June 19, 20195 yr Is that rendering supposed to be something to aspire to? Brick crosswalks don't make an area pedestrian or bike or transit friendly, nor does having 6+ lane mega arterial with piddly 5' sidewalks right up to the curb and buildings with gaping dark spaces and garage entrances everywhere.
June 20, 20195 yr 20 hours ago, KJP said: This street is screaming for a pedestrian refuge in the middle -- or obscenely long red lights and no turns on red to permit pedestrians to cross safely. So clearly unfriendly to pedestrians that I sincerely hope the author of this image does not think it is a good example of "pedestrian amenities."
July 6, 20195 yr Author On 6/20/2019 at 11:42 AM, Foraker said: This street is screaming for a pedestrian refuge in the middle -- or obscenely long red lights and no turns on red to permit pedestrians to cross safely. So clearly unfriendly to pedestrians that I sincerely hope the author of this image does not think it is a good example of "pedestrian amenities." No, I just grabbed the only rendering I had of a proposed vision for East 105th. It's probably 6-8 years old. Meanwhile, in Ireland... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 15, 20195 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 16, 20195 yr Hoping this gets a lot of views....wish I could post this on every sub forum here, lol..... .....but ODOT is conducting a walk/bike survey for Ohioans. PLEASE give them an earful!
July 16, 20195 yr On 2/19/2019 at 9:47 PM, taestell said: If you need this many signs warning drivers about a crosswalk, it's probably a sign that the street needs to be entirely redesigned. And there's a billboard for a personal injury attorney RIGHT THERE
July 16, 20195 yr On 7/15/2019 at 10:22 AM, KJP said: They even got a Cincinnati reference in that article: Quote Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, just north of the central business district, suffered from hundreds of vacant and dilapidated historic buildings two decades ago. “The city is riding a wave of success spurred in large part by the transformation of this community from Cincinnati’s most dangerous neighborhood to a hipster haven,” Speck writes in Walkable City Rules. “This revival was centered on Vine Street, and began when the city reverted the street to two-way traffic in 1999.” Ironically, the city has been pondering restoring two-way traffic on nearby Main Street for more than a decade, but officials have been unable to pull the trigger. Maybe the ongoing successes in cities like New Albany, Cedar Rapids, and Louisville will embolden Cincinnati and other cities to restore more two-way traffic.
July 16, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, Zyrokai said: Hoping this gets a lot of views....wish I could post this on every sub forum here, lol..... .....but ODOT is conducting a walk/bike survey for Ohioans. PLEASE give them an earful! I went to the OKI session on this last week. It was well attended by gov officials and consultants. They hired MKSK to assist in developing the plan so it should hopefully end up being more than just window dressing. Either way, fill out the survey and try to make it to a session! “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
July 29, 20195 yr Fairview Park’s Lorain Road corridor study calls for lane reduction on busy thoroughfare https://www.cleveland.com/community/2019/07/fairview-parks-lorain-road-corridor-study-calls-for-lane-reduction-on-busy-thoroughfare.html By John Benson, special to cleveland.com FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- After more than a year of planning and public input, Fairview Park officials in collaboration with the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) unveiled two recommendation options regarding the future of the Lorain Road corridor Thursday (July 25) at a Gemini Center meeting. “First of all, we’re treating the core area of Lorain Road -- our downtown from W. 210th Street to W. 220th Street -- differently than how we’re looking at the rest of the corridor,” Fairview Park Director of Public Service Shawn Leininger said. “We recommend that we go to a single lane of traffic in each direction with a center turn lane. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
August 14, 20195 yr Author A complete street.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 15, 20195 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 24, 20195 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 27, 20195 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 29, 20195 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 29, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, KJP said: How interesting (see the third picture) that New York freaking City doesn’t require anything but a simple portable metal fence when they close of their streets. Edited August 29, 20195 yr by Enginerd
September 6, 20195 yr Transport for London (TfL) will install a 20mph speed limit on all central London roads it manages from next year, following a consultation. The scheme would see a new limit along 5.5 miles (8.9km) of roads including Millbank, Albert Embankment and Borough High Street by May 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-49608400?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk&link_location=live-reporting-story “The plan is part of the mayor of London's Vision Zero scheme, which aims to eliminate all road deaths in the capital by 2041. The affected roads include all those managed by TfL within the congestion zone, along with the Aldgate Gyratory.“ When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
September 6, 20195 yr On 8/29/2019 at 2:59 PM, Enginerd said: How interesting (see the third picture) that New York freaking City doesn’t require anything but a simple portable metal fence when they close of their streets. That's really dangerous. Everybody in this country is so distracted by mass shooting terrorism that they forget about the vehicle ramming kind.
