We paid over a billion and change for 30 years. I can’t imagine 350 million over 10 years (even with inflation) is that much better. Not to mention the Bengals are earning 93% of all profits on parking for game days as well. And the “rent” is a joke.

But that’s just my take.

• Bengals and Hamilton County reach tentative agreement for stadium renovation.
• County to contribute $350 million, Bengals $120 million to project.
• Commissioners to vote on $470 million project terms June 26.

The Bengals and Hamilton County’s negotiators have reached a tentative agreement for a new, 10-year lease that will deliver a scaled-down Paycor Stadium renovation project.

I kind of wonder how that all worked anyhow. Was that Metro doing that or was UC paying them a certain amount to give free rides?

Adding this here- I did not see the bit about UC and Cincy State students for instance-

Other Cincinnati Metro fare increases:

• Express routes will go from $2.65 to $3.
• On-demand MetroNow fares will go from $2 to $2.50.
• Access service for the disabled will go from $4 to $4.40.
• A 24-hour pass will increase from $4 to $4.40, with a day pass good on Metro and TANK remaining the same at $5. A 30-day pass will go from $80 to $88.
• University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati State students, who currently can ride for free, will have to pay $1.10 per ride.

I think the card and fare capping are great ideas. This is more in line with what a lot of transit systems either do already or are going to. For instance, the Tube in London will let you tap in and out and charge you the least it can depending on where you go. Speeds up operations and gets you the best bang for your buck.

The cards are great too as those don’t rely on a phone. Just load it up and start traveling.

Unaware of that but I do know a few people who had bad experiences with them. Granted, I guess that goes for most banks too.

Amen.

I don’t think it’s reasonable for us schmoes but you know there will be some high earners that will buy in. It would be quite a cool building to live in (and convenient to a ton.) Heck, even if you only did it for a year or two it’d be a cool experience.

The developer’s plan calls for 246 one-bedroom units with an average rent of $1,950, 109 two-bedroom units at $2,700 and 20 three-bedroom units at $3,300.

I should be happy it’s at least built out to what it is but yes, it could be much much more down there.

Yeah everyone seems to want more housing in theory until it’s anywhere near them. Or at least they say they do.

Have never heard of those apps, etc. And yes, I’d take this over axe throwing too.

Bowling- well, there was that place on 7th and Walnut downtown but it went out of business a bit back. I think it had glow lanes?

I was kind of surprised that after-work leagues couldn’t keep it in business given all the workers downtown (this was pre-covid).

That works too. There is a pinned thread at the top of this community about how to access Business Courier articles if you have a library card.

Not great if you’re not local (thus no library card) but it’s there. Thank you though for the non-paywall link.

Definitely at least an interesting thing to open.

Good turnout. Hopefully keep the pressure on.

The $339 million plan is expensive, but a fraction of light rail’s cost;

Given how expensive it is, I’d feel better if we had regional light rail anyway.

I noticed that too. I don’t understand it other than cost saving. The garage at Central and Elder was done quite nicely so why not just do another? Just seems like a waste of prime space. Maybe they’ll build on it later on.

I mean, kind of? We’re definitely not cognizant enough to realize it yet but at least things are changing somewhat.

Yet more dark money fuckery. All these people pushing it can get bent. Who wants to bet Berding has a hand in it?

She also acknowledged that Martin Luther King Drive itself is unattractive, spanning seven lanes and traffic-choked at rush hour with auto-oriented businesses and parking lots fronting the road between UC and the medical institutions’ campuses and Interstate 71.

“Clearly, in addition to adding amenities to MLK, we have to improve access. There are challenges that weren’t fully recognized about widening Martin Luther King Drive at the same time you were trying to build a sense of place (there),” Brunner said. “What we’re trying to build out here is a place where there isn’t vacant land. There aren’t parking lots. There are people walking. There are a wide range of uses. A mixed-income, high-potential-for success engine that has both the opportunity for people to improve their lives and the placemaking that draws people to experience all of the different assets that exist.”

Well no, a lot of us at the time were saying that is way too many lanes. We KNEW it would be a cluster and given how terrible the bike lane through there is let alone any sense of pedestrian walkability it was about the most expected thing about the project.

Let’s call it Cranley’s 80+ million dollar boondoggle that could’ve been better spent on transit and other methods of getting around.