Cincinnati Streetcar News

[thomasbw]

The 11th and final Streetcar Open House will be held tomorrow:

Wednesday, November 18
6:30-8:30 pm
Price Hill Recreation Center
959 Hawthorne Ave 45205

Still wondering why it's being held in Price Hill, when the neighborhood won't even have a connection to even the next three phases of the streetcar.

They are holding the Open Houses throughout the city.  The entire city will be the beneficiaries of the increased revenues from property and income taxes paid by the new residents along the route, and the entire city benefits from the increased funding to CPS, $2 million additionally per year, that the streetcar will bring.

[Blue Line]

^I can in a couple days.  I somehow purchased the wrong version of Adobe CS4.  So I need my Illustrator installed first.  Sure, I could do that.

[Cygnus]

The 11th and final Streetcar Open House will be held tomorrow:

Wednesday, November 18
6:30-8:30 pm
Price Hill Recreation Center
959 Hawthorne Ave 45205

Still wondering why it's being held in Price Hill, when the neighborhood won't even have a connection to even the next three phases of the streetcar.

They've been held all over the city...


For anyone planning on attending, you can get the same Open House info here: http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/noncms/projects/streetcar/

[thomasbw]

The 11th and final Streetcar Open House will be held tomorrow:

Wednesday, November 18
6:30-8:30 pm
Price Hill Recreation Center
959 Hawthorne Ave 45205

Still wondering why it's being held in Price Hill, when the neighborhood won't even have a connection to even the next three phases of the streetcar.

I'd also like to see a bit more effort put into the streetcar banners.  I'm not really knocking your efforts (I think it's great that you take time at all to do them.)  Maybe it's the designer in me, but typeface choice, placement, and spacing really go a long way.  I guess the giant S throws me off a bit too.  But do believe that I thank you for putting in the time.

Now with more awesome:

Full disclosure: I had a graphic designer do this

[KJP]

Cross-posted at the "What others are doing with rail/transit" in the railroads section....

Trio of streetcars finally bound for nation’s capital

Washington, D.C. may finally see its three Czech-built Inekon streetcars within the district’s borders, four years after it ordered the cars for intended use on its Anacostia streetcar line, now finally entering initial stages of construction in the district’s southeastern quadrant.

READ MORE AT:
http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/trio-of-streetcars-finally-bound-for-nation-s-capita.html

[Flyboy41]

What would it take to get the spur running to the casino up to Mt. Adams/Eden Park? Is the grade too steep? Or could you get to Mt. Adams but it would be a very roundabout way?

[John Schneider]

If we use Federal funds, going through Eden Park woud require a "4F" review, which can take as long as four years. I think that's the only way you could get there. However, if the streetcar to Uptown uses Gilbert, you could get pretty close.

I personally think it's likely there will be a spur from Central Parkway and Main east through Broadway Commons, perhaps all the way to Gilbert, but that would require the casino developer's contributing a fair amount of money to get it done.

[jmecklenborg]

Mt. Adams has torn itself down and rebuilt itself with garages for residents building-by-building. Towers cannot be built on Mt. Adams and there are no significant parcels awaiting redevelopment.  So while such a line would be nice to have, the ROI would be low.   

I ran across the article from around 1940 when they decided to tear down the old bridge that carried streetcars over Eden Park Dr.  The quotes were straight out of today, but no doubt preservation of the Mt. Adams incline and the streetcar line that used it could have become a major, major tourist attraction.  Unfortunately I-471 now runs where the base of the incline was, so even if the interstate could have been built around it, the character of the incline would habe been muffled.

[Jimmy_James]

Mt. Adams has torn itself down and rebuilt itself with garages for residents building-by-building. Towers cannot be built on Mt. Adams and there are no significant parcels awaiting redevelopment.  So while such a line would be nice to have, the ROI would be low.    

That sounds about right.  Also, I'm not sure how much demand there would be for something like this.  I've always thought that much of Mt. Adams' charm is that it is so near, yet so secluded from downtown.  For completeness' sake it would be nice to have, but it doesn't seem like Mt. Adams needs a streetcar at this point.  Still, I wonder if a long, gradually sloping ramp from 13th or 6th street could be built to accomodate streetcar (and foot) traffic only.  But that idea is right up there with building a tram to Mt. Adams.  Sure, it would be cool, but there are lot of far cheaper lines that would be more in demand.

[Civvik]

The only thing separating Mt Adams from the streetcar is I-71. People could just walk right down to it. It's only 5 blocks. And a million stairs.

Telegraph Hill in San Fran is topographically cut off from the Embarcadero, but it's easy to get to because there's nothing in your way but a pretty green hill, that has stairs.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.802153,-122.403563&spn=0,359.996516&t=h&z=19&lci=transit&layer=c&cbll=37.80217,-122.402975&panoid=w1WGRub37CUQFHqn774zvw&cbp=12,261.61,,0,-5.05

[unusualfire]

You know they could actually make some kinda bike trail bridge linking Mt Adams and one of the taller buildings. Would be cheaper than a full scale rail line up into that area. Im all about something unique.