omeara4pheonix

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[–] omeara4pheonix 3 points 1 year ago

Decent ideas. I tend to err more on the BRT side knowing money is finite, and good will for transit in Cincinnati is even more so. BRT is a great starting point with pretty low investment costs, then lines could be upgraded to light rail if the BRT is run well enough to improve the regions view of transit.

The Cincinnati to Oxford line will happen, no doubt. Oxfords Amtrak station (on the Cincinnati to Chicago line) should be opening in 2026 or there abouts, and the return to daily service will be a huge boon to ridership. Especially as the relatively wealthy Miami student base wants to come into the city for more entertainment options. This will eventually warrant more than daily service, but I doubt management will ever be taken over by a regional rail authority.

[–] omeara4pheonix 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Buying the disk is still owning it (which is another $5 less on amazon BTW) though it is not out yet.

[–] omeara4pheonix 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Correction, $5 more for a lifetime (or until the company decides to remove it) rental.

[–] omeara4pheonix 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Short sellers, and the corporation that absorbs them at bargain prices.

[–] omeara4pheonix 2 points 1 year ago

I used to live on Hopkins St right behind that garage, when the sky walk was still there. I always pissed me off that the stairs from Hopkins were fenced off. It would have been so nice to be able to use that skywalk to quickly cross central rather than go all the way around to Clark/12th. I wouldn't have a problem with these garages if the features made to benefit the community (like a set of stairs that connects a culdesac to the rest of the city) were allowed to be used the way they were intended.

[–] omeara4pheonix 2 points 1 year ago

The movie is based on a photo book with pictures taken all over the Midwest. But yeah, Cincinnati and Middletown were the main stand-ins for the 60s Midwest.

[–] omeara4pheonix 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

IDK, I think we are in for some rough traffic if 75 entrances are reduced (something I wholeheartedly endorse) and we put all the major arteries on a diet. IMO, give cars their their ways in and out of the city and start reducing the amount of cars on the local and residential streets. My dream would be for the entire length of vine south of Clifton Ave to turn into something akin to 16th Street in Denver. Pedestrian and bus traffic only. And I don't think we will get to that point any time soon if people feel like they need jump over to vine to avoid central. I'm fine with letting the cars keep central and reading. I could be convinced to attempt diverting the central traffic to linn. But that street would need a major rehab and no one would take that bait if the west end stays divided from the rest of the city.

I get what you mean about the median, but I don't think bumpouts are enough on a street with that much traffic, even with only one lane each way (look at Hamilton Ave to see why). Plus the median holds space for future streetcar expansion or busways that have their own right of way.

[–] omeara4pheonix 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lame that they changed the name. Embrace it

[–] omeara4pheonix 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The benefit of the median is that pedestrians only needs to cross one direction of traffic at a time. But tbh, I don't see a reason to make it bigger.

I don't mind the 4 lanes. I think it's a far better idea to keep the major thoroughfares like central large and to reduce or even eliminate car traffic in the heavier pedestrian areas like vine and main.

[–] omeara4pheonix 1 points 1 year ago

New MacBooks have their memory soldered directly to the main board and don't have an extra m.2 port. There are very few windows laptops that meet both of those criteria. But like I said, even in those cases you can install games on an external drive.

[–] omeara4pheonix 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No it's not, unless they have a MacBook. And even in that case it's not hard to find an external SSD with a thunderbolt or USB3.2 interface.

[–] omeara4pheonix 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not that unrealistic if the dock has a GPU in it. Something they should have done with the og switch.

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