metro | cincinnati : Introduction
Metro-Cincinnati.org began in 2009 as an academic design project to develop an architectural master plan for a regional rapid transit system for the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky metropolitan area. Although periodic efforts have been made to introduce rail transit to the region, including the partial construction of a subway line in the 1920’s and the current efforts to re-introduce streetcar service to the downtown core, Greater Cincinnati remains one of the largest US urban areas without any fo
Issues regarding capital and operational funding, public transit policy, ridership projections, civil and structural engineering, and political feasibility were not included within the scope of the design project itself. However, these issues are touched upon in the background research and in the author’s commentary.
Since the conclusion of the academic aspect of the project in the spring of 2010, the focus of this site and its associated social media outlets have evolved. Aspects of the transit master plan have been periodically improved and clarified, while the blog portion of the site has become a platform for education, commentary, and advocacy regarding the future of public transit in Cincinnati and beyond.
metro | cincinnati : Introduction