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Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle.

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Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer at bike lane dedication

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Transportation

It’s time we built a high-speed rail system connecting Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati. It’s time we fund our transit systems to be strong competitors to the car. It’s time we invested in Complete Streets (like the Euclid Corridor). It’s time we fixed our potholes. It’s time we stopped building new highways to nowhere. It’s time we had a real conversation about investing in a transportation system that recognizes climate change, peak oil, and sustainable solutions.

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Lakefront design winners, winter markets, and the Midwest connection

Submitted by Richey Piiparinen  |  Last edited February 4, 2010 - 4:13am
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  • Cleveland Design Competition 2010 Lakefront stationWinners were announced last Friday (January 29th) for the third annual Cleveland Design Competition. This year’s project focus was the Lakefront Station (the current Amtrak site), which required contestants to design a multi-modal transit center that could double as a pedestrian path bridging the Mall with North Coast Harbor. The winners—Mario Caceres and Christian Canonico of France—were among 83 designers who submitted proposals for the project. The top designs can viewed here.
  • Although winter is traditionally a downtime in the local fresh food market scene, several farmer’s market sites—including Shaker Square and Kamm’s Corner—have indoor hours of operation. Click here for more information.
  • A new report out of Policy Matters Ohio suggests that the presence of a clean energy sector is not a matter of if but when, and Ohio will only benefit if it prepares its industrial workforce in accordance with the renewable energy and efficiency industries. While the report states that Ohio has many components of a green training infrastructure already in place, there are gaps that still exist. The report, then, recommends a few ways to further integrate the green training infrastructure, including: re-investing in existing vocational/tech programs rather then creating sometimes unnecessary programs, and eliminating silos between government and business so that investments in training programs are driven by actual demand.
  • In addition to the boon Ohio received with its $400 million investment in the 3-C Corridor, the Midwest, in general, was also a big winner. Regionally speaking, the Midwest received nearly 30%of the total rail grants awarded nationally (over $2.5 billion in investment), slightly behind the West (34%) but ahead of both the South (22%) and Northeast (14%). In the long-term this is important, as the current funding begins to lay the groundwork for a more extensive connection between Midwestern cities using high speed rail. Just what would such an interconnected region look like? Well, a trip on a proposed 225 mph rail line from Cleveland to Chicago would take approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. In fact, Chicago would be reachable within 3 hours from every Midwestern city under the Midwest High Speed Rail Initiative’s plan.