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Cincinnati Public Transit & Parking

looks like Cincinnati is on track to break ground as early as next year with its streetcar plans. Bomb-ass stuff, though it'll start out pretty small-scale going from the stadiums in the south up to Over-the-Rhine to start out, with extensions planned to UC, the zoo, Walnut Hills, and Union Station.


View Cincinnati Streetcars + Subway Bore in a larger map

I also threw in the existing subway bore that runs under Cincy right now for comparison. I think i've had conversations with a few of you about whether or not they could be used to host light rail/streetcars. The verdict seems to be yes, tentatively - there are three existing below-ground stations that are already bored out with platforms - but the route of the old subway appears to be somewhat antiquated for public transit now that they bulldozed the homes along the current I-75, leaving land use densities there pretty sparse if you want to get people to ride. Might be a good route for some northern extension (e.g. following US 27) of the other planned Light Rail route, which would go up to Milford through Walnut Hills and Downtown (maybe i'll add that some other time). Gotta say though, the light rail thing seems like a stretch at least for the time being. Too pricey and not enough interest I reckon.

The other news is that Cincinnati is thinking of relaxing parking requirements - antiquated zoning relics that require developers to build off-street parking. Next step would be to get rid of all the empty parking lots downtown.

Seems like Cincinnati planners really have their shit together.

Labels: cincinnati, transit

posted by the cold cowboy @ 4:32 PM