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Stay Tuned, Money Coming For 3C Corridor Passenger Rail Plan

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Here is a Columbus Dispatch article on Federal monies going to various States including  Ohio.  We don’t know how much yet, but might by the end of the day.  The article says we are getting $400 million……stay tuned to see how much it actually will be.  Peace Out -3C
Update: Per the US Labor Secretary, we are [...]

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Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit · transit oriented development

What Are The Most Congested Highways in the Country?

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments

The Daily Beast  has identified 75 hard to maneuver highways during commuting hours. They list length of the congestion(by miles), the speed (or lack of) cars can travel during these periods, among other things.  I wasn’t very surprised that the Capital Beltway in D.C. was #3.  It took me honing a certain mentality to do [...]

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Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit · transit oriented development

Amtrak Departs Early From Cleveland But At Least Now You Can Dine On Board

January 10th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s a start. Dining cars are back on the Lake Shore lines that run through Cleveland.  It’s also true that departure time is before 6am (oy) and it will be swell when there are more trips planned.  In the meantime, read the PD article about how Amtrak finally added the dining car back to the [...]

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Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit

One Year Or Two, a $20 Train Trip From Cleveland to Columbus Sounds Darn Good

October 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Karen Farkas of the PD  provides an update here  on the ODOT application for Federal monies for the 3C Corridor.  The Feds say everything involved in the process could delay the start from 2010, 2011 to 2012, but Stu Nicholson (of ODOT) says (if they quoted him correctly):
“We have to allow some flexibility,” said Stu [...]

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Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit

Become a Facebook Fan of Ohio’s 3C Quick Start Passenger Rail Plan

September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

 

According to this press release from ODOT, 93 percent of the people surveyed said they favor a mid speed passenger rail to start off the 3C Corridor Plan.  Be a Fan on Facebook, read the press release and see the link below to become a fan! Let’s get over 2k Fans by Friday! And also at [...]

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Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit · Ohio Sustainability and Green Jobs · economic development · transit oriented development

Post Script About Cleveland East Side Sales

August 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

I meant to look up a 2008 comparison of number of sales when I did my post yesterday and did not.  You may find it interesting (at least I hope so lol).
During the same period (January through July) of 2008, there were 317 homes sold.  In 2009 there were 221. Quite a few more last [...]

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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · Ohio Rail and Transit · housing trends

Will Linking With Illinois Help Ohio Get Our Ohio Hub?

July 28th, 2009 · No Comments

We have the 3C Corridor planned, but The Ohio Hub goal has always been to give Ohio economically useful high speed rail.  And the competition has always been tough. You can read Regina Fields’ article in today’s PD here.  We’ve joined with eight other States with the hopes that there is success in numbers.
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Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit

You Are Not Dreaming, The House Added More Money for High Speed Rail

July 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Andrew Taylor’s  AP article discusses it here.  The amount of money available for high speed rail went up to almost 13 billion dollars.  You can read about everything that happened today on The Hill here  in the Congressional Record Digest.
I’m thinking we could entice rail making companies to our shores…remember the idea of taking closed [...]

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Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit · economic news · politics

3C is Me and it’s also The Three C Corridor

July 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Ohio Dept. of Transportation has set up a website just for 3C Corridor, passenger rail issues.  It’s 3C and Me.   It can help keep you informed of status of the Corridor development, upcoming meetings, issues.
An additional good feature: you can comment on the site.  In fact, comments are encouraged.  Especially as it would relate [...]

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Tags: Ohio Rail and Transit · transit oriented development

How Fluid Is A Master Plan Designed to Be?

June 6th, 2009 · No Comments

One thing has puzzled me since I moved back to Cleveland, and it’s about adherence to the City’s Master Plan.  I know these plans are and should be fluid. But I always had the nagging suspicion that Cleveland is pretty good at looking the other way regarding her master plan. Am I wrong?
 
Now here is [...]

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