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Parking Madness 2015: Nashville vs. Amarillo
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We’re moving on to the fourth match of Parking Madness 2015, and the competition is getting intense. So far, parking craters in Tampa, Camden, and Newport News have advanced to the Elite Eight.
Both of today’s contestants could give those quarterfinalists a run for their money. Watch out as Nashville battles Amarillo for a chance at the “honor” of winning the [...]
Parking Madness 2015! First Match: Camden vs. Mobile
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Who will win the Golden Crater?
Happy Selection Thursday, Streetsblog readers — our annual Parking Madness tournament kicks off today. Over the next few weeks, these 16 cities and towns will vie for the coveted Golden Crater, awarded to the most horrendous pit of parking to blight an American downtown.
It’s year three of this competition, and [...]
Parking Madness 2015: Can Your Parking Crater Compete?
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Rochester won last year’s Parking Madness bracket with this downtown catastrophe where a real neighborhood once stood.
March is a special month on Streetsblog. It’s the time when the nation’s worst downtown parking scars face off head-to-head for the shame of winning the “golden crater” — and the local publicity bonanza that comes with it. For [...]
How the Lure of Spending Keeps Dumb Highway Projects Alive
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Decades ago, Ohio officials drew a line on a map — the Eastern Corridor, a highway for commuters living in Cincinnati’s eastern suburbs. No matter how much time has passed and how little sense it makes to build that highway today, that line can still seem like destiny.
This is the message from the village of [...]
Cincinnati’s Highway Revolt on the Verge of Victory
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Ohio State Rep. Tom Brinkman, a Republican who believes in lower taxes, is taking a principled stance against a wasteful highway project. Photo: Wikipedia
Could the end be near for the $1.4 billion Eastern Corridor highway project proposed for eastern Cincinnati? Language added to Ohio’s transportation budget, which is being debated right now, would specifically “prohibit [Ohio DOT] from [...]
It’s Time to Vote for the Sorriest Bus Stop in America
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We asked you to point us to the nation’s worst bus stops and you answered. After receiving dozens of nominees from our readers, Streetsblog editors narrowed the pool down to eight very sorry bus stops.
These bus stops are ugly. Ugly! In a transportation system where public agencies never seem to lack the money for $800 [...]