Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was out for a walk with my son on Saturday while my car’s oil was being changed and I saw this sign and took a picture with my cell phone. It’s not particularly relevant to anything, but I thought it was too funny not to post.
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Something [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just wanted to share a great article from the NY Times about the resurgence of rail as a legitimate mode of transportation for Americans. Hopefully Columbusites will soon be able to count themselves in the growing numbers…
Riding the Rails
By Andy Isaacson
Published: March 8, 2009
With every uptick in gas prices, Americans in general are thinking less [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ll cut right to the chase and skip to the part about his plans for Columbus’ transportation woes…
Another partner, the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks System, has also stepped up in a dynamic way to help us develop the Whittier Peninsula in the Downtown Market. This is a partnership I value because from this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So I was reading THIS article about the Governor’s stimulus package and I got to thinking…
State Decides How To Divvy Up $1B Stimulus Package
Thursday, Aug 21, 2008 – 05:45 PM
By Denise Yost
COLUMBUS, Ohio – It’s crunch time for the Ohio Department of Development. They have until Sept. 15 to determine how to spend millions of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
And they said we wouldn’t last!
A big thanks goes out to Walker, John, and Calle for helping to build the local transportation blog that the 16th largest city in the country deserves. It’s been a pleasure reading all of your great insights since we’ve started up.
Another big thanks goes out to our readers! [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In what Mayor Bloomberg called “a grand experiment that could dramatically alter the way we use and look at the streets of New York”, Manhattanites reclaimed the streets in the city’s 1st annual “Summer Streets” event. Thousands of people committed to be fit by taking to the streets on bikes, rollerblades, skateboards, and feet.
HERE’s a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
We’re increasingly hearing that a reworked Streetcar proposal will be contingent on help from our friends in Washington, but what happens if they never come to our rescue? Certainly, changes will come when a new presidential administration takes the reigns in 2009, but what kind of changes will they be?
Some people, like columnist Neil Peirce [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Last night, City Council took another painfully slow step forward with the streetcar plan by appropriating $300,000 to allow HDR Consultants to continue to rework the funding plan. I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts that it includes a property tax in the benefit zone when it’s all said and done. Here’s how The Dispatch saw things…
City [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This morning, Chester Jourdan (MORPC), Bill Lhota (COTA), and Councilwoman Maryellen O’Shaughnessy (Columbus City Council) had an hour-long discussion about Transit in Central Ohio with Mike Thompson of WOSU Radio. It’s definitely worth the listen, and will catch you up to speed on where the region’s transit leadership is trying to take us. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I’m old and gray, will I be telling my grandkids about how I used to be able to buy a gallon of gasoline for only $4? If people keep bidding up the price of this finite resource like they are today, I might be able to tell that story before my first gray hair [...]
