenger rail service between Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati. Opinions about the service have been on both sides of the tracks, with many people saying they can't imagine what that kind of service would look like. So, NBC 4 decided to take a ride to Michigan, where Amtrak runs a similar train to the proposed plan in Ohio.

Lot of interesting character in the older walls. Are they going to have to put a gate up on the Zinc patio to comply with liquor laws?

Does anyone know how long the Wyse lease is for? It may turn out that when their lease is up that it is more viable for a retail operation to open there.

You're not kidding, a guy wearing brand new air jordans asked me for a dollar in TC the other day.

From what I can find, driving that trip takes about 3 hours, and the train trip takes about 3.5. Is that correct?

Is it possible to just run extra trains on game days, as sort of a cross-promotional event? Maybe run a late evening train on game days or just during certain times of the year when day trips are more prevalent.

No. PS. Don't you love google? ;) No it doesn't figure into the cap, or no you can't pay them whatever you want? What did you search for in Google, I can't find any info on this?

Do coaches salaries figure into the salary cap, or can you pay them whatever you want?

If we lose lebron and Shaq. We have an OK center stashed in Europe. If we can pull another Jamison level player I think we'll be decent next year (even better if he's a PG). Assuming we also get a coach.

Unfortunately, as far as I know, none of our beaches have permanent volleyball courts. You have to bring your own nets/poles. I was looking into getting poles installed at Mentor Headlands for a while, I even went as far as talking to the woman in the Chicago parks department that is responsible for upkeep at their beaches (ex. north avenue beach) to get an idea of the cost, but the Ohio parks department wasn't interested.

^That's why my annual Brown's prediction is 16-0 :-) We've got a legitimate shot tonight, but 2 in a row will be tough.

A lot of it comes down to Lebron needing to realize when he's not hot and stop shooting the long ball. He's not a 45% shooter, he's either a 20% or a 70% shooter depending on the day.

http://www.examiner.com/x-23537-Columbus-Government-Examiner~y2010m5d6-USDOTs-Procari-applauds-3C-at-Cincinnati-rail-event-tells-states-regions-get-your-act-together USDOTs Procari applauds 3-C at Cincinnati rail event, tells states, regions 'get your act together' COLUMBUS, Ohio - In Cincinnati Tuesday to deliver a keynote speech to rail backers and boosters that included Ohio's transportation director, a prominent Cincinnati City Councilman, public policy pundits and eager experts from both foreign high-speed train companies and American design and build firms hoping to take advantage of $8 billion and more in federal funds President Obama will spend as the first down payment on a decades-long national passenger rail network, John D. Procari, Deputy Secretary of Transportation for the U.S Dept. of Transportation, told his luncheon audience that those states and regions who "get their act together" will be the winners in the evolving plan to weave high-speed rail into the fabric of the nation's changing transportation infrastructure systems.

I don't remember the fountains at all. In the past, what was the draw of the fountains after work hours and off season? Basically, what got people to go and how many people?

Walked by e.4th today and they were installing the railings for Chinato's outdoor seating.

$22 for an adult ticket seems a bit pricey to me. Maybe I'm just cheap.

^http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/apr/29/nbc-4-investigates-millions-more-spent-study-passe-ar-63849/

A proud place? We've already got lovely parks on the Mall with places to sit and relax, a gorgeous fountain, lots of room for temporary events, and its hardly ever used. If building a functional amenity in the middle of downtown residents is tacky, then I'd rather have something tacky that's used daily than something that is "austere public prominent and proud" that only gets used at lunch and rarely on the weekends. We've already got that.

Here's a quick, to scale mock-up of Mall B with recreational facilities (sidewalks would remain as they are today). I'm not advocating any of these facilities in particular, I just wanted to give an idea how many things there is room for. All courts/rinks are professional sized, tennis and basketball courts have an additional 10ft on all sides. There is still plenty of space left for flexible activities, I put the tents on there to show how easily a small market could fit (tents are 15x15). This is comparable to some of the better parks I've seen in the area (minus baseball fields), and this still leaves Mall C, with its better view, open to a garden style park.

EC, I've got nothing against plants, but I'm not one to go to the botanical gardens more than once every 2 or 3 years. I like the idea of a skating area(regular, ice, or combined), a rock wall would be cool if they can figure some way around liabilities. Since the area to be remodeled is already split it might make more sense to have a split use, turning mall B into a recreational park and mall C into more of a scenic park. I think this location is one of the best for a recreational type of park. Its close proximity to the majority of downtown residents will give it the best chance of being used on a daily basis.