April 26, 20178 yr Hopped the Red Line over to Little Italy yesterday during the late afternoon warmth and sunshine. Checked out LI and Uptown and, the whole time, I couldn't stop smiling. With the still-new Rapid station, the rebuilt RR walkway -- they actually repainted the CSX bridge! -- Centric (very quickly) rising and all the very-heavy foot traffic to/from Uptown and LI (as well as from the Rapid to/from both), if person was mysteriously transported to this spot they'd swear they were in New York or Chicago. It is tight, dense and electric; great mix of old -- often historic -- and modern... This is our new Shaker Square, although it's pretty traditional to older transit cities like NYC, Boston, Philly or Chicago...This is what Cleveland should aspire to for many of its Rapid stops.
May 11, 20178 yr Author Electioneering.... Mayor Frank Jackson to target $65M at neighborhoods for commercial growth, jobs and housing http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/05/mayor_frank_jackson_to_target.html Michelle Jarbo said to All Aboard Ohio on Twitter that: Transit - and the need to locate housing, other projects near it - was mentioned quite a bit during Wednesday's event. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 11, 20178 yr Very cool. I just wonder who was doing the mentioning and if the person(s) have real power to influence more TOD. ...and did the mayor buy in?
May 17, 20178 yr Clearly the Red Line's Little Italy-UC station is the undisputed TOD king with the several LI projects planned and Centric rising on the Uptown side... Speaking of Centric, it is rising very quickly with the 1st level complete and moving to the 2nd floor going in. Viewing the project at ground level, it seems much larger than I had visualized. .. With all the excitement about this Red Line location, I'm betting that the parking lot across Mayfield from Centric will be next to go. It's a high quality, interesting urban neighborhood as it is, and the idea of another mixed-use building going in opposite Centric in the middle of everything, seems like a winner.
June 28, 20177 yr Author Unfortunately none of the uses proposed below would produce ridership for the adjacent RTA Campus station now undergoing renovation. RTA agreed to fund this renovation rather than close the Campus station because the city and the CDC said they would work together in promoting transit-supportive development near this station. Do these uses sound transit-supportive.... http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19343309/2844-Broadway-Ave-Cleveland-OH/ Description Rare Opportunity to acquire approximately 4 acres of Unrestricted Industrial Land located in Downtown Cleveland. Uses may range from any type manufacturing, Recycling & Scrapping, Demolition / Construction Debris Storage, Concrete / Asphalt production, Stone & Gravel. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 30, 20177 yr TOD St. Louis style: 6105 Delmar Apartments -- 1 block from Delmar Loop Metrolink station http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/building-blocks/loop-apartment-building-officially-underway/article_025ca1e9-6e2b-56df-8f4a-1be84bf21cf3.html Apt + new trolley http://www.looptrolley.com/development/
July 8, 20177 yr Author For Transit Oriented Development, this available parcel is on the wrong side of the Brookpark station's park-n-ride lot. In TOD, you put the development between the transit and the parking.... 17510 Brookpark Rd Cleveland, OH 44135 · 176,854 SF · Land For Sale $609,001 http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/20135099/17510-Brookpark-Rd-Cleveland-OH/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 8, 20177 yr ^ Honestly, I can't imagine that site becoming some kind of significant TOD - at least not one that involves residential. That area is totally locked in between freeways, rail, and various heavy industry. It's also just up the street from some of those seedy strip clubs on Brookpark Rd. Maaaaybe it could be a hotel because of its location close to the airport? Or maybe some offices? Otherwise, I can't picture something very exciting for that spot.
July 8, 20177 yr I think a small hotel, a la La Quinta near Puritas RTA station north of there, could work. The areas are similar in their general emptiness although, now at Puritas-W 150th, there are 2 other hotels nearby, including the well thought of Marriott, plus banking office and a number of other light industrial businesses. A hotel near the Rapid on Brookpark could hopefully clean up the seedy stuff west of there.
