Jake Mecklenborg has written an excellent piece for UrbanCincy that explains the various proposals for the Eastern Corridor commuter rail project, and proposes an alternate plan that would cost far less to operate and serve far more customers than the plan currently proposed. To summarize, the main problems with the Eastern Corridor project as planned [...]

Now that construction is almost certain to begin on the Cincinnati Streetcar this fall, talk has turned to future expansion of the system once the initial phase is up and running. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports on a plan to extend the streetcar line into Clifton, to form a transit hub at the University of Cincinnati: [...]

It’s old news at this point, but it’s worth noting here that Cincinnati’s Streetcar Project was recently awarded a $25M grant from the Urban Circulator program. This latest infusion of money means the project is now over 90% funded, and virtually assures that construction will begin sometime this fall. Check out the Soapbox article by [...]

Yesterday, the City Council Budget and Finance Committee voted to issue $64M in bonds to finance the Cincinnati Streetcar project. Together with the $2.6M approved last month and $15M approved by the State of Ohio, this forms the bulk of the local funding for the streetcar, and puts Cincinnati in a much better position to [...]

After a great deal of consultation with the good people of COAST, I’ve developed a transit plan for Cincinnati that they approve of. Here it is. (Click on the image for a full-size version. Bloggers, feel free to use this for any anti-Issue 9 propaganda you deem appropriate.)