It’s not you, it’s Burke: Air Show threatens to leave Cleveland if airport closes, Bibb wants to talk things out The Cleveland National Air Show is threatening a break up if Burke Lakefront Airport closes. Mayor Justin Bibb wants to work things out.

The air show is a few days a year and has very real drawbacks, anyway.

450 acres on the lakefront is always and for everyone.

Easy choice, if it has to be made.

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There's a reason Mackinaw draws tourists. Sure, the water here might not be as blue. But the charm and ambiance afforded to places when cars don't have to be accounted for is remarkably valuable. Quiet. Human-scaled. You can hear the water and connect to your surroundings.

Triple-down on the lake!

We can be boldly unique without busting budgets. We can be iterative without being tepid. Close Burke. Develop a bit. Bank the rest as natural land, with some designated for possible future development. Minimal infrastructure unless it pays for itself.

And... don't waste space on car storage!

The plans were just to give an idea of possibilities...and were presumably drawn up by consultants who didn't think about it too much...

...but this critique is still pretty spot on. The general ballpark the plans are in is too generic.

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Adding Up What Urban Highways Really Cost A new report maps the economic toll that downtown freeways exact on 142 US cities — and tallies up what that land could be worth if it was developed for other uses.

Safety is one reason to minimize the Shoreway "boulevard". This is another reason.

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Roads less traveled: the safety surprises of big cities By Briant Novinska-Lois The most effective way to stay safe on city streets is remarkably simple: drive less. A new report from StreetLight Data suggests that the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) is the s...

"The most effective way to stay safe on city streets is remarkably simple: drive less."

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Downtown Cleveland parking lot owners push back against new security law Low owners say they are unfairly being scapegoated by a city facing challenges in terms of its budget and Downtown business activity.

Surface lots Downtown are a huge waste of valuable land. The *very least* we can ask is that they be somewhat well maintained.

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Treat streetscapes like they're only for high speed automobile throughput, and drivers will treat them like they're only for high speed automobile throughput. Spades are spades.

Treat streets like they're in service of the citizenry transacting, and you get something very different. Safer. Nicer.

Design and build better streets. And add physical interventions like speed bumps in the meantime.

I cannot tell you how many times a suggestion for safer streets has been met with "but we need to keep traffic flowing." Well... This is the inevitable result.

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Ohio lawmaker proposes land value tax amendment as alternative to property tax elimination • Ohio Capital Journal While activists gather signatures to try to eliminate property taxes statewide in Ohio, a Republican lawmaker is suggesting Ohio should tax the underlying land instead of the total property including ...

I soooooo hope this moves ahead. Allowing land value taxation in Ohio would be amazing.

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A transportation system that works for grandma benefits everyone Designing for “all ages and abilities,” – meaning accessible curb ramps, bus stops, and safe bike paths – is not new to most transportation professionals. But meeting the needs of aging Baby Boomers w...

"Encouraging compact development, even in rural towns, can bring seniors close enough to walk where they need to go, like the grocery store, church, or homes of friends. Safe Main Streets with lower speeds, easier crossings, and other safety measures also help."

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Bus lanes make busy roads work better In almost every urban area, congestion has been rising for years despite expensive efforts to widen roads and add lanes for private vehicles. But a new study shows that when demand is high, repurposin...

Apropos of n̶o̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ certain local goings on.

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7 Reasons Bike Lanes and Sidewalks Are Good for Drivers - Toole Design Here's our list of 7 reasons why federal funding for bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit riders improves the transportation experience for drivers, too.

Say it again!

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Cleveland artist turns historic Greyhound bus into museum Robert Louis Brandon Edwards has been working to convert a vehicle that carried Black Americans north during the Great Migration

Kinda hoping Playhouse Square lets Robert take on the whole building, TBH!

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For These Old Bus Stations, It’s Not the End of the Line The streamlined depots built by Greyhound in the middle of the 20th century reflected a more optimistic era for bus travel. A lucky few are finding new uses.

My latest, for CityLab, on Greyhound bus stations. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The business they spoke to is so good and so strong that I'm sure its model doesn't depend on free storage for private capital possessions on public land. They'll surely get *way* more turnovers if parking were actually available from time to time instead of being swallowed up for an entire shift.

Would it cost employees more? Maybe! If they absolutely insist on driving to work. The solution? Well, pay them more! Or offer transportation benefits for alternative ways of getting there.

Employees and business owners taking up all the spaces all the time puts pressure on residents, visitors, and customers. Customers for both their own stores AND the stores of businesses who *don't* tie up street parking all day every day.

Cleveland's Hingetown neighborhood residents concerned about new paid parking rollout Cleveland's new parking system started in mid-January in Downtown Cleveland. It brought the end of parking meters and free weekend parking. Hourly parking now begins at $1.50 per hour.

I do think there's something to be said for a residential parking program for folks like the one (!) resident they spoke to

But the business? Sorry, no. Business owners and employees parking all day every day is exactly what paid parking is trying to mitigate

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What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Melt? The icy buildups blocking crosswalks around New York have been dubbed sneckdowns. Some urbanists think they offer a vision of a less car-dependent city.

Long live the sneckdown!

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The 'Affordability Crisis' Conversation Can't Leave Out the Cost of Cars — Streetsblog USA We can't talk about Americans' empty wallets without talking about our empty buses and sidewalks and overall dependence on automobiles.

"America can no longer afford to ignore the urgency of providing more mobility options and recentering automobiles in our day to day life."

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Said photo:

"Married in Cleveland and honeymooned at the Statler. 1926."

The real story of Burns’ and Allen’s marriage here 100 years ago: John Vacha Happy 100th anniversary, Gracie and George, writes guest columnist and Cleveland historian and writer John Vacha, who researched the details of the Jan. 7, 1926 marriage in Cleveland of the famed Burn...

Fun and funny. And also: there is (or was?) a photo hanging on the wall of the lobby of the Statler of Burns and Allen.

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Quieter Streets Linked to Increase in Home Prices If your home is about a football-field length from new sound barriers, the value will go up.

"traffic noise reduces property values by about $110 billion nationally."

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American cities have too many streets, parking lots, and garages We're discovering that car-dependent places can't sustain the human activities they were meant to enable.

"Like Midas discovering he couldn’t eat golden food, we’re discovering that car-dependent places can’t sustain the human activities they were meant to enable. The infrastructure that promised connection now isolates. What began as freedom morphed into obligation"

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screengrab of massing model with point access blocks

you know how i keep saying single stair buildings are workhorse of walkable urbanism the world over?

here are 174 homes on a 2.2 acre block in seattle.

(16) 4-5 story single stair buildings.

what do you think FAR is?
what about lot coverage?
unit distribution?

"sprawl leads to an auto-centric and socially polarizing society, which negatively affects national well-being"

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Smart Growth and Construction Jobs: How Urban Density Benefits Union Density - Good Jobs First Smart Growth and Construction Jobs: How Urban Density Benefits Union Density - Good Jobs First

"A review of all available evidence for the past 22 years confirms that smart growth — including transit-oriented development and other strategies for managing urban expansion — creates more construction work & higher wages than suburban sprawl."

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Transform : Traffic Congestion Is a Housing and Transit Problem, Not a Highway Problem - Streetsblog California Even the smartest engineer will come up with the wrong answer when they start with the wrong assumptions.

"Highway widening as the go-to solution for traffic congestion is a failure of attention and imagination."

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Study: Removing Parking Minimums Leads to More Affordable Housing — Streetsblog USA Removing parking requirements for new buildings could help thousands of Coloradans who struggle to afford housing — and it might work elsewhere, too.

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