Blogosphere: Columbus Downtown Needs Transit
Recently, I heard one member of the Columbus community question where we want the downtown to be in ten years? He postulated that, while currently we have 100,000 jobs downtown, we could reach 150,000...
View ArticleColumbus: Neighborhood an Example of Walkability
As Dublin considers how to position itself for the future, an expert in land use and development says city officials need look only as far as one Columbus neighborhood for guidance. ...Read On
View ArticleBlogosphere: Density, Transit and Parking
The debate over the increase in parking meter rates in Columbus has been raging for a couple of weeks now. I've listened to and read information from the opposition - those who feel that they were not...
View ArticleBlogosphere: Bigger Tax Breaks Pushed for Cities
A Democratic-sponsored task force that examined ways to boost Ohio's urban centers says Ohio should allow cities to offer bigger tax abatements than rural areas and develop dedicated state funding for...
View ArticleBlogosphere: Core Vitality is Imperative
What does a healthy urban core mean to a region? Maybe the difference between success and failure. Here's a look at urban core and regional job growth for selected cities*, ranked by percentage job...
View ArticleColumbus: City No Longer Planning Streetcars, LRT
Despite a lingering presence in regional planning documents, officials say the idea of streetcars for Columbus and light rail for central Ohio has been shelved...Read On
View ArticleBlogosphere: What's Happening in the Midwest?
I think this is broadly right. But as I told Matt on twitter, it also overstates the universality of Midwestern decline. It's true that the Midwest has had a very rough few decades. Its biggest cities...
View ArticleCNT Reports: Broadening Urban Investment to Leverage Transit
The Great Recession has hammered Ohio. The unemployment rate topped 9 percent in its three largest regions of Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus. And the 2010 Census revealed that the cities of...
View ArticleBlogosphere: A Response to Dispatch Bus Bashing
I laughed out loud when I read the Columbus Dispatch editorial stating that COTA buses are to blame for the 45 empty store fronts along High Street in downtown Columbus... Read On
View ArticleBlogosphere: Measuring Aggregate Income Density
I'm currently working on a "streetscape master plan" project at work, with a focus on economic development for a 3.5 mile long major arterial roadway. I needed a way to measure economic activity, so I...
View ArticleNashville: Rail Adds Riders, Still Needs Work
When the Music City Star debuted five years ago, one inspiration for its name was the idea that the Wilson County-to-Nashville link would be the first of several rail lines connecting the city to the...
View ArticleBlogosphere: Some See Discrimination in Plan
Willis Bryant has heard why Downtown planners want to reroute the COTA bus that takes him from the East Side to Columbus State, to Cleveland Avenue stores and back home again... Read On
View ArticleQuote of the Day
"They want to entice business that's not coming and people who aren't there. They don't realize who the customers are." Read On
View ArticleBlogosphere: Freeway Caps
While the Tribune blog bloviated over its similarities to Columbus' former (lost) Union Station--alas, poor Union Station--for planners that's not the key takeaway: instead, the key takeaway is that it...
View ArticleNews: NJ Transit Hubs, Detroit Light Rail, Texas Value Capture, Calgary...
Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news.New...
View ArticleBlogosphere: GOP Oil-For-Transpo Funding, Meaning Of Urban, Millennials...
Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions...
View ArticleNews: Acquiring BRT Station Areas, Norfolk LRT Ridership, Phoenix Bus & Rail...
Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as...
View ArticleNews: Twin Cities LRT Funding, Columbus BRT Line, Auto Lanes Vs BRT Lanes,...
Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as...
View ArticleNews: Regional Infrastructure Consensus, CAHSR Vote, Universities & Light...
Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news. The...
View ArticleBlogosphere: Stigma On The Bus, Amtrak Northeast Plans, CAHSR & French Offer,...
Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions...
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