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Old Posted Dec 1, 2021, 9:41 PM
jmecklenborg jmecklenborg is offline
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The thread is about the streetcar system, not the bus system. But for some background, the bus system's service level was cut by maybe 20% around 2011 since tax receipts + ridership revenue declined sharply during the recession. A new bus tax passed in 2020 (the bus system is now supported by the county with a sales tax, not the city's earnings tax) and service levels have now been restored to pre-2011 levels, plus 24-hour service has been added on several main routes.

We're pretty overdue for someone to take updated photos of Over-the-Rhine, which we see a few glimpses of in the new video. There is simply no question that the streetcar motivated the redevelopment of Race and Elm St. near and above Findlay Market ahead of surrounding streets. Vine St., Walnut St., and Central Parkway north of Liberty St. are all pretty much the same as they were before the streetcar was built.

OTR today at the end of 2021 is one of the greatest city neighborhoods in the United States, light years beyond where it was just 15 years ago, and far beyond anything that exists in Nashville, Austin, or any of the other trendy cities.
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