STREETSBLOG: “HIGHWAY REMOVAL” PROJECT IN CLEVELAND LOOKS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE A HIGHWAY

March 24, 2011 in West Shoreway

It is an oft-lamented fact, both locally and nationally, that the city of Cleveland hasn’t taken full advantage of its position on the shore of Lake Erie. The national media, in its seemingly boundless enthusiasm for stories about the declining fortunes of the city where I live, is quick to point out that we haven’t [...]

NPR.ORG: THE END OF THE ROAD: SAYING GOODBYE TO FREEWAYS

March 22, 2011 in West Shoreway

Half a century after cities put up freeways, many of those roads are reaching the end of their useful lives. But instead of replacing them, a growing number of cities are thinking it makes more sense just to tear them down. To Clevelanders like Judie Vegh, the whole idea of tearing down a freeway just [...]

PLAIN DEALER: WEST 76TH STREET PEDESTRIAN TUNNELS TO EDGEWATER PARK TO BE RENOVATED

February 14, 2010 in Detroit Shoreway, Waterfront Development, West Shoreway

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Tom Beecher was walking to his West 80th Street home after his first day on a new job when he was struck by a westbound freight train while crossing the West 76th Street railroad tracks. The 30-year-old man’s skull was fractured and his right leg severed below the knee, according to a [...]

PLAIN DEALER: WEST SHOREWAY PROJECT GETS A BOOST FROM OHIO LAWMAKERS

January 25, 2010 in West Shoreway

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A long-awaited $60 million road project designed to transform the fast lanes of the West Shoreway into a tree-lined boulevard got a key assist from state lawmakers last week. Rep. Michael Skindell, a Lakewood Democrat, got language slipped into an unrelated bill that would drop the speed limit on a stretch of [...]

PLAIN DEALER: CLEVELAND SEEKS $37 MILLION TRANSPORTATION STIMULUS GRANT FOR WEST SHOREWAY PLAN

September 17, 2009 in West Shoreway

Cleveland has another shot at federal stimulus money to turn the West Shoreway into a slow-speed boulevard. The city is vying for a portion of $1.5 billion in grants that will be awarded early next year by the U.S. Department of Transportation. But the nationwide competition is stiff. Requests, which were due Tuesday, will total [...]

THE INFRASTRUCTURIST: 7 URBAN FREEWAYS TO TEAR DOWN TODAY – AND WHAT TOMORROW MIGHT LOOK LIKE IF WE DO

August 17, 2009 in Detroit Shoreway, West Shoreway

During the Beaver Cleaver era of American history, it was almost impossible to conceive of a bad road–after all, paving things over was synonymous with “improvement.” Sadly, planning mistakes made at highway speed back then will require a huge amount of effort and money to undo today. But as we discussed in an earlier article, doing [...]

PLAIN DEALER: CLIFTON BOULEVARD TO GET UPGRADED BUS SERVICE AND 30 CURBSIDE STATIONS

March 23, 2009 in Lakewood, West Shoreway

“More than 60 years after streetcars were displaced by automobiles on Clifton Boulevard, an RTA bus/rapid transit line will be the street’s new face of public transportation. Sixty-foot long articulated buses, similar to those on the Euclid Avenue HealthLine, are expected to be on the street this fall. RTA will spend $700,000 in federal stimulus [...]