In order for Dayton to get a bike-sharing system- we will need private businesses and institutions to buy in and support it. Wright State and the University of Dayton already understand the value a bike sharing system can bring to their parking impaired institutions,...
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Dayton Business Journal likes my comments
In a kind of bogus way, the Dayton Business Journal has taken its “readers comments” and used them anonymously, even though Disqus has the full name. Last two weeks- they’ve featured my comments- without giving credit: Dayton faces $5M in cuts for...
Denver makes use, Ohio buys ads on the page
Gotta love the “Ohio Department of Development” touting the “Third Frontier” program in ads- on Fast Company’s website. We’re paying to advertise that we’re forward thinking and supporting science and tech- while Denver is...
B-Cycle Dayton discussed
In Dayton Grassroots Daily show v 29, we’re talking B-Cycle. I’ve been talking about bike sharing in Dayton for the last year. Putting smart bicycles all over the urban core and where we have high concentrations of people. Places like college campuses and...
Goals and objectives: next two years: David Esrati
There are things I can do and things I can’t. I just hate admitting to there being things I can’t do. So, here are my plans: Continue to work on identifying and publicizing tax giveaways to private corporations- what I call “corporate welfare”-...
A plan for working with what we have: Housing in Dayton
It was nice to see the same day the Dayton Daily News covers the candidates on housing, they also did an article on banks walking away from homes that they foreclosed on. I’m the only one who addresses this issue in my answers: Esrati: Neighborhood associations...
Thoughts on a forum
Last night was another candidates forum. Not a debate. By order of speaking, the Mayor got to take a few final pot shots, without worry of being exposed as a fraud. The two points she made: 1) “The commission doesn’t meet in secret.” Flat out lie,...
Miami Valley Cycling Summit Friday Aug 14
BCycle booth at the bike summit This is where I’ll be tomorrow. With one very cool bicycle. This ain’t no Orville and Wilbur bike- but one that could change the way we think about getting around Dayton in much the same way as they changed the way we now...
The Big Idea Breakfast: The Dayton Bcycle project
The wheels are in motion- and the right people are jumping on board. My goal is to get the Dayton Bcycle bike share program in place in Spring of 2010. It’s time to put Dayton on the map for something big, that’s really about getting small. Riding bicycles...
The size of the pie. Winners and losers
Last nights post had some interesting offline feedback. The most insightful came from a friend who used to work in the “economic development” field in the region- who left about 5 years ago. He’s now working in the Research Triangle (and not for...
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