Queen City Hills stakeholders talk mobility

This is an excerpt from an article, “Making Way For People: The Future Is Now,” by Uptown Consortium, Inc.

When the MLK Interchange opened in 2017, the vision for Uptown Cincinnati as a district that will incubate talent and attract businesses officially began. Fast forward five years and the four quadrants at MLK and Reading Road in The Cincinnati Innovation District (CID), a mixed-use development supporting Uptown’s medical, research and innovation industries, is quickly coming to life as construction finishes on the highly-anticipated University of Cincinnati Digital Futures building, the centerpiece of the Digital Futures Complex. Over the next decade, there are plans for an additional two million square feet of mixed-use development with 7,500+ people working, visiting, and living there each day.

UCI has been working to develop mobility solutions for MLK and Reading Road in The CID, to meet the needs of all users whether they walk, bike, drive or use public transit. UCI spoke with partner stakeholders and experts---those who understand the need and are working on addressing some of the challenges---for their perspectives on the future of mobility; why mobility and access are important; and mobility concerns and challenges.

The stakeholders and experts include:

Following is what UCI’s partners have to say about mobility.

Ed Rigaud and Dave Foxx (Queen City Hills)

Uptown is home to some of the region’s largest employers. Collaboration is a key to innovation within these companies and institutions, so it’s vital to provide amenities which encourage bicycle and pedestrian commuting to informal meetings. We want to make it convenient to park a bike at our life sciences campus and meet a colleague for coffee or hop on a bike for a quick ride to a meeting down the hill. Safe, protected bike paths are investments that pay back many times over in our community's health and innovative potential.

According to Robinson, the end goal is a fully connected region that caters to the needs and mobility of the current residents and visitors. It’s also one with an eye on positioning for next-generation transportation technologies and innovative solutions.

“It really comes down to working with stakeholders, community members, planning partners and project developers and adjusting plans to provide access for multi-modal transportation options.”

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