Thoughts on Bond Hill Train Station and Economic Development (Cincinnati: rent, hotel)

[Rodney123]

What are your thoughts, If this happens, will it bring infrastructure spending and possibly revitalize the Bond Hill Area? I would love to see this area cleaned up and rejuvenated. It is a very central location with alot of neat buildings and houses.

Council backs Bond Hill train station | cincinnati.com | Cincinnati.Com

[Ohiogirl81]

My thought was that was one of the more bizarre things I've ever read about city council.

I also enjoyed the observation that Cincinnati was the only one of the three cities that had no plan in place for a station. Gee. I'd never have imagined that.

[goyguy]

I doubt that a train station - particularly a temporary one, for no matter how long - would bring much into the area beyond parking lots and maybe a chain hotel and restaurant or two. Most passengers would be picked up at the depot or rent a car, then promptly leave by the expressways which are right there.
Bond Hill, like so many other city neighborhoods, has excellent residential sections but rotting commercial corridors. Putting a train stop by I-75 and Laidlaw wouldn't be the solution for the woes of Paddock and Reading Rd's b/c those streets are far enough away to not be impacted by it.

[Cincy Rider]

What can you say, politics as usual.

"The idea is to seamlessly connect 3-C with local commuter rail transit to get passengers Downtown without having to use cabs or cars or buses," Portune said. "You get that with Fairfax, and perhaps some other locations, but not with Bond Hill."

City leaders, though, worry that a temporary 3-C station in eastern Cincinnati could, compared to the more centrally located Bond Hill, divert time and money from plans to make Union Terminal the permanent 3-C station."

I'm going with the city simply because Union Terminal should be the main station and I don't trust Hamilton Co Commissioners to make sure that happens.

Why couldn't local light rail hook up in Bond Hill? That would make more sense as it's a more central location.

On the other hand, more residents of the city proper would be served by a line going from Fairfax to Union Terminal.

But......If anyone could use a boost to it's image right now it's Bond Hill.


So....

[chachachacat]

There are lots of gorgeous old homes in Bond Hill. It would be wise of the city to refurbish Bond Hill.

[Rodney123]

Here is another article. I do think this is a better location as it's right on the lateral. It could have a positive impact on Avondale, norwood and bond hill.

Empty Lot Could Be Home To High-Speed Rail Station - Cincinnati News Story - WLWT Cincinnati (http://www.wlwt.com/news/23464600/detail.html - broken link)