July 9, 20177 yr Author Here's what was proposed at Brookpark station back in 2004. But the developer couldn't deliver the project. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 16, 20177 yr Author Cleveland transit-oriented development gains traction-Pt 1 https://t.co/0hyjmCnDT2 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 16, 20177 yr Cleveland transit-oriented development gains traction-Pt 1 https://t.co/0hyjmCnDT2 Nice article. I'm impressed with Grace Gallucci as someone who gets it on TOD and other rail transit issues and is actually focusing on doable TOD projects -- RTA, I have very little such confidence. The most important statement in the article is that Cleveland needs an education in the value of TOD. This region needs a serious paradigm shift if TOD and rail transit, generally, are going to progress. Gallucci is finally the CEO that beast of NOACA needed to finally shake off its lethargy, much like Chris Ronayne did at UCI, which was similarly useless until he arrived.
September 1, 20177 yr Author I FINALLY finished Part 2 after more than a month of research and writing! Whew... THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2017 Transit station-area development activity paces region-Part 2 https://neo-trans.blogspot.com/2017/08/transit-station-area-development.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 1, 20177 yr Author Thanks! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 1, 20177 yr ^Outstanding report, Ken. ... any progress toward the Settlers Pointe apt tower? That one's really sexy.
September 1, 20177 yr Author Haven't heard anything new since it was uncovered a couple of months ago. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 1, 20177 yr Lots of good stuff. Don't know if all of it is going to materialize, but I like the thinking and super glad NOACA is been more supportive of mass transit under the Gallucci administration. In addition to the planned Settlers Landing apartment tower, I'm really hoping the development at the E. 116 and West Blvd stations jumps off. Both could go a long way toward improving the transitional nature of both these old, walkable neighborhoods.
September 1, 20177 yr Author Lots of good stuff. Don't know if all of it is going to materialize, but I like the thinking and super glad NOACA is been more supportive of mass transit under the Gallucci administration. In addition to the planned Settlers Landing apartment tower, I'm really hoping the development at the E. 116 and West Blvd stations jumps off. Both could go a long way toward improving the transitional nature of both these old, walkable neighborhoods. The representative of some investors with very deep pockets reached out to me to put money into Ohio rail/transit projects that could start construction as soon as a year. Since Ohio doesn't very have more than a couple of projects that could fit that criteria, I told them about NOACA's TOD projects and they were VERY interested. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 13, 20177 yr Author Everything you need to know about LA’s new transit-oriented development incentives . . . Read More https://t.co/DGM1JZJWh3 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 2, 20177 yr Author Dear real estate professionals on this website -- I want to run an idea past you. Might it encourage you or your firm to develop or redevelop a parcel if you didn't have to purchase the land (only the building, if any) and never had to pay property tax or insurance on the land? Here's what I'm thinking -- form a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage through education and direct support transit-supportive land use at or near public transportation stations, hubs and stops to link more job-seekers to jobs in Northeast Ohio. This would be a 501c3 nonprofit organization, much like LAND studio, which not only does educational programming but also direct property ownership to facilitate the creation of enhanced public spaces. Through capital grants from private and public sources, this new nonprofit would acquire parcels within a comfortable walk of transit stations. Some of these publicly owned parcels could be sold to the nonprofit at sharply reduced rates, such as $1. Privately owned parcels, some of which already have buildings on them, could also be sold at reduced rates. The private owner, especially if they continue to maintain buildings on the parcel, could have a financial incentive for selling at a reduced rate. The incentive is that the proposed nonprofit would the lease the land to the building's owner at one-fourth the prior year's land-only tax bill. The building owner would continue to be responsible for the building-only tax bill. If there is no building on the parcel, the nonprofit would market these parcels for development and, in cases where permission is granted, market parcels with buildings already on them for redevelopment. After signing a letter of intent but before signing a final lease agreement, the nonprofit organization would require the developer to submit to the municipality and win approval for a conceptual