14 hours ago, newyorker said:

These little things are important.  Could you imagine the Frank Jackson administration doing this?  

 

This is the type of thing the Frank Jackson admin would do (oh wait this is Bibb's team), courtesy of @mack34. Painting lanes green does nothing for bike/ped safety - when cars are going 35-55 along side you paint/sharrows aren't going to save your life. Also, in Old Brooklyn, our bike lanes don't exist anymore and haven't been repainted and people use it as a four lane road again. Paint is not protected infrastructure. 

 

 

On 6/14/2023 at 12:28 PM, dar124 said:

 

 

I've noticed the condition of that median recently.  I'd even be happy if they just redid that end of it in all concrete.

Time for a little midnight guerilla repair -- who's going to make the run to the Big Orange Box for a couple of bags of cement?  Can someone bring a couple of buckets of water?  I've got a spare length of 2x4 we can use as a trowel....

Edited June 21, 20231 yr by Foraker
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3 minutes ago, GISguy said:

Paint is not protected infrastructure.

 

Amen.  Can we get t-shirts?

33 minutes ago, Foraker said:

 

Amen.  Can we get t-shirts?

 

I've seen some ...more aggressively worded shirts out there. Let me see if I can dig the link up lol

 

Lol (replace the ** with ya know, the letters): 

 

https://www.nicetryflaxy.com/product-page/sharrows-are-bulls**t-t-shirt

Edited June 21, 20231 yr by GISguy
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Oh some of the comments and DM's I got from that tweet LOL!

21 hours ago, MyPhoneDead said:

Seems like the city is slowly painting all of the bike lanes green. 
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Hold up, is this what the sign for the coffee place actually looks like?  With the panels obviously in the wrong order so the sign is misspelled?  Or was this a joke photoshop that flew over my head?  (The red lines and arrows I drew on the picture came through very faintly)

 

Edited June 21, 20231 yr by ryanfrazier

Frank wasn't interested in the little things that perception is based on. 

 

 

Hopefully Bibb cares about streetlights. They’ve been dark along Chester from downtown to 55th for months. And also between Euclid and Carnegie along MLK. 

10 hours ago, OldEnough said:

Hopefully Bibb cares about streetlights. They’ve been dark along Chester from downtown to 55th for months. And also between Euclid and Carnegie along MLK. 

Chances are no one has alerted either CPP or the city about them.   Why city department employees (like CPD or CFD) can't report these is beyond me. 

 

But in my neighborhood people will complain about a streetlight for 2 weeks on Facebook.  I'll go on the CPP site, report it, and it will be fixed within a week.    Give it a shot: 

 

https://www.cpp.org/info/Power-Outages/Streetlight-Outage

10 minutes ago, Cleburger said:

Chances are no one has alerted either CPP or the city about them.   Why city department employees (like CPD or CFD) can't report these is beyond me. 

 

But in my neighborhood people will complain about a streetlight for 2 weeks on Facebook.  I'll go on the CPP site, report it, and it will be fixed within a week.    Give it a shot: 

 

https://www.cpp.org/info/Power-Outages/Streetlight-Outage

Done!

15 minutes ago, Cleburger said:

Chances are no one has alerted either CPP or the city about them.   Why city department employees (like CPD or CFD) can't report these is beyond me. 

 

But in my neighborhood people will complain about a streetlight for 2 weeks on Facebook.  I'll go on the CPP site, report it, and it will be fixed within a week.    Give it a shot: 

 

https://www.cpp.org/info/Power-Outages/Streetlight-Outage

 

Same from my perspective. There was a leaning electric pole on Franklin for a couple weeks, I eventually called and it was fixed the following morning

20 minutes ago, Cleburger said:

Chances are no one has alerted either CPP or the city about them.   Why city department employees (like CPD or CFD) can't report these is beyond me. 

 

But in my neighborhood people will complain about a streetlight for 2 weeks on Facebook.  I'll go on the CPP site, report it, and it will be fixed within a week.    Give it a shot: 

 

https://www.cpp.org/info/Power-Outages/Streetlight-Outage

Thanks, that's helpful! but the city really should be more proactive on these things! One to three city employees that drive around and/or scour social media to identify problems that need fixing could easily justify their salary. Perhaps they could somehow be paid commissions per unique problems identified, or have a quota, idk how exactly it should work, but someone working for city whose job description is problem identifier would be very useful if implemented properly. 