October 21, 20195 yr Two miles of San Francisco’s iconic Market Street will soon be car-free By SHANE REINER-ROTH • October 18, 2019 https://archpaper.com/2019/10/san-francisco-market-street-car-free/ On October 15, the San Francisco Transportation Agency approved the Better Market Street Project, a bold plan to transform two miles of the city’s legendary Market Street into a pedestrian-only zone. The $604 million proposal will add fully-protected bike and transit-only lanes as well as a streetcar loop. To improve pedestrian safety and user experience, the street’s sidewalks will be widened, its uneven brickwork will be replaced with concrete pavers, and several benches and tables will be installed throughout. ... Market Street, San Francisco's busiest thoroughfare, as seen from Twin Peaks (Wikipedia Commons): When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
November 19, 20195 yr So my wife, parents and I are going to the Notre Dame vs Navy football game in Dublin next year. I'm going to surprise my parents and extend their trip a couple days with a quick (and unbelievably affordable) trip to Brussels. Neither of my parents have ever been to Europe, so I am trying to map out as much as I possibly can before I tell them at Christmas; I've been looking all over the city on Google Maps at restaurants, museums, etc. Nonetheless, I was on Google Street when I encountered this REMARKABLE transformation. I was coming down the alley in a 2014 camera shot onto a main road, included here... https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8497545,4.3508835,3a,75y,177.99h,85.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9HV0M5txqniTE6EpgW0Vwg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Then I continued onto the main road, when it suddenly transformed and the cars disappeared... WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE IMPROVEMENT. https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8497011,4.3509983,3a,75y,187.14h,88.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2wMxTBmUmqMj_4aADdh7cA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 This was a pretty major thoroughfare too, but the street appears to be thriving.
November 19, 20195 yr Author @YABO713 have you ever been to Dublin before? If not, give me a shout on PM and I can suggest some things to see depending on what might interest your parents. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 19, 20195 yr 31 minutes ago, YABO713 said: So my wife, parents and I are going to the Notre Dame vs Navy football game in Dublin next year. I'm going to surprise my parents and extend their trip a couple days with a quick (and unbelievably affordable) trip to Brussels. Neither of my parents have ever been to Europe, so I am trying to map out as much as I possibly can before I tell them at Christmas; I've been looking all over the city on Google Maps at restaurants, museums, etc. Nonetheless, I was on Google Street when I encountered this REMARKABLE transformation. I was coming down the alley in a 2014 camera shot onto a main road, included here... https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8497545,4.3508835,3a,75y,177.99h,85.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9HV0M5txqniTE6EpgW0Vwg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Then I continued onto the main road, when it suddenly transformed and the cars disappeared... WHAT AN UNBELIEVABLE IMPROVEMENT. https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8497011,4.3509983,3a,75y,187.14h,88.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2wMxTBmUmqMj_4aADdh7cA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 This was a pretty major thoroughfare too, but the street appears to be thriving. Anything that can be done to slow the speed of potential customers does wonders for the businesses on any given stretch. Oh and be sure to check out Bridge Park and the corn sculptures while in Dublin ?
January 31, 20205 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
February 5, 20205 yr fighting to take back streetspace on the uws: A Manhattan community board broke a record for attendance on Tuesday night — and proponents of reallocating public space from private vehicles celebrated a bruising victory in the emerging war over the future of New York City's on-street parking spaces. Following several hours of heated debate, the Upper West Side's Community Board 7 voted in favor of a resolution calling on the Department of Transportation to assess alternative uses of curbside space in the neighborhood. more: https://gothamist.com/news/upper-west-side-drivers-car-parking-community-board?to=comments
February 5, 20205 yr On 10/25/2018 at 5:10 PM, KJP said: Let's revive that plan to remake the shoreway through downtown Cleveland!
February 5, 20205 yr How much longer is the Main Avenue bridge expected to last? It would be nice to do something different when the time comes to replace it.
March 2, 20205 yr Author Whenever you think Ohio is alone as a bastion of car supremacy above all else, including human life, remember this story..... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 5, 20205 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 21, 20204 yr Dayton just wrapped up a big road diet on the one-way streets that run through Sinclair. What was once a five-lane road with at-grade crosswalks has been redesigned as a two-lane road with a bike lane and raised crosswalks to slow drivers down. I'm impressed with how it's turned out. Before: After: “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
June 22, 20204 yr Yeah, there wasn't a single article in the DDN about it, much less months of debates in neighborhood and city council and countless hit pieces from "politics columnists". It just... happened one day, with no fanfare. “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
June 22, 20204 yr 2 hours ago, GCrites80s said: Dayton just does this stuff, unlike other towns where it's like moving a mountain. And we'd do a lot more with money. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 28, 20204 yr Dayton just released a massive Downtown Streetscape Guidelines and Corridor Plan that calls for a complete re-imagining of downtown Dayton's current overdesigned street network. It looks like just about every street downtown is going to get new parking lanes, new street trees, conversions from one-way to two-way, bump-outs, and/or bike lanes. Assuming the City Commission passes the plan (and I don't see why they won't), this will lead to a complete transformation of how Downtown's ridiculously wide streets operate. More details about the plan can be read here: https://www.dayton.com/news/downtown-dayton-plan-eliminate-traffic-lanes-change-1-way-to-2-way-traffic-improve-walkability/MHX7WKK55RHE5EVMH2KFVHNHXQ/?fbclid=IwAR21WChlBNfnipv3EivamZVSG7YebXGMc4fgQYeOWuYp96jzZKNuEhnM0e0 “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
July 28, 20204 yr Thats great looking. I'd love to see downtown Cincy implement better cycling infrastructure downtown.
