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  1. On 12/9/2020 at 4:41 PM, AndyPok1 said:

    Me and most people I know ride them regularly.  We would ride them even MORE if they were more available.  I walk 2 miles downtown for lunch at least once a week.  I'd love to take a scooter sometimes, but there's rarely any around for me to pick up.  They used to place them at Page/Orange, but not recently.

    There will always be bad apples.  We need to regulate them, not ruin the perfect solution to last-mile transit.  A few weeks ago I went from downtown to Ivanhoe.  If there weren't scooters available, there's no way I would have gone there.  That's another 2 miles away from my house when I had already walked 2.  I may love urbanism and walking, but I'm not about to walk 4 miles home.

    Scooters are okay but i'm mad they got rid of the E-Bike which are much safer and actually provide exercise. I have friends who had never ridden bikes in years but loved riding the Lime Ebikes. Scooters are fun but I never feel safe on them personally.

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  2. 7 hours ago, jack said:

    Blame the voters. Citizens get the government they deserve. 

    I would be more wiling to blame citizens if the Mayoral election was held during Federal elections. Holding them in a year with no state or federal elections means turnout will be low and incumbents will almost always win. I'm tired of hearing Buddy's voice on the MCO APM too, believe me.

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  3. On 6/11/2020 at 10:02 AM, prahaboheme said:

    While I think this is a nice update to the building facade and should happen regardless of what's inside, I echo the opinions that residential here seems like a stretch.  Would residents need to park in the Church Street garage and walk over to the building and/or through the former Suntrust tower?

    It's downtown Orlando, residents shouldn't have to park anywhere. We need to eliminate parking requirements!

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  4. 10 minutes ago, elefants said:

    While I love the potential of a few tall buildings, I always drive past and notice the trees.   There could be a nice park there if they decide to leave the green stuff and get rid of the concrete.

    Seems like another downtown park would be competing with Lake Eola, personally I want them to expand Lake Eola for more downtown green space, the paths in particular need to be widened, it is always super crowded! Trees are always great of course, we need shade trees everywhere!

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  5. 1 minute ago, Dale said:

    If Orlando isn’t close to 40k, is Miami’s 80k also an exaggeration ?

    That 80K estimate probably includes the highly populated Brickell which is a quick and free Metromover trip away from the CBD, 40k is definitely an exaggeration for Orlando unless you include neighborhoods like College Park, Ivanhoe, SODO in addition to directly adjacent neighborhoods like Thorton & Paramore. The phrase Downtown is nebulous as this classic Seinfeld scene makes clear. Comparing specific neighborhoods is more precise imo but not as fun

     

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  6. 19 hours ago, IAmFloridaBorn said:

    My info was misguided.

    The last thing I saw said :

    Miami 80,000

    Orlando 40,000

    Tampa 8,000

    Jacksonville 3,000

    Depends on your boundaries, Tampa's CBD has basically no residents but adjacent  neighborhoods  which could possibly be considered downtown like Chanelside, Hyde Park, Harbor island, ect, are dense populated and have relatively high populations. I used SocialExplorer.com, which gives pop. density and total pop. for each census tract to compare downtowns. Orlando's CBD actually has residents interspersed with office buildings, but no adjacent neighborhood as dense as Channelside or Harbor Island, but Orlando's downtown flows naturally to the connecting neighborhoods like Thorton Park unlike Tampa which has water and freeways separating the central business district from surround neighborhoods. Although with Tampa's free streetcar Ybor could be thrown in with Downtown which really tips the scale in Tampa's favor, and however Water Street turns out. Check out the website for yourself tho if interested, it uses Census data with the 2018 the most recent data.

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  7. 9 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

    Congratulations! The nation’s deadliest train line is coming to Orlando!

    https://m.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/12/02/mile-for-mile-floridas-brightline-is-the-nations-deadliest-train-line

    From the Orlando Weekly 

    In that time span approximately 8,000 people have died from cars in Florida. Also most of the deaths were ruled suicides which are still tragic, but most deaths involving automobiles are definitely not suicides. The new story states," 

    "Psychologist Lanny Berman, who studies train suicides, said it’s likely the velocity of Brightline’s trains, their bright color and newness that attracts the suicidal. “It would be noticed that it has faster speeds and that it is more lethal,” said Berman, a former executive director of the American Association of Suicidology."

    So hopefully the amount of suicides decreases once the novelty of the train wears off.

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  8. On 11/17/2019 at 5:01 PM, aent said:

    lol, and it surprises you at the end of the process, after you scanned all the items yourself?

    Options are great. It is real nice to  go to a place that has both the option to checkout yourself faster to help you save time, or wait in line for a cashier to service you. As minimum wage rises, I'd totally expect many stores to charge a convenience fee for the individual service, much like many bank accounts now actually do charge a fee on the cheapest/free accounts for any services that could be performed on an ATM but you elect to utilize a teller. (I wish I could do my transactions on the ATM/online, but unfortunately for many business accounts they deny most services on the ATM). Several of the budget airlines are doing the same now as well, and if minimum wage goes to $15, I'd expect it to become common place in every business that is trying to compete on price.