development plan that meets generally accepted transit-oriented design principles as established by the Federal Transit Administration's TOD Technical Assistance Initiative. If, in the opinion of the nonprofit organization, transit-oriented design principals are not followed, a final lease agreement will not be executed. The nonprofit organization will be responsible for any land-based liens, brownfield pollutants or other liabilities and, where applicable, securing covenants not to sue in partnership with public agencies and foundations. Lease revenues would be used to pay for administration and insurance costs, as well as for educational programming of the nonprofit organization. Do you think this might attract the interest of developers and "move the needle" for some station-area developments? Reply to me on private messenger KJP[/member] if you prefer. EDIT: the federal tax bill will not remove the tax exempt status of 501c3 organizations, but it will remove the deductibility of altruistic contributions. If the bill becomes law in 2018, it is likely that it will not take effect until Jan. 1, 2019. If so, real estate investors will have one year to sell at reduced prices or outright donate parcels to this proposed nonprofit organization and receive some financial benefit in the form of a tax deduction. The amount of that deduction will depend on the extent that the corporation benefits from making the donation. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 18, 20187 yr Author Want GCRTA to generate new revenue, ridership and job accessibility? Here's an idea.... Montreal transit agency ventures into real estate with mixed-use complex. Pairing real estate development with transport system investments makes perfect sense: it’s about housing, good density and sustainability. https://t.co/8hwYTnToJX "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
May 18, 20187 yr Dear real estate professionals on this website -- I want to run an idea past you ... Would the land owned by the non-profit be tax exempt? I'm assuming any improvement placed on it would pay tax. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
May 18, 20187 yr Author Dear real estate professionals on this website -- I want to run an idea past you ... Would the land owned by the non-profit be tax exempt? I'm assuming any improvement placed on it would pay tax. Probably. Both real estate (structure only) and income tax. And if there's retail activity there, then sales tax too. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 11, 20187 yr Author Is an ethnic grocery store/food distribution business at the entrance to the West Park RTA station a transit-supportive land use? Possibly, depending on how it is designed... https://www.urbanohio.com/forum/index.php/topic,31159.msg918971.html#msg918971 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 26, 20186 yr Author As a public resource, I'm posting these pics after the conversation in the Scranton Peninsula thread about transit and development and which one comes first. There is no right answer. Sometimes transit is built before the neighborhood and other transit-supportive land use is built. Sometimes the neighborhood is built first and then reshaped (ie: densified) by the addition of transit. The capitalist model, fostered by corporate trusts of real estate/utility/transportation firms, was to build transit first (which also included an electricity trunk line and substations) to promote the real estate, then the neighborhood grew up around the transit with the largest, densest, most mixed use buildings closer to the stations. After WWII, the public sector spent decades designing transit to support parallel highways (as congestion relief valves) which meant that transit use was restricted artificially to carrying work trips only. But since the 1990s, transit is increasingly built to or through unpopulated areas that are being designed by the public sector in the same way the private sector did before WWII -- with transit-supportive land use patterns. This is how the private sector did it in the early 20th century in Greater Cleveland.... A Cleveland Plain Dealer advertisement from a century ago Cleveland Transit Heights ad by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr Now surrounded by apartment buildings, the Lynnfield Station on RTA's Blue Line (Van Aken) was out in the countryside in 1922 Shaker_Rapid_Lynnfield_1922 by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr Also on the Blue Line is this scene from a few years earlier when the Van Aken/South Moreland line was brand new and envisioned to reach booming Youngstown someday as a four-track, high-speed, electrified railway VanAken-Lee-1919-withtextimbedded by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr While the days of the electric interurban were waning in 1929, this single tracked interurban (on temporary track at right) along Mayfield to Chardon & Burton was being double-tracked in Cleveland Heights to accommodate future development in that young suburb. This is looking east from Lee. ClevelandHts-RailExt-Mayfield-Ivydale1929 