Cincinnati Streetcar Editorials

[Jdog]

Just so nice to read...couldn't help but post. 

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December 20:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131219/EDIT01/312200027/EDITORIAL-Who-should-get-credit-what-should-happen-next-



November 27:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131126/EDIT01/311260115/EDITORIAL-Finish-streetcar



November 27 Excerpt:

"The region must continue to attract people and companies that can choose anywhere in the world to live and work. A low cost of living is no longer enough to spur growth; we must also offer modern infrastructure and amenities, especially to the millennials and baby boomers interested in urban living. Because people are investing and moving to Over-the-Rhine, promising new businesses like The Brandery and Cintrifuse have moved there, too. And they're growing an industry of entrepreneurs in our community.

To attract those kinds of jobs and workers, 20 streetcar systems are under construction or planned in the U.S., in addition to around a dozen in operation. They are in places like Charlotte, N.C.; Milwaukee; Austin, Texas; and Minneapolis – places we compete with for people and jobs..."

[thelakelander]

^Thanks for sharing. There are definitely some quotes that are applicable to our local conditions.

[thelakelander]

Listing to the Mayor's comments on this issue, it appears it morphed into some sort of racial debate?

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131219/NEWS010801/312190096/What-s-happening-City-Hall-streetcar-decision-day?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

It's pretty cool that their private sector has stood up to fund the streetcar's operations. Chalk Cincinnati down as another community that has come to the realization that investing in human scaled infrastructure is critical to the establishment of a vibrant urban core.

[thelakelander]

For our transit advocacy group being started up, this was an interesting quote by a council member as well:

Here's how Cincinnati City Council voted 6-3 on restarting the streetcar:

Kevin Flynn, yes: "The $9 million commitment from the Haile Foundation is huge. It's not enough."

David Mann, yes: "I am so glad this issue is done. ... It has divided council, it has divided the community."

Amy Murray, no: "I have not been a supporter mainly because I don't believe we can afford it."

Chris Seelbach, yes: "The right thing happened. Government worked."

Yvette Simpson, yes: "I love that the name of the (supporters') group is We Believe in Cincinnati, not We Believe in the Streetcar."

P.G. Sittenfeld, yes: "There was an overwhelming coming together in the community."

Christopher Smitherman, no:  "I know what the deficit looks like. I don't need to hear ROIs on the streetcar. That's just rhetoric."

Charlie Winburn, no: "The next time we do a project, we've got to make sure we get all 52 neighborhoods signed off up front."

Wendell Young, yes: "As great a day as this is, I will not forget how divisive this fight has been. ... This is an opportunity to find a way to work together."

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/politics/2013/12/19/how-they-voted-and-why/

[peestandingup]

Listing to the Mayor's comments on this issue, it appears it morphed into some sort of racial debate?

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131219/NEWS010801/312190096/What-s-happening-City-Hall-streetcar-decision-day?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

It's pretty cool that their private sector has stood up to fund the streetcar's operations. Chalk Cincinnati down as another community that has come to the realization that investing in human scaled infrastructure is critical to the establishment of a vibrant urban core.

There's a paywall. Can you post the Mayor's comments?

It doesn't surprise me. Apparently everything in Cincy is racial. If it's not, they'll somehow make it about that. Been going on for decades.

[thelakelander]

Try this link:

http://news.cincinnati.com/videonetwork/2952198799001/Streetcar-Project-to-Continue

[peestandingup]

Try this link:

http://news.cincinnati.com/videonetwork/2952198799001/Streetcar-Project-to-Continue

No dice.

[sandy77]

Just so nice to read...couldn't help but post. 

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December 20:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131219/EDIT01/312200027/EDITORIAL-Who-should-get-credit-what-should-happen-next-

Thanks for putting this up.  Nice to read.



November 27:
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20131126/EDIT01/311260115/EDITORIAL-Finish-streetcar



November 27 Excerpt:

"The region must continue to attract people and companies that can choose anywhere in the world to live and work. A low cost of living is no longer enough to spur growth; we must also offer modern infrastructure and amenities, especially to the millennials and baby boomers interested in urban living. Because people are investing and moving to Over-the-Rhine, promising new businesses like The Brandery and Cintrifuse and others have recently decided to move there, too. And they're growing an industry of entrepreneurs in our community.

To attract those kinds of jobs and workers, 20 streetcar systems are under construction or planned in the U.S., in addition to around a dozen in operation. They are in places like Charlotte, N.C.; Milwaukee; Austin, Texas; and Minneapolis – places we compete with for people and jobs..."