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I love the subway plan! It will also give Cleveland that "big city" feel that has been slowly dissipating. It doesn't conflict with KJP's waterfront loop as that comes from the northern part of Downtown and this is the southern part and they should meet at some point so transfers can be made between the two. Yes, subway is more expensive--but not cost prohibitive as there are federal infrastructure stimulus funds that can be used--and the subway will bring more development than a streetcar route. But, in any event, both projects should be done. The waterfront line shouldn't just dead-end at a parking lot.

@Dougal--Hi Dougal---thanks for that detailed and very informative explanation! The approach makes since. Now I can go back and see that is included at at each PAL, before it made no sense to do so.

If you treat Cleveland like a "small to mid market" city, then that is all it will ever be.

Thanks--I know its not paid for by taxpayers as the airports are an enterprise fund. But its VERY bizarre that the airport doesn't present the plan---you're saying the public has to sit through a city planning meeting which is a completely different department? And also know that that is where they need to go? Are the airport people too lazy to take the final step and have the plan easily accessible? And beyond that, it's not like they would be doing it themselves, it's just telling their contractor to do it. Is it that since Jackson announced he isn't running for re-election everyone is just too busy to do their jobs and instead are spending all their looking for their next gig? Its baffling.

@Boomerang_Brian--thanks. What does PAL stand for? "PAL 2" without sounds like 'phase 2' or something. If PAL 2 is the initial phase, what is PAL 1? Its so frustrating---that the airport/city cannot just readily release the plan, and instead treats everyone like idiots. "PAL" is not a common abbreviation so perhaps they don't really want any opinion on the plan as you can't tell what's what. On the airport OFFICIAL master plan site, the last update is from SEVEN MONTHS ago---9/16/2020 (https://clevelandairportmasterplan.com/status.php). Is there a place to get the full plan, instead of piecemeal images that have no key on them? (I do appreciate you posting them though, as we'd otherwise have nothing.) Good to hear the FIS issue will be fixed through a new concourse. The point about shops are restaurants pre-security was to be like other airports where people can mingle before going through security. At the very minimum a few restaurants would be nice that people can sit down at. In some cases people end up at the airport HOURS before their flights, due to weather or otherwise, and not everyone is flying so people could spend more time together with others before disappearing into security. Such facilities exist at just about every major airport in the world (including the US), not sure why Cleveland has to be limited to a subway stand. Even Burke had a fully functioning restaurant back in the day (pre-hornblower). Road access could be fixed with better traffic control. Rental car: that's how it is in major cities. That 'empty space' that is on airport should be used for higher uses than parking cars---there could be a few office bldgs or hotels built there. And those will pay down the airports debt through leases---far more than the cars would.

You may be just using MDW as an example of crowding, but you've mentioned it twice. MDW is not a fair airport for a comparison to CLE. You're comparing apples and oranges. MDW is a secondary airport in the center of the city--its not Chicago's primary airport. Compare MDW to Burke or Cincinnati Lunken or even Teterboro. Hopkins is Cleveland's primary airport, so compare CLE to Chicago's ORD or any city's primary airport. With that said, CLE is need of MAJOR improvements. Its very outdated---with the exception, ironically of Terminal D, slated for destruction. I don't know what's in the list of the $750M first phase--but I hope ALL of it is about the terminal itself--fixing the FIS and modernizing and widening the concourses. It would be great to have a common restaurant and shops area BEFORE security with restaurants and the like, like a million other airports have. At CLE, right now, I think the only place to eat before security is at Subway, and its not a sit down restaurant--I don't know if the new plan even considered this. Making the airport easier to get to from the south? That is a waste of money. There already is good highway access from Downtown. Moving the rental cars to on-airport is a giant waste of money as its fine where it is. Summary: The first priorities are the terminal itself---forget the stuff outside of the airport.

I just watched the first ten minutes or so--looks like a great film--and some great stories and shots of the city. Will watch the rest later--thanks for posting it!

What does this have to do with anything? Are you saying Cleveland can be like Ann Arbor or Toledo or Flint in that we don't need a decent airport because Detroit is just 2.5 hrs away? Hopkins doesn't need to grow because everyone in Cleveland who flies overseas can just be forced to travel to Detroit first and fly from there?

^Is there a key for the different colors?

Didn't know about this bridge---thought for a second it was over the Cuyahoga. Now THAT would be a game changer for the city.