    Self-checkout lanes have such high rates of theft, something like 20% of items aren't scanned, that even at $15 it will make more economic sense to employ cashiers. Self checkout lanes are mostly used to accommodate peak hours so customers don't get satisfied at long waits. I used to work at Target and lines are supposed to be no more than 2 people behind the person checking out so we were overstaffed for busy hours but outside the peak the cashiers did menial busywork like organizing and restocking the items in the checkout lanes. With self checkout lanes they can staff accordingly but still emphasize cashiers to reduce shrinkage rates.

  9. On 10/30/2019 at 11:12 AM, ragerunner said:

    The winning Pulse design team was announced this morning. Final design work will now begin. This is a big day for the OnePulseFoundation, families, the SODO District and the City of Orlando.

    Coldefy and RDAI are out of Paris and HHCP is from Orlando.

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    Reminds me Calatrava, too bad Orlando couldn't pay him to design it like the Oculus at Ground zero in NYC

  10. 3 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

    I question the Jeb Bush connection. Not because Jeb! was any fan of transit (he wasn’t) but because light rail would have served the needs of his good friends at CSX for a sweetheart deal just as SunRail eventually did.

    Also, he appointed Glenda Hood as his Secretary of State despite the fact she was a leader (in fact, she kept fighting for it after others were backing off) in the move to secure light rail for Orlando.

    True those are valid points, it's just a conspiracy theory of mine but I was 9 at the time so I don't know the full story. I just know Jeb! was anti-transit like most Republicans and Mel switched his vote suddenly I believe after Jeb! canceled the Florida Overland Express so I assumed there was a connection but I may have the dates wrong. I know the light rail would have used CSX ROW  partially but not entirely on it like SunRail  which definitely resulted in a larger check to CSX then the light rail would have. 

    Regardless the light rail was a missed opportunity whatever your politics are considering it was Fully Funded and would have served the tourist areas which have unquestionable demand for greater transit options, the buses that serve the parks have the highest ridership and are always packed! I imagine light rail will eventually get built in the future but probably 30-40 years after it should have been built. At this point i'd rather try to build a comprehensive network of gold standard Bus Rapid Transit along the major corridors, but that would require taking lanes from cars for bus lanes which would likely inspire too much opposition, so I don't have faith for a much improved Orlando transit system any time soon.

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  11. On 10/31/2019 at 3:47 PM, prahaboheme said:

    I'd really love to see them dust off those old light rail plans from downtown to I-Drive and make it happen.  Orlando metro has added more than 15 million tourists a year since those plans were rejected (by a single vote)  and it stands to reason that it would pass now.

    With the gridlock in the I-Drive only increasing (especially with Universal's expansion), there has never been a better time for a true light rail system (better yet, heavy rail...one can dream!).

    By the way, does anyone have a map of the proposed light rail route from the 90s?  Can't seem to locate anything about the plans.

    https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0024547/00001 Here's a Master thesis about the whole sad affair,  there's a map of the planned project on page 60. my opinion is Jeb Bush was the ultimate cause of the light rail cancellation. At the same time, Jeb canceled true HSR Florida was developing under the ol He-Coon  Lawton Chiles called the Florida Overland Express( FOX)that the state had already spent something like $40m on; probably told his boy Mel Martinez to flip his vote against Orlando's light rail too at the bidding of his Texas oil donors. Very Tragic how close Orlando was to having real rapid transit. It's insane that the most visited city in the country has a worse transit system than smaller cities with no tourists across the county. Las Vegas, Orlando's closest counterpart, might not have rail, but has frequent 24/7 bus service between the airport, the Strip, and Downtown. The fact that Orlando has no 24 hour bus service is real slap in the face to the low paid service workers the local economy is built on.

  12. On 10/12/2019 at 12:49 PM, nite owℓ said:

     

    The design looks really good, considering. Usually prefab/modular construction suffer from design constraints/limitations, but the design team really made the most of it. The angled balconies remind me of The Jackson in South Eola. IMO, this would make a good condo conversion in the future: lake views and a quiet, walkable area.

    It's a shame I4 Ultimate didn't include plans to complete the pedestrian path around the lake (similar to Lake Underhill). This city is so frustratingly shortsighted.

    Wish something like this was getting built near Lake Underhill. I live in apartments next to Lake Underhill and love the area but wish there was restaurants and retail within walking distance .I ride my bike to the Milk district all the time but a local watering hole to watch the Magic would be nice. I know it's not zoned for commercial or mixed use but zoning is an infringement on freedom and should be abolished anyway.

  13. On 8/17/2019 at 12:49 PM, W7edwin said:

    I wouldn’t be far off to say that 3/4 of the people that go to the UCF main campus get there by car 

    Maybe half, but many students live near campus and take advantage of the extensive free shuttle service, even if they have cars, as too not deal with parking. Also many students park at Rosen and take the shuttle from there if they live on the west side to avoid paying expensive 408 tolls. UCF has the stereotype as a commuter college which is definitely true, but lots of students live on or near campus as well and have a more traditional college experience.

