October 24, 200816 yr Now how come the landscaped medians are anti-pedestrian on East 12th (and removed for that reason) yet part of the pedestrian-friendly setting on Euclid (and added for that reason)? I think the landscaped medians look great. As long as they have occasional gaps in them to focus pedestrian crossings, they can be functional and pro-pedestrian 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 24, 200816 yr But are the medians on Euclid like 4 feet tall? The issue on E. 12th wasn't the medians themselves but their height.
October 24, 200816 yr wow those fare machines would be great at every Red line station.... I know, I think I've died and gone..... to Chicago :-D
October 24, 200816 yr wow those fare machines would be great at every Red line station.... wait until dec 2008 and your wish should come true.
October 24, 200816 yr wow those fare machines would be great at every Red line station.... Sweetie, they're coming in December. See Jerry's many posts upthread :wink:
October 24, 200816 yr RTA had a good idea in selling advertising space where the fare boxes back up against the glass part of the stations. is Medical Mutual currently the only example of that?
October 24, 200816 yr Some quick notes about today and the weekend... * The kiosks, which now say "best in North America" are being replaced with locator maps for each station, showing where you can walk to. Not sure when the switch will be made. * At 2:30 p.m., there will be one HealthLine vehicle at East 4th Street for the ribbon-cutting. It will head eastbound and pick up passengers and continue. All fares on the HealthLine are free from that time through Sunday night. * As the #6 buses pull into Windermere, they will go right to the Hayden garage and be replaced by RTVs. * I will be at the East 24th St. station from 10:30-12:30 on Saturday, stop in and say hello. I will also be taking photos of the 11am dedication of the bike lanes. * If any of you have photos to share with RTA, please e-mail your best ones to [email protected], both now and thru November. We only have a few weeks before the bad weather begins, and I want a file of as many warm-weather shots as possible. Thanks.
October 24, 200816 yr Please make sure you guys take a lot of pictures of all the festivities today. I'm stuck at school in DC, and disappointed I won't be able to be there. I've been looking forward to this day for over 4 years.
October 24, 200816 yr congratulations...it was a long time in the making, and the results are truly amazing!
October 24, 200816 yr Please make sure you guys take a lot of pictures of all the festivities today. I'm stuck at school in DC, and disappointed I won't be able to be there. I've been looking forward to this day for over 4 years. Spoken like an expectant parent. :wink: I think we've all been waiting patiently. Today we'll see if the marketing (and education of the masses) has been properly executed. I expect a spike in ridership the first few months - and I hope it last. I PRAY to the Transit God's that this is successful, leaving the naysayer’s and non public transit riding regulars, nothing to complain about.
October 24, 200816 yr I'm going to take a late lunch to go to the opening, but I wonder why RTA didn't schedule this to happen at 12:00 when thousands of people would be out on lunch. Seems like that would have been a better time to tout the new BRT's.
October 24, 200816 yr I'm going to take a late lunch to go to the opening, but I wonder why RTA didn't schedule this to happen at 12:00 when thousands of people would be out on lunch. Seems like that would have been a better time to tout the new BRT's. I wondered that too, I would have been able to attend if it were at 12:00. The only thing I can think of is perhaps they didn't want to risk disrupting people who use the #6 or drive on lower Euclid to go places during peak lunch time.
October 24, 200816 yr Hope this project works out well and performs up to expectations. It's not my thing, but I do wish you all well. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 24, 200816 yr Looking at the map, I just realized the 100 street station is for Sunday service only. I guess that is the reason it has no "station".
October 24, 200816 yr Just out there - i.e. 1:15. As every other day, scanty crowd around the main blocks of downtown, including around Euclid and E. 4th. Incidentally, too bad Vivo didn't reopen by this time as they had said they would. Although they kept the tables all "set," I'm told they will not be back at all. Tsk! Besides the 120-or-so planters that are supposed to be installed by the spring planting time, does anyone know what is yet to be done? I haven't seen all that much artwork yet - and I understood there'd be a substantial amount around Univ. Cir., in particular - so what else has to be installed? I've got the planbooks but I'm sure a lot of the plans have changed since their production.
October 24, 200816 yr Just finished an information session for prospective students at Case, and it was so nice to refer to the HealthLine in present tense instead of future. Woo-hoo!
October 24, 200816 yr Hope this project works out well and performs up to expectations. It's not my thing, but I do wish you all well. How is it not "your thing?"
October 24, 200816 yr I didn't take any ('don't do digital, etc.), but considering where I was standing when many photos were taking of the the participants in the ribbon cutting, I might well be IN some.... One little thing: I wondered if anyone else noticed the unfortuniate situation whereby the two storefronts behind the speakers are vacant - the former (and apparently not-to-reopen Vivo) and the former cafe space to the right of the Arcade entrance....
October 24, 200816 yr lafont, you're like the PD. Your posts start off with something positive or nice and you send each post into a death spiral with a negative comment at the end. Good Job!
October 24, 200816 yr long... but i did stick around for the thing to actually open and hopped on. I originally intended only to go one stop just to say i tried it out, but ended up out by the agora before I decided to turn around... All in all, delightful.
