Cleveland Real Estate News

Passenger rail ridership IS at a five decade high, and his article, while focused on the eastern seabord to a point, shows why we really could boost our economy by spending money on something useful for a change, like high speed rail.  I am praying our own efforts in Ohio don’t get derailed. Why don’t [...]

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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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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. We [...]

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If Ohio were to build a high speed rail system would you use it? Yes  63.3% No  19.8% Not sure  16.9% The above are results of a WKYC on line poll being conducted – and you can vote too. Would you support passenger rail improvements in Ohio? The poll information was at the end of [...]

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I’m thinking yes and that doesn’t surprise anyone who reads my posts.  What do you think? Does it make sense to change our paradigm on infrastructure? I know we can’t abandon our existing highways and fixing the Innerbelt Bridge for example, makes perfect sense.  After all, even buses take the Innerbelt Bridge   Brewed Fresh [...]

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In the song Aquarius, there is a line that goes ‘when the moon is in the seventh house…and Jupiter, aligns with Mars….’  (are you sorry you can’t hear me singing?)  I keep thinking about that song and wondering if we could finally have the Perfect Storm of support for improved passenger rail. In Ohio,   we [...]

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I want to thank Ed, who consistently provides excellent information for us on The Ohio Hub Plan. The Econ Study is predicting even better news than before, additional train routes, more jobs, permanent and ‘initiative building’ related, and a cost that seems more than manageable, especially since the results are jobs jobs and more jobs. [...]

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