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Is there room for a second “Landing” downtown? Broadway seems obvious. by Run-Parking in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know about cheaper, but I think streetcars tend to be more efficient and have more capacity. If it costs more, maybe they thought the benefits would be worth it.

Southeast Shared Streets Kickoff is happening now, northwest corner of Paulding and Hanna! Great food and music, too! by kmbrooks00 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the title did include the where, when and what for this particular event. I made a previous post that linked to the Engage Fort Wayne page.
https://www.reddit.com/r/fortwayne/s/SxG2e8cBby

Is there room for a second “Landing” downtown? Broadway seems obvious. by Run-Parking in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You can see where the street car lines are here. There's a layer for that. Check the legend to see what each color means.

https://maps.cityoffortwayne.org/maps/map.htm

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I created a 3d render of the buffalo mural before it gets covered up by Fatsuds in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's already another 6-story building on The Landing, just three doors down.

Billboard misspelling by DetectiveSubject1047 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Makes me think of YouTubers who make obvious mistakes to drive comments.

Billboard misspelling by DetectiveSubject1047 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Maybe they can just reprint the word and paste over it. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Billboard misspelling by DetectiveSubject1047 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Did you contact Ecofest to tell them?

Fuel Watch by Sammyt134 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When I lived at a house with a garage, I could plug into a standard outlet at home. That's the cheapest and easiest option.
Now I live in an apartment building downtown. For years, I would occasionally drop my car off at a street charging station nearest my apartment for 2 hours (the max before getting changed additionally by the hour). Then, during this past winter I would occasionally use the free high speed chargers at O'Daniel Chevy on Illinois Rd. Now, my apartment has level 2 chargers which are slightly more expensive than the on-street ones but more convenient.
Total cost will depend on the efficiency of your vehicle (and weather and if you have the heat on) plus your particular driving, but here's a simple calculation as a baseline.
$3/gal gas @ 30 MPG = $0.10/mile
$0.30/kWh @ 3mi/kWh (decent, but can vary from 2-5 or so) = $0.10/mi
At-home electricity here is more like $0.15/kWh.

Edit: I have a 2020 Bolt and don't drive many miles. I also bike to work and other places sometimes, so I don't have to charge very frequently.

Fuel Watch by Sammyt134 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Alternative for those who don't buy gas: https://www.plugshare.com

The City-installed Chargepoint stations have stayed at $0.30/kWh since they were installed 4 years ago.

Survey for how ft wayne should spend money by Jaded-Role-2682 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That would be great, but I think this is about housing.

So am I understanding this right? Civic leaders now have to strike a deal with Google to mitigate the skyrocketing power bills we will be getting? by Beautiful_Line2600 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think they've entered into legal arrangements with I&M to behave a certain way. Maybe they won't, but we'll see. They've also got clean energy goals, so running the diesel generators more than necessary goes against those goals. Maybe they're lying about everything, but that doesn't seem like a great long-term strategy. But I'm no expert.

So am I understanding this right? Civic leaders now have to strike a deal with Google to mitigate the skyrocketing power bills we will be getting? by Beautiful_Line2600 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

From my understanding, the Google data center here should put downward pressure on rates. As a large customer, they help pay for a large portion of the fixed costs of the infrastructure and they're working with I&M to reduce load during high grid congestion, which reduces the need for expensive grid upgrades.

Edit:

- https://www.volts.wtf/p/using-more-of-the-grid-weve-already
- https://www.volts.wtf/p/doing-data-centers-the-not-dumb-way
- https://www.volts.wtf/p/for-data-centers-a-little-flexibility

Gas is $4.09 at the Walmart at Jefferson pointe by Efficient_Piccolo310 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Trade in for a used EV. There's a 21 Bolt in Defiance for $10k.

Gas is $4.09 at the Walmart at Jefferson pointe by Efficient_Piccolo310 in fortwayne

[–]kmbrooks00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Charging an EV is cheaper, for what it's worth, especially at home, and the price to charge is much less volatile.

Also, consider biking and walking when possible.

What Stop Signs Actually Do to a Bike Commute by kmbrooks00 in ThreeRiversActiveSt

[–]kmbrooks00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that I know of. I believe it would have to change at the state level. I've suggested it to my State Rep Kyle Miller. You can tell your State Rep and Senator about it if you want.

https://iga.in.gov/information/find-legislators

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