We all know Syracuse is the best city in the north east, but occasionally we will be lacking something. To help make this a better place to live we need the community to have input on what it wants and needs.

(submitted by JoeBass123 on 4/14/09)...

- 24-hour visitor parking garage (free on weekends)

- Affordable, loft-style apartments

- Architectural review board

- City-wide car-sharing service

- Downtown grocery store

- Downtown indoor athletic complex

- Downtown movie theater

- Downtown stadium (for baseball, lacrosse, or soccer)

- Downtown urban park

- Eliminate all surface parking lots

- Eliminate I-81 within the city limits

- Higher-end commercial stores on Salina Street

- Improve cleanliness and general infrastructure maintenance (litter, potholes, sidewalks, traffic lights, crosswalks)

- Improve Downtown traffic flow

- Improve pedestrian asthetics around/underneath 690

- Improve signage (more definition on city neighborhoods and attractions with cohesive, clean, and easy to read signs)

- More bike lanes

- More businesses staying open after 6PM

- More mixed-use buildings

- Onondaga Creek Walk (connect Onondaga Lake Park, Onondaga Creek, Franklin Square, Armory Square, and Southside)

- Pedestrian-only street(s)

- Trolly or Light Rail system that connects University Hill, Northside, Downtown, Westside, and Southside