Comments for Xing Columbus

Comment on COTA Public Hearing Roundup by buckeye

buckeye — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:46:59 +0000

oh GOOD! google transit makes trip planning soo much easier because it’s integrated with google map. the one on cota.com is such crap it’s vitally impossible to use. they better keep that thing.

Comment on It’s All About Having Options by Adam

Adam — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:51:59 +0000

I was surprised to see the reference to Harrisburg. Lots of Amtrak trains start and end in Harrisburg each day, but there’s no other commuter rail line. Regional authorities have been trying to get a heavy commuter rail project named “Corridor One” project, but the commissioners of the suburban and heavily congested county next door–Cumberland County–decided, in their infinite wisdom, to reject funding the project. Even the state transportation secretary made the boneheaded comment that, at projections for ridership at for startup, the state could just cut all those riders checks to pay for gasoline and parking.

Geniuses …

Comment on It’s All About Having Options by Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:40:26 +0000

Nice find Eric and thanks for posting.

Comment on Main St. Bridge Update by mark

mark — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:50 +0000

hey, just wanted to mention that i am one of the many steelworkers at PDM bridge in Eau Claire , WI that had a part in the fabrication of the north floorbeams on this bridge.

Comment on COTA benefits by Eric

Eric — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:48:01 +0000

Here’s the post you’re referring to… http://xingcolumbus.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/oil-cracks-100-a-barrelcota-asleep-at-the-wheel/

Great job by Jeff over at Urban In-Fill too! COTA should hire him as a spokeman. He could do for COTA what Jared did for Subway!

Comment on Potential Columbus Commuter Rail Map by John Carlino

John Carlino — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:35:48 +0000

Loved your map. I’ve drawn several similar ones myself. My first choice for a starter line would be to combine the Delaware West line with the eastern half of the Blue line. This would provide fast-growing Delaware and western Licking Counties with direct access to OSU, Downtown, and Port Columbus/DSCC (via shuttle bus to Stelzer). The more likely starter line, however, would be Delaware East to London, along the 3C route.

As for downtown, there could be a temporary station underneath the 3rd St. overpass serving the 3C and possibly some commuter lines as well. That way, train service could be up and running much sooner, without having to wait till the Arena District Multimodal Station gets built.

Comment on Congress + Solutions = WTF? by fpteditors

fpteditors — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:22:44 +0000

http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/02/08/bush-admin-wants-to-rob-transit-to-pay-for-highways/

They have been doing this… don’t have the link yet.

Comment on Congress + Solutions = WTF? by fpteditors

fpteditors — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:13:21 +0000

link

You are correct - some capital. But this is all we get until 2013? Can we get back what was reappropriated to highways? And was that legal?

Comment on COTA benefits by johnwirtz

johnwirtz — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:43:21 +0000

I have to give Eric credit for the COTA cost calculator suggestion.

Hats off to Jeff though. What a great post that summarizes all the reasons I am constantly arguing for walkable neighborhoods. I’m not sure my arguing is doing much good though. I was in the W-Hills neighborhood in northern C-bus over the weekend and I couldn’t even get my parents to walk 0.6 miles to breakfast due to the possibility of rain (I had an umbrella) and the necessity to walk uphill on the way home.

Comment on Congress + Solutions = WTF? by Eric

Eric — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:48:16 +0000

FPT - do you have a link to enlighten me about that? From my skimming of the bill, it looks like the $1.7B is for federal matching grants related to capital projects.