October 24, 200816 yr County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones: Obama stopped by: Former mayor Jane Campbell and hubby Hunter Morrison: Councilman Joe Cimperman: Carl Monday, looking for his next investigative reporting target: Mayor Frank Jackson: Looking east: The ribbon: The ribbon cutting: That kid cracked me up - he was shooing away pigeons during the ceremony; I think DCA should hire him! Not sure who that gal was but she was stunning! And off she goes! clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
October 24, 200816 yr long... but i did stick around for the thing to actually open and hopped on. I originally intended only to go one stop just to say i tried it out, but ended up out by the agora before I decided to turn around... All in all, delightful. So would you have been the person I noticed from my office window who got off in front of the Agora and immediately walked over to the westbound platform to get back on going the other way? Mayday, thanks for the pics, looks like a good turnout
October 24, 200816 yr YEAH!! Thanks MayDay. You earned your HBIC title today! I love the Carl Monday picture. Sneaky. He looks "unbalanced" it's in his eyes.
October 24, 200816 yr Hope this project works out well and performs up to expectations. It's not my thing, but I do wish you all well. How is it not "your thing?" It's not a big deal for me. Sorry, but to me it's just a big streetscaping project and it looks nice. There's no law that says we should agree on what excites or doesn't excite. If you are excited about it, then that's all that matters. I'll see it tomorrow as I'm heading over to Little Italy. I might even take some pictures. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 24, 200816 yr Thanks for the pics!!! Wish I could've been there instead of sitting in a departmental seminar :(
October 24, 200816 yr What's with the big inflatable Peter Lawson Jones? Never mind, I saw the Jones pic then scrolled down too quickly...
October 24, 200816 yr It's Obama. I think I see a w28th in those photos as well. Must have been e28th, the Healthline does not extend past Public Square. ;)
October 24, 200816 yr I wish i coulda been there to see it all, looks like it was a great turnout. Great pics MayDay!!
October 24, 200816 yr * As the #6 buses pull into Windermere, they will go right to the Hayden garage and be replaced by RTVs. :cry: TEARS OF JOY! :-)
October 24, 200816 yr You kids at RTA have been busy. Did anyone notice the website update? Healthline BRT line added to the route listing, the No. 6 route GONE!
October 24, 200816 yr Next up (I hope) is new route maps on the website. And for the uninitiated, maybe something on the Timetables, Maps & Schedules page that indicates that the BRT is the route on Euclid Avenue.
October 24, 200816 yr Seeing all those people got me thinking... It would be great if in some future summer (after development catches up and some vitality returns) on a few weekends if Cleveland followed what NYC and some other cities did this past summer and close Euclid, say between Public Square and CSU to cars. I suppose I'm thinking too far ahead, though...
October 25, 200816 yr Drove home via Euclid today. I wished I was on a bus, but I needed to get my car back home! Despite the rain, there were a lot of riders. They're still having some timing problems though. Most of the time I saw a bus, there was another one right behind it, with a long absence after that. I also saw quite a few buses sitting at red lights. All in good time I guess! By the way, should we have a ceremony to move this thread to completed projects?
October 25, 200816 yr Was at the event today with a bunch of other UOans (inadvertently, mind you... we just tend to gather in the same places!). Yes, a few long-winded speeches and a lot of heavy wind (MayDay's hair withstood the challenge!) and we were on our way. I'll post some pics later, but on the whole, it was an exciting day. People at work kept passing me by, saying "big day today!" and things like that... even though I really had nothing to do with the project! They just knew I was a big advocate of the Corridor and transit in general. As Doc said, there are still some kinks to be worked out (it took me about 25 minutes to get from E. 4th to Playhouse Square and back), but I'll just close with a big kudos to everyone involved for finally launching this thing!
October 25, 200816 yr By the way, should we have a ceremony to move this thread to completed projects? I think it should stay in the transportation section. This thread was never posted in the projects/construction section. It's about a transportation service and I think it should stay here. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 25, 200816 yr Hunter Morrison and Jane Campbell sure looked real friendly yesterday. Wonder if they'll get back together....
October 25, 200816 yr I mean - I was standing right by them. I'm not just going by the photo here....
October 25, 200816 yr Lafont, You can modify your posts to add another thought (or delete text). You don't need to post a second message. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 25, 200816 yr Click on the links for some short video clips from the grand opening. I had hoped to ride all the way out to UC after the ribbon cutting but I only had time to do that if all the speeches were short -- wishful thinking on my part :roll: Ribbon cutting Windows Media (hi-res) Flash (lo-res) First official run, didn't stop for the passengers at W. 6th who had been patiently waiting for 10 or 15 minutes... Windows Media (hi-res) Flash (lo-res) The second BRTV did stop and everyone boarded along with a "platoon" of transit police Windows Media (hi-res) Flash (lo-res) Spotted one well known UOer in the crowd, I know more of you were there but I don't now what you look like. Windows Media (hi-res) Flash (lo-res)
October 25, 200816 yr "Hi, my name is MORTIFIED, nice to meet you!" Yeesh... clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
October 25, 200816 yr On the first full day of service, my friend Gildone (UOer), his son and I rode from Public Square to the East 115th station to walk over to Little Italy. I headed downtown on the Red Linefrom the West 117th/Madison (Highland Square) Station: Riding on the Red Line: Approaching Tower City Center Station: Scenes on Public Square: Sign detail: Cue Johnny Cash... "I hear the train bus a-coming round the bend"... On board the bus. Every bus I saw had standees: Hopping off at the East 115th station: Various scenes in Little Italy: Gildone and his son at the Euclid/East 120th Red Line station: Our train is coming the other way, but I liked this shot of an eastbound train: We boarded our westbound train and headed for our west-side homes. Nice day. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
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