Danny Guthrie
@danny-the-localist
Into Urbanism & Localism and learning how to make my place better | Cincinnati
And these were Tobin's comments. They touch on the pollution and induced demand, but what I liked most was the inequity between the city and the region. Highway infrastructure is infrastructure of dispersion, meaning it will put downward pressure on Cincy's population growth
These were Tori's comments. She also expressed concern over the pollution being brought through our city
These were Matt's comments on the project. I appreciated him tackling it from an engineering perspective and calling out the bad assumptions and analysis used to justify the widening.
These were Vita's(?) comments regarding the BSB project. She also expressed concern over environment impacts, but she tied it back to people with disabilities being doubly impacted by infrastructure not built for them and being forced to deal with the pollution
These were McKinley's comments. She was focused on the environmental impacts on the city
These were my comments I gave before Cincinnati City Council and Mayor Pureval regarding the Brent Spence highway widening through Cincinnati. I was nervous and kinda flubbed it at the end when calling for a full EIS, but first time for everything This is our home and we’re not giving up yet!
Lol they can’t help but think of themselves except as victims. The right’s persecution complex is now part of their group identity.
It‘s ironic that Matt doesn‘t single out CincinnatI, the place that’s going to be damaged the most by this monstrosity of a project. How can “America” be made better if Cincinnati is worse off?
So from this perspective, it made sense to send streetcars up and out of the basin. When you couple this understanding with the urban basin’s immense population in the late 19th century, we can see an economic justification to build something like a Cincinnati-style funicular. Or five of them 😂
Cincinnati’s topography is harshest in the immediate transition between the cliffs and hills of the basin and the bluffs that lie above. But once you were out of the basin, the topography was more forgiving — just rolling hills in many places.
This unique setup was the product of Cincy’s unique topography. The inclines in Pittsburgh offer a good contrast. Because Pittsburgh’s topography is harsher, as it sits in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, it wouldn’t make sense to send a streetcar up one side and back down the other.
A city’s transportation system can lend itself to this sense of place. Cincinnati used to have this with its five famous incline railways. Funiculars (aka inclines) existed across the country and the world. But Cincinnati was the only city to send things like streetcars and buses up ours
This is so degrading lol. But remember, that for a lot of Americans, this is what they voted for. They‘re owning the libs now. Enjoy my snowflake tears Sincerely, someone who still gets goosebumps during the national anthem
Uncovered streetcar tracks on Montgomery in pleasant Ridge. Uncovered while another set of speed humps are being installed
Trains frickin’ rip. Especially the way Switzerland does them
At what point does Trudeau just fly down here and bop this motherfucker in the beak? Like knock it off dude, nobody voted for this!
When the fake populists are calling you lobbyists, you’re doing something right. Keep at it