by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr The Shaker (Green Line) was still mostly rural in 1936 and would stay that way until the depression and wartime construction restrictions were eased ShakerRapid-GreenLine-WarrensvilleRd-1936 by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr On the other side of town, in Lakewood, vineyards were cut in half at the turn of the last century by Clifton Boulevard and its unique, side-of-the-road streetcar/interurban tracks Clifton1902WestViewL by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr ++++++ We jump ahead to modern times and to a modern boomtown -- Denver, where the new airport line doesn't just run express through open country. It has station stops in anticipation of, and to help shape future development Denver-40th-airport-station-openland-s by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr The above station isn't an anomaly. Here's another a little closer into town but still a largely undeveloped area at 61st and Pena Denver-61st-pena-station-s by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr Salt Lake City's still-new Red Line travels for miles through open country, but areas that are not expected to stay rural. Stations were added to help influence walkable development patterns rather than more auto-dependent sprawl Salt Lake City-Red Line-s by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr Another rural station on Salt Lake City's Red Line. Just as the Cleveland-area transit-rural setting pictures from 100 years ago are a curiosity today, so will these now-rural scenes in Salt Lake City and Denver be 100 years from now Salt Lake City-Red_line_ParkwaySta-s by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr Oh, and let me end with this stunning photo of one of South Korea's new 186 mph KTX high-speed rail lines, with a station practically in the middle of nowhere. Check back in a few years to see what this now-tranquil scene looks like. Korea KTX HSR station1 by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 26, 20186 yr The Vans were promoting Shaker Hts in that era, complete with the Rapid Transit Lines. Lots of potential for high-growth in that era, 100 years ago to serve new residents in a massively growing city/county. Denver in 2018 is planning the same thing. Denver is anticipating continued strong growth.
June 27, 20186 yr Author Hello MOTO "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 9, 20186 yr Part of me feels as though RTA will have conversations with another rail company to take over rail operations. I just feel as though GCRTA wants to keep rail but knows it isn't feasible for them based of their current financial climate. I noticed as well more and more Red Line trains are being wrapped with ads, which I don't mind. My question is this, I believe KJP[/member] would know the answer to this, did the conversation with Siemens to take over the rail section include them being responsible for rail expansion?
July 10, 20186 yr Author Part of me feels as though RTA will have conversations with another rail company to take over rail operations. I just feel as though GCRTA wants to keep rail but knows it isn't feasible for them based of their current financial climate. I noticed as well more and more Red Line trains are being wrapped with ads, which I don't mind. My question is this, I believe KJP[/member] would know the answer to this, did the conversation with Siemens to take over the rail section include them being responsible for rail expansion? I'm pretty sure that rail expansion was not discussed. RTA doesn't consider rail expansion to be realistic and, given their current financial resources, it isn't. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 25, 20186 yr Author FYI: Just landed in Cleveland for the upcoming @locusdevelopers LINKUP (investors) event featuring 3 TOD sites in #Opportunityzones. Excited to partner with @NOACA and the City! If you're in town, you don't want to miss out! https://t.co/P82jrzJkRS #LOCUSLinkUp "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 26, 20186 yr FYI: Just landed in Cleveland for the upcoming @locusdevelopers LINKUP (investors) event featuring 3 TOD sites in #Opportunityzones. Excited to partner with @NOACA and the City! If you're in town, you don't want to miss out! https://t.co/P82jrzJkRS #LOCUSLinkUp Do you know if the Ed Asher who attended this is the president of the Chevy Chase Land Company? They are doing a big TOD with the Purple Line in Maryland. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
July 26, 20186 yr Author I don't know that for a fact, but I know that a number of developers from Washington DC came to town as part of this conference/tour. Some were very surprised at what Cleveland had, in terms of rail transit and potential development sites. Some seemed pretty excited about the opportunities here. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 26, 20186 yr Do we know what the three sites are? West Blvd was being shopped to investors per the NOACA TOD study but as far as I know it isn't in an "opportunity zone."
