Standing Room Only Crowd Packed Metropolis & Mobility Event
On Friday, April 19, UrbanCincy partnered with the Niehoff Urban Studio and hosted an event that showcased student work and included expert analysis and discussion of urban mobility issues in...
View ArticleMeasuring the success of Obama’s Strong Cities Strong Communities program
Link: Measuring the success of Obama’s Strong Cities Strong Communities program While ongoing sequestration has limited the federal governments ability to allocate much needed funding for the nations...
View ArticleEnrique Peñalosa speculates on the future of American cities
Link: Enrique Peñalosa speculates on the future of American cities The United Nations projects that 2.7 billion people will be living in cities across the world by 2050. What is the future course of...
View ArticleChicago aiming to cap Kennedy Expressway trench with 10-15 acre park
Link: Chicago aiming to cap Kennedy Expressway trench with 10-15 acre park Part of Cincinnati’s Central Riverfront Master Plan is the eventual capping of Fort Washington Way. In Chicago, architects are...
View ArticlePitfalls and Potential in P3 Infrastructure Financing
Link: Pitfalls and Potential in P3 Infrastructure Financing As both Ohio and Kentucky look into investing in public-private partnerships (P3′s) for the construction and operation of the new Brent...
View ArticleFree Sunday Parking viewed as somewhat problematic with renegotiated Chicago...
Link: Free Sunday Parking viewed as somewhat problematic with renegotiated Chicago parking deal Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that he and the city’s finance and legal has settled a legal...
View ArticleStreetcars Linked Boroughs of New York
Link: Streetcars Linked Boroughs of New York Modern day residents of New York City often wonder why it is difficult for residents of Queens or Brooklyn to reach one another via subway. Older residents...
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Support for Public Transit Grows, While Funding Sources Remain Limited
A new survey conducted by the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) reveals that nearly 74% of Americans support the use of their tax dollars for “creating, expanding, and improving public...
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Parking Lease Deal to Move Forward Following Appeals Court Ruling
This morning the Hamilton County Court of Appeals released its decision on the court case (Lisa McQueen, et al. vs. Milton R. Dohoney, Jr., et al.) concerning whether the City of Cincinnati had the...
View ArticleWhat’s for Cincinnati to Learn From the Indianapolis Cultural Trail?
Unlike Cincinnati, Indianapolis has wide streets. The streets are so wide that there is room to do some neat things within the right-of-way with regards to non-automobile forms of transportation. As a...
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Bike Lanes Included as Part of Cincinnati’s Annual Street Rehabilitation Program
The City of Cincinnati kicked off its annual street rehabilitation program last week. This year’s program will focus work on 113 segments of roadway in 22 neighborhoods. According to officials within...
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City Council Approves $17.4M in Additional Funding for the Cincinnati Streetcar
City Council’s Budget & Finance Committee, which is made up of the full nine-member council, approved two Cincinnati Streetcar-related measures this afternoon at City Hall. The first was a motion...
View ArticleChicago Improves Protected Bicycle Lanes
Link: Chicago Improves Protected Bicycle Lanes Although protected bicycle lanes help improve cyclist safety from automobile accidents, Chicago is looking to further reduce conflicts between bicyclists...
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Design Options for $2.7B Brent Spence Bridge Project Narrowed
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a “Finding of No Significant Impact” (FONSI) for the $2.7 billion Brent Spence Bridge Replacement & Rehabilitation project last August. The finding...
View ArticleHOT Lanes Struggle to Raise Revenues
Link: HOT Lanes Struggle to Raise Revenues Part of the improvements to the Interstate 75 corridor through Cincinnati could include the addition of High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes. However reports from...
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Industry Experts Believe a ‘Parking Revolution’ is Sweeping America
In April of this year, members of the International Parking Institute, the world’s largest association representing the parking industry, surveyed parking professionals to determine trends and gain...
View ArticleShould Ohio transition to a VMT tax?
Link: Should Ohio transition to a VMT tax?. Public dollars for transportation infrastructure seem to be getting ever scarce. This is the result of a wide array of issues, but one of them is the...
View ArticleSetting the Score Card for Transit Oriented Developments
Link: Setting the Score Card for Transit Oriented Developments With the City of Cincinnati signing the streetcar construction contract yesterday, discussion can now move on to the type of...
View ArticleMexico to invest $100B in its infrastructure over next five years
Link: Mexico to invest $100B in its infrastructure over next five years. It’s been no secret that America has fallen behind on its infrastructure investments. In fact, the American Society of Civil...
View ArticleMore bike/ped money from the feds equals more bicycle commuters
Link: More bike/ped money from the feds equals more bicycle commuters. In most cities, Cincinnati included, all you need to do is look outside to see that the number of people bicycling is on the rise....
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