Reply #10: I wish Cleveland would model their RTA after the Metro. [View All]

[HughBeaumont]

Right now, Cleveland's shitty train system really only benefits east siders. There's only one track going to the western areas (read: where I live) and you have to drive 20 minutes to get to the nearest station.

Why is this stupid? Downtown is only a 25 minute drive where I live. What's the POINT?

There's also no southern line, no lake-shore line (unless you want to count the shitty and little-used Waterfront line, which really isn't a line proper but something to take lazy non-walkers to the R&R HOF, Science Center and the Stadium) and no southeastern line. Also, there are very few all-night buses downtown and almost none that go out to the western suburbs after 7.

I think there should be a huge line stretching from Vermilion to Ashtabula running along the lake, hubbing at Tower City. This would make it a 1 to 5 minute drive/walk for everyone living in the cities along the lake, saving tons of gas.