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  14. 2 hours ago, orange87 said:

    I know. We certainly wouldn't want Parramore to become a safer more desirable place now would we?

    Parramore is plenty safe,  I walk around there all the time to visit the West Art district and Stonewall. Displacing the current black residents and erasing its history would be a horrible loss for Orlando. I would like to see Parramore have increased development and investment, but not at the expense of the current residents.  Any new developments should have affordable housing components set aside for current residents imo.

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  15. 1 hour ago, Jvest55 said:

    With 75 condo units, not including 15 penthouses that probably are over $1M, not sure it's a net negative, but, it's a negative for affordable housing that's for sure. It would seem unlikely that regular condos go for anything less than $500k, especially those with a Lake Eola view, or downtown proper view. How many units are at the Regis?

    You're right there's only 45 units at St Regis, so there would be slightly more housing units but the affordability and charm of St Regis as the last Garden apartment in downtown  would be a huge loss. I doubt this project will get built however, the condo market has not be great since the recession, there has been no condo's built downtown since then to my knowledge, just rentals.

  16. 1 hour ago, klstorey said:

    I'll be sad to see the St Regis apartments demo'd. I think the region could benefit from more, not fewer, smaller apartment complexes that have character. Garden apartments and the like are sorely needed. That missing middle can add a lot of character to a community and provide a better mix of housing costs. 

    My thoughts exactly, St Regis apartments are some of the last relatively affordable places downtown. Considering this project would be mostly hotel rooms, it seems it would be a net loss for housing units downtown

  17. I think SunRail should be extended wherever cities want it as long as they're willing to put in the time, effort and money to make it happen. Commuter Rail Systems in places like Chicago, LA and NYC extend many miles outside what is considered the Metropolitan areas for those cities. More connectivity is never a bad thing. I don't think SunRail itself should dedicate resources towards expansion to Polk but if they want to spearhead expansion and put up matching local funds for the Feds by all means let it happen. Being able to commute to DTO from Polk would be great and no different than wealthy professionals commuting from hours away into Manhattan

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  18. 5 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

    Ridership for the southern expansion is greatly exceeding expectations. Projections were for an additional 1800 riders while ridership has been averaging 3000 additional riders all year. 6500 riders is not a lot in the grand scheme of things, but it's a good start. If it ever gets weekend, holiday,  and more frequent service, and expanded to MCO and Deland, it will be a great asset to the region.

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  19. 9 hours ago, RedStar25 said:

    I don't want to be a "NIMBY" but, Oakland needs to be left alone. It's a throwback to an earlier time in Florida's history. 

    I, and most everyone in Oakland, is upset over the massive amount of development currently happening. 

    Change is good, if ya'll don't want development y'all shouldn't live in the fast growing metropolitian area in the country. Lake County is right around the corner if you want small town living. This isn't communist Russia, we live in a free market economy and I believe people should be allowed to live where ever they desire. Denying growth that the market demands is tantamount to communism in my opinion.

  20. 1 hour ago, Jernigan said:

    But worth it.  How is Sanford’s ridership as a destination compared to Kissimmee or Winter Park?  I’d imagine it’s not even close to Winter Park despite paying the ongoing costs of LYNX feeder route and a CRA funded bus on top of that.

    This is the Station ridership, Sanford is quite low, although Sanford is not nearly the destination of Winter Park, being directly downtown couldn’t hurt. 

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  21. 1 hour ago, Urban Mail Carrier said:

    It was interesting to hear some of them say that Sunrail is losing money. As if they don’t understand the concept of Public transportation a SERVICE.  They expect SUNRAIL to make a profit when it will never do that. Public transportation makes dividends by guiding and encouraging new growth in sustainable clusters such as Longwood, Tupperware, Adventhealth, Maitland, Orlando Health. Otherwise we will continue to have unorganized sprawl. Public transportation is also an asset by bringing pedestrian traffic to an established economic hot zone such as Downtown Deland or Downtown Sanford, Winter Park, or Kissimmee. These commissioners seemed ignorant and without vision. I realize that they are upset for not getting the Deland station built, but they do not realize that because of their predecessors hesitations it wasn’t built in the first place. They hesitated because they couldn’t see themselves paying for it after 7 years. Now in 2019 full circle this new commission complains about paying for a hemorrhaging system.

    Yeah I don't understand why someone who is so anti-transit is on the SunRail board of commissioners. The economic activity increasing tax revenues will likely make up for any money spent on extending and operating the system. The Debary station has significant Transit Oriented Development planned around it I believe, I'm sure developers would love to build around the stations in Deland and Orange City if built. I wonder if they realize how much money I-4 and other roads lose; the belief that transit needs to pay for itself but roads do not is very short sighted and I hope they realize the error of their beliefs. SunRail isn't perfect and needs better service, but it's not going anywhere and Volusia county will miss a great opportunity if they don't extend it to Deland.

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