 

On 5/5/2023 at 11:27 AM, Ethan said:

Yes, but this should be broader than just lights, they should have someone who goes around the city and identifies all manners of repairs that need made. Including things like: cracked sidewalks, fallen streetlights, burnt out lights, beds that need weeded, dead trees that need removed and replaced, potholes that need repaired, broken sewer grates, etc. Simple repairs/maintenance could just be done on the spot, and more complicated things would be logged. Even if the city can't get to everything right away at least they will know what needs done. 

 

I guess they need to know that someone out there cares enough to speak up. After a while, some of these workers just need to know that what they do matters.

46 minutes ago, Ethan said:

Thanks, that's helpful! but the city really should be more proactive on these things! One to three city employees that drive around and/or scour social media to identify problems that need fixing could easily justify their salary. Perhaps they could somehow be paid commissions per unique problems identified, or have a quota, idk how exactly it should work, but someone working for city whose job description is problem identifier would be very useful if implemented properly.

I don't disagree.  But until then, it's quite easy to report these problems.   Too many people just want to shout into the ether on Facebook etc instead of being proactive and doing something about it.  

5 minutes ago, Cleburger said:

I don't disagree.  But until then, it's quite easy to report these problems.   Too many people just want to shout into the ether on Facebook etc instead of being proactive and doing something about it.  

Agreed, but I don't think most people know where to report these things. True, they could probably figure it out. But even a single place to go to report all of these complaints would go a long way. A website that forwards the issue to the right department, be that Cleveland public power, parks and recreation, etc. The City isn't making it easy for residents to help them. 

in Cleveland you can dial 311 to report non-emergency issues such as potholes or code issues

They need to get a text number and people could just send a message and a pic of whatever the issue is. Or via tweet,etc

23 minutes ago, Cleburger said:

I don't disagree.  But until then, it's quite easy to report these problems.   Too many people just want to shout into the ether on Facebook etc instead of being proactive and doing something about it.  

 

But it's more fun to complain/yell into the void on twitter! 

15 minutes ago, Ethan said:

Agreed, but I don't think most people know where to report these things. True, they could probably figure it out. But even a single place to go to report all of these complaints would go a long way. A website that forwards the issue to the right department, be that Cleveland public power, parks and recreation, etc. The City isn't making it easy for residents to help them. 

In defense of Frank Jackson, there was actually this system in place on the website.   Granted, it felt like 1999 and you should be filing your report via your AOL dial up account, but it was there.  

 

The Bibb administration removed it but hopefully they are moving to a more app or social based reporting system.   And, as @mack34said above, the 311 phone line is still very much active.  

9 minutes ago, mack34 said:

in Cleveland you can dial 311 to report non-emergency issues such as potholes or code issues

 

Just now, Ineffable_Matt said:

They need to get a text number and people could just send a message and a pic of whatever the issue is. Or via tweet,etc

 

I know the 311 system is undergoing a revamp so maybe this will be part of it.

@Cleburger , you speak to my ❤️.

2 hours ago, Ethan said:

Agreed, but I don't think most people know where to report these things. True, they could probably figure it out. But even a single place to go to report all of these complaints would go a long way. A website that forwards the issue to the right department, be that Cleveland public power, parks and recreation, etc. The City isn't making it easy for residents to help them. 

Maybe local Facebook groups could add that contact info as a stickied post? Not sure if Facebook has auto reply for moderating groups but that could be helpful too

1 hour ago, Henke said:

Maybe local Facebook groups could add that contact info as a stickied post? Not sure if Facebook has auto reply for moderating groups but that could be helpful too

I don't know how many times I've posted that CPP streetlight outage link on our neighborhood facebook group.  Almost as many times as I've posted the city of Cleveland waste collection schedule.  There will still be people who's only reaction is to complain about something on Facebook.  

