Comments on CityKin: Business Courier on Streetcar

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I would much rather support Cincinnati neighborhoo...

2009-08-16T23:51:17.187-04:00

I would much rather support Cincinnati neighborhood endeavors. But I am tired of the "re-build downtown to increase revenue approach" that has been tried over and over again and never works!

That way of thinking is so ridiculously outdated as to be laughable. The money they will waste on a streetcar could be laudably spent on so many other needs.

Deborah -- hope that's how you like to be addr...

2009-08-10T21:47:53.440-04:00

Deborah -- hope that's how you like to be addressed,

You should read the city's study. Fully 45% of the expected riders are estimated to earn less than $20,000 per year. And 48% of the persons living along the line do not have cars.

To me, this is hardly a toy. Its' a tool for helping people.

Deborah; A modern streetcar is not a choo choo or ...

2009-08-10T21:29:43.354-04:00

Deborah;
A modern streetcar is not a choo choo or a toy. It will serve the the city center neighborhoods that have the densest living and working environment in the city. This "toy" has been predicted (by two serious studies) to have income returns to the city of many many times the amount needed to build and operate it.

For the past 40 years Cincinnati has been shrinking with results of less benefits for everyone including the closing of the pools and the health clinics. I've used Elm Street Health Clinic and often use the public pools. I want to live in a city that can afford to fund these things in the future, and that means a city with at least the population it had in 1950. I don't think there is anyway that we can return to that level of population unless we have a greatly improved public transit system that includes rail. The Cincinnati Streetcar is the most affordable first step in this direction.

I have used similar systems in other cities and I am quite certain that it will be successful here and that even skeptics like yourself will be convinced once it is up and running for a few years.

Think about it this way. If we had an existing streetcar system, would you be in favor or removing it or improving it? This is excactly what our city needs.

And by the way, this is not forced on you by Council. There is no tax increase, and you can vote for or against each of the 8 council members that support this.

Support a stronger city, support the Cincinnati Streetcar.

The anti-rail people (myself included) are still q...

2009-08-09T13:29:12.397-04:00

The anti-rail people (myself included) are still quietly steamed about the whole thing and feel like our council has engineered the debate so that we're going to be railroaded into accepting the Cincy Choo Choo like it or no.

I'd much rather that money were spent on health clinics or schools or even swimming pools than a stupid trolley that will only benefit a few drunk folks going from bar to bar.

Nevermind my last post. I just realized that it t...

2009-08-04T02:48:40.676-04:00

Nevermind my last post. I just realized that it takes time to get signatures because the We Demand volunteers can't be everywhere at once. Dumb question. I'm going to get back to eating my dead cat with my wife.

If there is going to be a massive vote against the...

2009-08-04T00:35:36.439-04:00

If there is going to be a massive vote against the streetcars, than why did it take the COAST nutters so long to gather those signatures?

Sometime quality of posts and logic do not matter ...

2009-08-02T14:28:14.847-04:00

Sometime quality of posts and logic do not matter to the electorate, but I remain optimistic about both the streetcar and this city.

Sorry, I was a little unclear above. I meant to sa...

2009-08-01T16:12:57.949-04:00

Sorry, I was a little unclear above. I meant to say "no way it comes close to failing." Ther will be no streetcar in Cincinnati in our lifetimes, unless its built with private money. If the Business Courier is so hot on the idea, why don't they get a few businessmen to get together and take the risk on funcding it? We all know the answer to that question.

Unfortunately for the pro-streetcar crowd, it'...

2009-08-01T16:04:50.918-04:00

Unfortunately for the pro-streetcar crowd, it's the quantity of the votes, not the quality of the posts, that count. I predict 70/30 against, maybe 75/25. No way it comes close to passing.

I love Doug's quote "there's a big di...

2009-07-31T18:55:10.076-04:00

I love Doug's quote "there's a big difference in the quality of the content". That's the understatement of the year.