"Zeller said that he plans to open Indie in October, and to get the rooftop patio up and running in 2022." So no rooftop patio this summer. But its great there will be live music there.

RTA is not that big of a large organization---for something as big as the rail car purchase, she should definitely be involved and I would think that she is actively involved even if one of her deputies is the main person. "Regardless, I think you should meet her and then meet her deputy GMs and tell me what you think." If what you are saying between the lines is that she is wholesome and good, but her deputies are bad and corrupt, then if she really is wholesome and good, she should replace her deputies. That's what any good leader does. And if she doesn't---or hasn't as she has been there a while now---that means she's no different than them.

No, its because the industry is gone. Who is left down there besides ArcelorMittal--and maybe Marathon OIl--that uses ships?

No, you don't "do it" at the sacrifice of everything else in the world. And besides, our shipping channel works fine and the number of shippers/industries/manufacturers that transport things by water that are located upriver has been decreasing steadily for decades.

The cut-through would unquestionably change that. Bad train service in the US is a shortcoming. The current (as its not the original) layout of the river channel is not a shortcoming--its part of what makes cleveland cleveland---and its been that way from day moses cleaveland first landed here. It does NOT restrict development or investment, it in fact increases the value and specialness of a project.

That's not the "only" issue---it would totally change the vibe and energy of the area. Scranton Peninsula is cool because it is remote and surrounded by water on 3 sides. If you remove that there's nothing special about it and the entire Flats die a little as well. The winding river is part of what makes Cleveland the city that it is.

^She's probably deleting her emails as we speak and instructing her staff to do the same!

She's the GM---how can she not be involved? That's makes her sound even worse. Even if she's on maternity leave, she's the head of a public agency so she can't really just wash her hands. I guess a freedom of information request by AAO or Scene or Crains or a needed federal investigation can see if there are emails and phone calls happening between her staff and her during this shady time to see the extent of her involvement.

I had asked the question below a while back in a different thread (Cleveland: Transit Ideas for the Future): And we clearly have our answer. India Birdsong is either completely corrupt herself--getting some deal out of favoring a particular rapid supplier (screwing over Cuyahoga County residents in the process)---or she is incompetent, unable to see what is happening, unable to control the people under her, or just a poor leader in general. @KJPthanks for AAO bringing this to FTA's attention and hopefully it will get some visibility beyond the transit world in general so that everyday people can learn about these shenanigans at RTA. Even Calabrese would not have pulled this. This is outright corruption or incompetence or both.

"Jackson" and "imaginative" are not two terms that are generally thought of in the same breath.

^Never heard of them, but they're on the right track--demand for electric delivery vehicles will grow. Are they Cincinnati-based? Their website says, vehicles are made in the US---where? Are they made in Cinci?

Here's the current list of those on the ballot from the Board of Elections. List is in alphabetical order. (https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/pdf_boe/en-US/2021/CPS/2021CandidateList.pdf) I don't see see Sandra Williams name here. Is it because she publicly declared (so we know about it), but hasn't filed her papers yet with the Board of Elections? Knoth and Kucinich have not yet declared. James Jerome Bell Nonpartisan | No Partidista Justin Bibb Nonpartisan | No Partidista Michael J. Chal Nonpartisan | No Partidista Ross Dibello Nonpartisan | No Partidista Basheer Jones Nonpartisan | No Partidista Kevin Kelley Nonpartisan | No Partidista Michael F. Kilbane Nonpartisan | No Partidista Arthur O. Kostendt Nonpartisan | No Partidista Zack Reed Nonpartisan | No Partidista Landry McNord Simmons Jr Nonpartisan | No Partidista Keyshawn Dwayne Varnado Nonpartisan | No Partidista Anthony Lee Wilson Nonpartisan | No Partidista Latorya Jean Witcher Nonpartisan | No Partidista

Good God--this guy sounds so full of himself. Who in Cleveland says "Cleveland OHIO"? He talks so condescendingly as if he's from some really really great city somewhere--I can't even think of an example city that would fit here.

If you've been "lending" money to a crack addict for two years, don't suddenly stop and expect him to be fine with it. Lakewood man found guilty of beating neighbor to death with power saw https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2021/05/lakewood-man-found-guilty-of-beating-neighbor-to-death-with-power-saw.html

Oh my, that's wild. And they should have just said "E. 6 St." instead of "west of East 9th Street".