On 6/21/2023 at 10:10 AM, GISguy said:

 

This is the type of thing the Frank Jackson admin would do (oh wait this is Bibb's team), courtesy of @mack34. Painting lanes green does nothing for bike/ped safety - when cars are going 35-55 along side you paint/sharrows aren't going to save your life. Also, in Old Brooklyn, our bike lanes don't exist anymore and haven't been repainted and people use it as a four lane road again. Paint is not protected infrastructure. 

 

 

I was almost tricked into using this yesterday! I quickly realized that nothing had changed past the green paint so I opted to use the wide north sidewalk as usual. 

For the record this only place I don't use the street to ride a bike in the city. People fly on Lorain Carnegie bridge and the shoulder is super tiny. I'm actually surprised they did this, I hope no one gets hurt because of it.
 

Edited June 23, 20231 yr by viscomi

2 minutes ago, viscomi said:

For the record this only place I don't use the street to ride a bike in the city. People fly on Lorain Carnegie bridge and the shoulder is super tiny. I'm actually surprised they did this, I hope no one gets hurt because of it.

 

Whenever I see people taking the road across (or even that tiny southern sidewalk) I'm mentally going like GET OVER HERE. Also there are blindspots on the bridge (especially when people are flying) around where it crests that even if you took the lane you're going to get killed. The fact they did this instead of a turn box to get onto the sidewalk/path is embarrassing. I know the city is a massive animal, but a lot of higherups are bike people - you think they'd have something to say about this.

 

I've seen motorcycle cops on there idk once a month (if that) hitting people for speeding but man that road is designed for 65 not 35. Honestly when I'm driving on certain streets I'm going with the flow and design and find myself getting at that 40-45 easily because of the design then drop back down to the actual speedlimit, usually 25. 

On 6/21/2023 at 2:48 PM, ryanfrazier said:

 

Hold up, is this what the sign for the coffee place actually looks like?  With the panels obviously in the wrong order so the sign is misspelled?  Or was this a joke photoshop that flew over my head?  (The red lines and arrows I drew on the picture came through very faintly)

 

From today:

 

 

These caught my attention walking back from the library today (on the side of Fifth Third/E 6th):

 

 

24 minutes ago, GISguy said:

These caught my attention walking back from the library today (on the side of Fifth Third/E 6th):

 

 

little things/big difference 

8 hours ago, OldEnough said:

little things/big difference 

 

Speaking of, I walked over to tower city today after work and Bedrock is doing some really nice streetscaping on Huron. Trees in deep planters, nice benches, etc etc real real nice. 

6 hours ago, GISguy said:

 

Speaking of, I walked over to tower city today after work and Bedrock is doing some really nice streetscaping on Huron. Trees in deep planters, nice benches, etc etc real real nice. 

The new trees on Prospect and Ontario have made such a difference. 

As much as I/we like to complain about the city not doing enough to beautify downtown, the property owners have been negligent as  well. Perhaps the momentum is changing and others will feel pressure to keep up. 

48 minutes ago, marty15 said:

The new trees on Prospect and Ontario have made such a difference. 

Walking down that stretch to West 6th/9th or to the Flats is much more welcoming by these street improvements. I can't wait for the day to be here where there's life filling Tower City and the new SHW tower is complete. Will feel like one of the more downtown parts of downtown which used to feel empty and cold, even in the warm months.

Edited June 30, 20231 yr by downtownjoe

My brother is in Amsterdam right now





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25 minutes ago, GREGinPARMA said:

My brother is in Amsterdam right now





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Amazing. We can’t maintain even a brick sidewalk. 

Cleveland needs way more one way streets. You can cut back so many lanes if you don't need every single street to have two ways of traffic and parking. Give the pedestrians back some space!!

7 hours ago, dwolfi01 said:

Cleveland needs way more one way streets. You can cut back so many lanes if you don't need every single street to have two ways of traffic and parking. Give the pedestrians back some space!!

 

Only if those are *normally-sized* one way streets, the last thing we need is another superhighway pair with 4 lanes in each direction (Stokes Blvd & MLK I’m looking at you)

14 hours ago, dwolfi01 said:

Cleveland needs way more one way streets. You can cut back so many lanes if you don't need every single street to have two ways of traffic and parking. Give the pedestrians back some space!!