October 14, 20204 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 1, 20204 yr now this is the kind of news i like to hear — an estimated 10k parking spaces taken out by permanent streeteries in front of restaurants in nyc: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-returning-nycs-streets-to-the-people-20201201-bmdmgxmtm5bjpaowfi7jpdmmcm-story.html
December 29, 20204 yr Author Some awesome examples from around the world are among the responses.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 13, 20214 yr Senate Considering $10B for Highway Removal Quote Perhaps most critically, the initiative would make significant funds available specifically for the “community engagement and capacity building” necessary to identify what underserved residents actually want to do with all the valuable land freed up when freeways are torn down. Such funds are rarely the focus of federal transportation grants, which typically prioritize hard construction costs over the dignity of the surrounding community. “There’s already funding available for highway deconstruction in various other pots of money at the Department of Transportation, especially as so many of our highways reach the end of their life,” said Lynn Richards, president and CEO of the Congress for the New Urbanism, which collaborated on the writing of the bill. “And of course, there always seems to be money for highway construction. What there’s almost no money for are for the feasibility studies, the capacity building, and the coalition building with the people who are actually impacted by highway projects — or by highway removal projects. That’s what’s really special about this bill.”
January 16, 20214 yr Yesterday the city put down some on-pavement speed limits on Madison Road entering O'Bryonville. The speed limit through the business district has been 25mph for a number of years, but there's never been any "reduced speed ahead" signs or anything, just a new speed limit sign. I doubt this will help much, but it's easy and inexpensive to implement so it still seems like a good move.
January 16, 20214 yr ^Stage 1 of Vision Zero is to essentially do this for all of the business districts. Not all of them are on this year's list but it seems like they will be in future years. Madison between DeSales Corner and O'Bryonville is very frustrating. I rented in O'Bryonville for almost 2 years and it was clear that there was no need for that to have 4 travel lanes. Even during rush hour, eit's empty allowing everyone to just fly through, just to get to a huge back up in O'Bryonville.
February 5, 20214 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 28, 20214 yr Dayton just removed a “pork chop” in front of the Art Institute. I had complained at various meetings about this intersection being dangerous so I like to think it was my activism that got it removed 😆. “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
March 28, 20214 yr So it was YOU that ruined my 50mph fly-through intersection! CURSES!!! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 2, 20214 yr the continued press to keep and upgrade open streets post-covid: https://www.amny.com/news/open-streets-advocates-steering-the-ship-say-human-and-financial-resources-needed/
April 12, 20214 yr Author Communities where highways have been removed benefit from better air quality, new green and public space, stronger physical connection with neighboring areas, and significant local economic development. https://news.trust.org/item/20210412075457-0hi2i/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 19, 20214 yr Larchmere Boulevard going on a road diet, Shaker Square Alliance learns https://www.cleveland.com/community/2021/04/larchmere-boulevard-going-on-a-road-diet-shaker-square-alliance-learns.html By Thomas Jewell, special to cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Larchmere Boulevard may soon be on a “road diet” to curb aggressive driving tendencies and enhance pedestrian safety in the historic district that straddles Cleveland and Shaker Heights. The work -- also planned for Mayfield Road through Little Italy -- will include physical “bump-outs” for curbs, similar to those in place along Cleveland Heights’ Lee Road commercial district. The bump-outs give pedestrians less distance to cross and create more enclosure on some curbside parking spaces. Cleveland Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin told the Shaker Square Alliance earlier this month that four Larchmere intersections are in line for the curb bump-outs, planned at East 121st, 126th, 127th and 128th streets, in hopes of reducing the number of accidents. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
April 20, 20214 yr ^ It's great to hear an elected official in the US admit that traffic lights do little to improve safety.
April 25, 20214 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 26, 20214 yr Author "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 26, 20214 yr 23 minutes ago, Ethan said: I'd rather see the corner of Rockwell and W Mall Drive closed (minimum from the Mariot to E 3rd to Public Square) to better connect public square with Mall A, and I think it would be a hard sell to do both. I'm not an expert, but it seems like Superior may benefit more from a road diet than outright closure. And if we're going to close off portions of a major road to cars, Euclid makes more sense to me than Superior, as it gets a lot more foot traffic. I would hope that the idea of closing streets will become likely now. I seem to recall that the Clinic wanted to close Euclid for several blocks through their campus for "buses only" (and probably bikes) but the city said "no," and I think the federal highway folks wouldn't let Superior be closed through the square because it's a federal route. But the public and the new administration might be more amenable now. The bus lanes on Euclid tend to cause confusion for people who don't normally drive down Euclid, and over time a lot of drivers seem to have learned to just avoid Euclid. With less traffic, maybe closing Euclid to through traffic in various places would be acceptable.
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