The goals of the $220 million Euclid Corridor Transportation Project are to improve transit service and support increased development along Euclid Avenue.
The project supports:
- A Rapid Transit System from Public Square in downtown Cleveland to the Stokes Rapid Transit Station at Windermere in East Cleveland
- Construction of the St. Clair/Superior Avenue Transit Zone in and around Public Square including enhanced pedestrian zones, new shelters, bus-only lanes, upgraded lighting and more.
Resources
RTA HealthLine web site
Euclid Corridor Photos
The Euclid Corridor Transportation Project web site
Updates
3/05/09 - Chicago looks to Cleveland in considering transit system improvements. Article.
2/18/09 - Richmond, Virginia RGTC looks to Cleveland's BRT success and considers similar projects. Article.
10/25/08 - HealthLine officially opens. RTA press release. Bike lane ribbon cutting (video).
7/05/07—Cleveland will invest in or partner with owners on the restoration of at least five historically significant buildings that remain vacant on Lower Euclid Avenue, including the old May Company, the PD reports.
11/29/06—CSU hired for Euclid Corridor "Before and After" study. RTA will spend $350,000 for CSU urban planning professor Brian Mikelbank and grad students to compare the operating characteristics of the corridor prior to construction to the actual operating characteristics two years after construction is completed.
Parking the rub for Mandel Center proposal
Lee Batdorff Says:June 26, 2006 - The members of the Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) and Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell balked at the provisions for parking that Case Western Reserve University included with their proposed Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations for the site of "Harmony Park" at the corner of Bellflower Rd. and Hessler Ct. The BZA voted to postpone a decision on this matter until a meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Monday July 17.
Carol Johnson, the committee chair said, "an old lady like me will not want to attend a meeting in this building if they must walk in the winter from a parking garage a city block away."
As the meeting was ending a Case representative asked Ms. Johnson if all the issues other than parking were put to rest. No, was the answer. "The neighbors can bring in more people to speak on all appropriate aspects of this at the next meeting and so can you," said Ms. Johnson.
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