Have you been in central Philadelphia?  Except for the literally-named Broad Street, almost everything is one-way. Walking is the only sensible mode of transport; anything with wheels is in trouble, including bikes.  If you can walk, it's great; otherwise, meh.

 

I'll be in Amsterdam and Barcelona in a month.

One way streets only work if the couplets are parallel and easily navigable. Making streets one way just to save room only introduces confusion in navigation for motorists and cyclists. And how much room would you be saving for pedestrians? Sidewalks are plenty large and underutilized, and there is plenty of room for sidewalk cafes and planters.

50 minutes ago, seicer said:

One way streets only work if the couplets are parallel and easily navigable. Making streets one way just to save room only introduces confusion in navigation for motorists and cyclists. And how much room would you be saving for pedestrians? Sidewalks are plenty large and underutilized, and there is plenty of room for sidewalk cafes and planters.

 

Downtown I’d agree, most streets are easily wide enough to expand bike/pedestrian spaces without going one-way. But I could see these conversions making sense in most residential neighborhoods where sidewalks are pretty narrow and alternating travel directions each block would be pretty straightforward. The added time for looping around at the next street would be pretty minimal in a vehicle.

 

The excess space could be used for (actually useful) bike infrastructure and wider sidewalks, and maintenance costs might go down in the long term since you’d only be maintaining one travel lane for heavy automobiles instead of two. Cleveland sees far too little traffic to maintain as much road infrastructure as we do.

Edited July 2, 20231 yr by sonisharri

11 minutes ago, sonisharri said:

 

Downtown I’d agree, most streets are easily wide enough to expand bike/pedestrian spaces without going one-way. But I could see these conversions making sense in most residential neighborhoods where sidewalks are pretty narrow and alternating travel directions each block would be pretty straightforward. The added time for looping around at the next street would be pretty minimal in a vehicle.

 

The excess space could be used for (actually useful) bike infrastructure and wider sidewalks, and maintenance costs might go down in the long term since you’d only be maintaining one travel lane for heavy automobiles instead of two. Cleveland sees far too little traffic to maintain as much road infrastructure as we do.

This takes me to my decade long complaint with Cleveland (through three council members now, Westbrook, Zone and Spencer) which is the stretch of West Blvd between Detroit and just south of Madison.   They redid all of West Blvd reducing it to one travel lane each direction, with a center turn lane, bike lane and street parking.   But for some reason this section was left 2 lanes both directions, leading to hazards for cars, bikes and pedestrians.    

 

If you ask the city, their reasoning is they would have to scrape the pavement to change the markings.    So that's the though process we're up against here. 

BTW the markings are getting pretty faded in this stretch, so if everyone would join me in pointing this out to the city and reminding them that it should be one travel lane each direction, please do!  

Viking cruise ship docked at Port, aa viewed from Great Lakes Science Center.  Look forward to the day when we can offer a more inviting entranceway to the city for cruise visitors 🤞

 

3 minutes ago, Blimp City said:

Viking cruise ship docked at Port, aa viewed from Great Lakes Science Center.  Look forward to the day when we can offer a more inviting entranceway to the city for cruise visitors 🤞

 

It might be a bit tight for the Goodtime to get out of the harbor, but I think the Mather would make a killer cruise ship terminal.   Tie off to it and visitors can start their entrance to Cleveland aboard a real lake freighter.   All it would take is some additional mooring points and cutting a handicap access route through the Mather.  

That's new! 

 

 

That's new! 
 

 

That lady finally finished her mural! Seemingly overnight.

Probably testing for the Illuminate CLE event tomorrow night which I will be at.


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8 hours ago, Ethan said:

That's new! 

 

 

 

In my opinion, that completely changes Public Square. It really brightens up the northwest side. 

48 minutes ago, surfohio said:

Bone Thugs font

13 hours ago, Ethan said:

That's new! 

 

 

That’s simply excellent! Can we please make it a permanent feature? Or maybe rotate various CLE and Land projections throughout the year?