July 26, 20186 yr Author Unfortunately I don't know. I'd love to find out. Some info on Opportunity Zones.... What Opportunity Zones mean for America's poorest cities https://t.co/3n9HJNZujF This is where they are in Cuyahoga County (looks like the western edge of the West Blvd TOD site is in a zone)..... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 27, 20186 yr Here's a good map for us blind guys. https://odsa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=c5f5e169661149eda370b72fc39fc6e9
August 10, 20186 yr RTA needs a pro-TOD/pro-transit nonprofit the way cities set up cdcs and improvement corporations. I've often considered this too. If you and others want to discuss it more, let's go here: https://www.urbanohio.com/forum/index.php/topic,1977.0.html So we know that nonprofits can handle transactions with real property etc with far less red tape than can government agencies and that is the main benefit of doing this. KJP[/member], is there any precendent in the US for a citywide Transit Oriented Development Corporation?
August 10, 20186 yr RTA needs a pro-TOD/pro-transit nonprofit the way cities set up cdcs and improvement corporations. I've often considered this too. If you and others want to discuss it more, let's go here: https://www.urbanohio.com/forum/index.php/topic,1977.0.html So we know that nonprofits can handle transactions with real property etc with far less red tape than can government agencies and that is the main benefit of doing this. KJP[/member], is there any precendent in the US for a citywide Transit Oriented Development Corporation? State universities do this kind of thing all over the country with fervor. I wonder if they could follow the same type of organizational model.
August 10, 20186 yr Author So we know that nonprofits can handle transactions with real property etc with far less red tape than can government agencies and that is the main benefit of doing this. KJP[/member], is there any precendent in the US for a citywide Transit Oriented Development Corporation? This is about as close to what you're talking about that I can think of. This is a non-profit organization with a mission that's broader than TOD, but TOD is one of its primary planning and consulting objectives. But it doesn't finance or execute TOD projects.... http://mrsc.org/Home/ http://mrsc.org/Home/Explore-Topics/Planning/Development-Types-and-Land-Uses/Transit-Oriented-Development.aspx Here's another, but it's a regional government for Greater Portland, so it's not the same thing.... https://www.oregonmetro.gov/ https://www.oregonmetro.gov/tools-partners/grants-and-resources/transit-oriented-development-program Here's another one. This is actually faith-based, focusing on transit oriented development, day care and workforce development to lift impoverished neighborhoods.... http://www.reimaginerpe.org/node/343 http://bethelnewlife.org/ Here's another one -- and it's a national organization, albeit spread pretty thin. They promote housing development, including near transit, but that's not all it does. It's Ohio office is in Cleveland and will celebrate it's 30-year anniversary here with an event at the LaSalle Theater on Sept. 6.... https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/ https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/where-we-work/ohio "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 10, 20186 yr Author I think TOD is starting to find its way to the rail stations and transit nodes in the hot neighborhoods. But to have a more highly utilized transit system that helps address Cleveland's poverty and jobs access problem, a nonprofit could be created or an existing one retasked/expanded to facilitate if not outright develop affordable housing and employment-rich commercial uses within about 1,500 feet of a major transit stop. The locations identified in the NOACA TOD report are good places to start, but a new nonprofit organization would likely have to start out small by fostering more quickly achievable developments such as infill housing and/or rehabilitation of vacant storefront businesses. And I would brand this nonprofit as a partnership -- something that partners with existing CDCs, foundations, cities, port authorities and private developers to deliver projects. It could initiate developments and carry them from idea through to ribbon cutting, or be an assistance vehicle to others' projects. And, I just thought of another organization model, even though it has little if anything to do with transit oriented development -- LAND Studio. If you replaced "public spaces" in their mission with "transit oriented development" there wouldn't be much difference between the two organizations. https://www.land-studio.org/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 11, 20186 yr The story of the TOD in West Chicago is very interesting. Really Cleveland has lots of examples of this type of organization - there are also dozens of CDCs and also Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. LAND is a great example as well. They all know how to develop in Cleveland neighborhoods. If one of those organizations, or a new organization altogether, took on the specific mission of supporting good land use around the already existing rail/BRT system, citywide (or countywide), we would be well on our way of knowing what to do from there. Gotta convince the Cleveland Foundation to write a grant for this.
