Episode #2: Transportation Poverty

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On the second episode of The UrbanCincy Podcast, Randy, Jake, and Travis discuss the transportation poverty faced by senior citizens in Cincinnati and other U.S. cities. We also discuss the problem of suburban developers externalizing their costs onto taxpayers, and we address listener feedback from our discussion on bus rapid transit (BRT) systems.

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  • http://travisestell.com/ Travis

    And today, Children’s Hospital announced they’re looking at a site in Clermont Country, visible from I-275: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/print-edition/2012/05/18/childrens-hospital-sets-its-sights-on.html

    Another one we didn’t mention is St. Elizabeth Covington, which is visible from I-75/71 but doesn’t connect to the existing Covington street grid.

  • http://www.facebook.com/davisfiles Andrew Davis

    Great podcast. BTW, I work with the Jewish Federation as part of their Senior Busing initiative, which provides for free / very cheap transportation to seniors. It’s an expensive capital and operating cost initiative, and of course it’s complex because the value in senior busing is also offsetting massive Medicaid expansion (e.g., preventing seniors from moving to permanent nursing / LTC facilities).

  • Jason Bailey

    Would you guys consider signing up w/ Stitcher? http://stitcher.com/contentFAQ.php It’s a podcast aggregator. You basically create an account with them and provide your RSS link. I use it for all of my podcasts and it’s pretty slick. The app is on Android and iOS.

    Anyway, off to listen to Ep2 now. Thanks :)

    Jason

    • http://travisestell.com/ Travis

      Thanks for the tip. I will look into this.