Posted December 27, 201212 yr Oneof my favorite things about Cleveland is a very comprehensive network of rail-based rapid transit and modern BRT lines. I'm personally not a big fan of the BRT, but it has been integral to the impressive transformation of the Euclid Avenue Corridor which has seen over $4 billion of reinvestment in the last five years including 4,500 new residential infill units. I thought I'd do a diverse photo set of Cleveland life that is sewn together as a series of destinations along the Rapid system. Starting in Shaker Heights, one of the nation's best remaining example of a historic streetcar suburb. Modern TOD in the Shaker Towne Center Stairs going down to the LRT, with condos in the background Shaker Heights City Hall LRT at Lee and Van Aken Boulevard Lee Road in Shaker Heights Flats East Bank TOD along the Waterfront Line Taking the Rapid to the Browns game! Inside the Tower City terminal, where the Red, Blue, Green, Waterfront, and Health lines converge Healthline BRT route Downtown trollies Triskett station in Lakewood - my neighborhood Rapid stop W. 25th - Ohio City Rapid station The incredible Westside Market in Ohio City Public Square, where all the city bus routes converge Healthline stop in Playhouse Square Healthline stop near E. 4th Sayonara University Circle Rapid stop E.120 will be replaced with this $17.5 million station on Mayfield Road in Little Italy Cedar Road's morning backup underneath the University Circle station University Circle peaking through the foliage Healthline along Euclid Avenue in University Circle Euclid Avenue in University Circle.. phase 1 of the Uptown UARC development Phase 2 is breaking ground in January Red Line coming into Tower City Flats West Bank redevelopment on the other side of the Detroit-Superior bridge Waterfront Line in the Flats Lolly the Trolley! Healthline night lights in Playhouse Square W. 117 and Madison Rapid station Walking out of Tower City Healthline whips around Public Square to start its journey from in front of Tower City all the way down Euclid
December 27, 201212 yr Nice collection of photos! Thanks! This is my fave, BTW.... http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/552342_10151491821917656_645138085_n.jpg I see you were there before the started construction on the new UC-Cedar station. Work started Sept. 18. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 28, 201212 yr Nice collection of photos! Thanks! This is my fave, BTW.... http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/552342_10151491821917656_645138085_n.jpg I see you were there before the started construction on the new UC-Cedar station. Work started Sept. 18. I figured you'd love this thread, KJP! I usually take the Rapid to get to UC and I just thought it looked better with greenery. I'm in and out of that and the 120 station a lot...120 more so, but my phone is ALWAYS dead after a long day of engagements or too low battery to take a photo of the really cool environs around the 120 station.
December 28, 201212 yr One of my favorite type of threads. Great stuff! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 28, 201212 yr Awesome! I especially love all the Uptown shots. Very glad you joined the CLE community, Eurokie.
December 28, 201212 yr Very nice thread eurokie, makes one appreciate Cleveland's advantages with good mass transit, esp the Rapid... You're attitude toward the Health Line BRT mirrors mine: I don't love it... but I'm glad we have it as a major tool in our transit arsenal.
December 31, 201212 yr Nice collection of shots - thanks for posting! clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
January 2, 201312 yr Proof positive that transit is Cleveland's ace in the bag compared to other Ohio cities. Great thread!
January 6, 201312 yr Proof positive that transit is Cleveland's ace in the bag compared to other Ohio cities. Great thread! Totally agreed. Cincinnati will be able to claim its streetcar here soon, and that may be more TOD-oriented than Cleveland's Rapid system. However I envision a number of upgrades in coming years to the Rapid that will foster a lot more TOD.
January 7, 201312 yr Proof positive that transit is Cleveland's ace in the bag compared to other Ohio cities. Great thread! Totally agreed. Cincinnati will be able to claim its streetcar here soon, and that may be more TOD-oriented than Cleveland's Rapid system. However I envision a number of upgrades in coming years to the Rapid that will foster a lot more TOD. Cleveland's improving TOD-wise... Also, I think people tend to forget that all those apts and condos grouped around Van Aken rapid stops are older examples of higher-density TOD.
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