August 20, 20186 yr Author Redirected from the North Randall thread (discussion on Amazon fulfillment centers).... Build facilities like this on former brown fields in areas with excellent connectivity on all modes of transportation. Couldn't agree more Mov2Ohio[/member]. The other half of the equation is that we need some housing density at the doorsteps of major transit stops, especially those offering frequency/speed/connectivity which the rail system and BRTs offer. I hope that more developers will take this on that will also address our shortage of quality, affordable housing in the region. The existing incentives out there, as well as the new Opportunity Zone tax incentives and make greater use of location efficient mortgage and federal TIFIA loans/credits for transit-supportive developments. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
August 20, 20186 yr I'm worried by that idea, actually. The Amazon facilities have a lot of jobs now, but my understanding is that they are always at the forefront of automating their process in these warehouses. I can't imagine they will be so job-rich in a few years. Meanwhile, most other warehousing/manufacturing facilities already have very few jobs compared to the amount of acreage they take up. Not really the most transit supportive land use, nor the best for scarce urban land. Of course, Euclid and North Randall aren't really "core urban", so lower density uses are probably better there. I certainly recognize the problem you want solved, but it's an urban planning catch-22, and I don't have a good answer.
August 20, 20186 yr Author All you can do is act on what's available now. It's so hard to predict what technologies will enter practical usage tomorrow so you can't ignore the investment needs of today, which is a big reason why the preoccupation with Hyperloop while ignoring rail-based investment needs today is so concerning to me. The jobs are there at these Amazon centers now. And who's to say they won't expand? That could mean more jobs, or it could mean the same or fewer jobs with more technology and jobs spread out over a larger facility. One thing is for certain -- the market right now for warehousing space and light industrial is hot in Greater Cleveland right now. The accessibility of these jobs depends not only where they are located, but where the labor force is located. If more of the labor force can be located next to high-frequency/faster/connected transit routes, then we solve not only the destination half of the job/seeker equation, but the origin half of it as well. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 1, 20186 yr Author BART Development Law Plan Signed Under a law signed today by Governor Jerry Brown, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) gains the power to rezone its properties. It's a decisive victory for state preemption over local control in the face of California's housing crisis. https://www.planetizen.com/news/2018/10/100882-bart-development-law-plan-signed?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=dlvr-twitter&utm_campaign=newfeed "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 15, 20186 yr Author AAO urges Cleveland TOD to get bigger kjprendergast on October 15, 2018 All Aboard Ohio, a statewide nonprofit association, is urging Cleveland-area development-related stakeholders to pursue larger-scale Transit-Oriented Developments (TOD) to respond to market forces, social needs, new financing tools and more efficient building techniques. Developers are rediscovering Greater Cleveland’s three-route rail system and two-route Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system as arteries that can provide a foundation for affordable, productive, low-mileage lifestyles that link job seekers to more jobs quickly and easily. More than two dozen rail stations and many more BRT stops have seen transit-supportive real estate developments planned or built. “But the need for more mixed-use development with multi-modal access is huge,” said All Aboard Ohio Executive Director Ken Prendergast. “To ensure more jobs are accessible to more job seekers, we can extend transit to the jobs or bring jobs and housing to existing transit. Right now, with almost no funding available in Greater Cleveland for transit expansion, the best solution is to bring the jobs to high-frequency transit routes, primarily rail and BRT.” To that end, All Aboard Ohio has created a presentation available HERE MORE http://allaboardohio.org/2018/10/15/aao-urges-cleveland-tod-to-get-bigger/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 29, 20196 yr Author Putting more jobs and affordable housing next to transit. Brilliant! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 2, 20196 yr Author Just in case you thought anti-TOD horror stories like this happened only in Ohio, not in transit-rich Boston.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 26, 20196 yr I Drive/walk or ride my bike through this intersection everyday, and all i can think is what a waste of that Rapid station this area is. I believe Bobby George recently bought this, I am assuming as another powerplay type move like he did with the lots across from Ohio city galley. The possible ToD developments that can go into this area on both corners would be amazing for the area and a boost for the ridership op the red line.
April 26, 20196 yr So is it a definite development going here? This is an intersection just waiting to boom.
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