Auto/Rubber Lobby: Lasting Consequences
This requires a robust public transit system, and that starts with the urban core setting the standard. That is why grade or lane seperated electric trams are a must. We had it once, and we can have it again.
Caleb Howard
If you Build It... (Public Transit)
We can agree that the bus is a tool that fills the role of "Frequent Stop People Mover".
Marketing and Transit: Pooling Resources
The Chamber of Commerce could help organize with a few other local businesses to improve the bus frequency/head-ways. The marketing around these services would be better suited using pooled resources.
Dickriding Authority won't get you Laid.
We must find a way to incentivize long-term investment ASAP, or we need to find another system. We have to start by demanding these changes, not asking kindly for the powers that be to grant them to us.
F*ck You: KeyBank
This is the first in a series of stories where we check out the tangible consequences of an un(der)regulated market and how it impacts our neighborhoods.
Marketing and Transit: Uniquely Intertwined
The value of proximity is rooted in convenience. The large retailers have this in spades and you must consider the ease of access to these big box stores. Now do not go building a huge parking lot in a downtown, that is not the takeaway here.
Cleveland's Detroit Bridge: Return the Tram
If Ohio City and Downtown are serious about becoming economic hubs then we need to allow people to live in either of these areas without car dependency.