The city owns 74 acres of land along transit routes. Could some become housing?

A lot of people are trying to figure out a basic puzzle: How can they be less reliant on cars, afford rising housing costs, and get where they need to go?

Cincinnati is thinking through one piece of that puzzle. A recent report by the city's Department of Economic and Community Development found the city owns about 74 acres of developable land within a block of major existing bus routes and coming bus rapid transit corridors.

The report breaks those plots down into tiers according to just how easy it would be to develop them. About 22 of the 48 total sites have high development potential, the report found. The sites were a bit over an acre each on average. Most are vacant or contain surface parking lots.