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Friday Fun – Downtown Indy Parking Lot Map

January 27th, 2012 | 4 Comments | Written by

Friday Fun – Downtown Indy Parking Lot Map

We have been trying to do a series of posts labeled Friday Fun. This week’s entry is perhaps not so fun when you examine the implications, but I took a few minutes and did a 20,000 foot parking snapshot; and Im positive I’ve missed some spaces, but here is a rough look in a roughly downtown-ish part of Indianapolis.  Some of the lots are under redevelopment with City Way (SE quadrant) and the recently announced Block … Read entire article »

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HB1073 falls in committee but still not dead

January 26th, 2012 | 6 Comments | Written by

HB1073 falls in committee but still not dead

HB1073 (Public Mass Transit) was dealt a heavy blow today when it went down 10-11 in the House Ways & Means committee this morning. Partisan bickering erupted early on with Representative Crawford singling out the labor language in the bill. Jeff Espich, committee Chairman, pointed out that he had stripped half of the labor related language out but it appeared the … Read entire article »

We could Solve this thing over Dinner

January 25th, 2012 | 9 Comments | Written by

I don’t think that it is a secret to any Urban Indy writer or reader that I have invested A LOT of personal (and family) time over the last 3 years taking photos, writing, travelling to various cities with better transit systems including Portland, DC, Charlotte and Chicago and dragging my family along the way for “another one of dad’s transit trips!”. Full disclosure, my family has also had the privilege of hosting regional transit officials of the highest order over delicious meals prepared by my wife which include but are not limited to lasagna, pasta and with plenty of red wine, and local beer. I would like to think that the Urban Indy group has had … Read entire article »

Mid-North Quality of Life Plan Unveiling Tonight

January 23rd, 2012 | 1 Comment | Written by

Mid-North Quality of Life Plan Unveiling Tonight

6 Mid-Northside neighborhoods have been working on a quality of life plan, and the plan’s unveiling takes place tonight at the Children’s Museum at 5:30 PM.  For more information of the scope of the plan, the group has put together a video.  Here is a map of the neighborhoods taking part in this effort to revitalize a core section of … Read entire article »

Buses-N-Beers

January 19th, 2012 | 6 Comments | Written by

On Saturday, January 21st, join Urban Indy bloggers Saturday Graeme Sharpe, Joe Smoker, and I for a one-of-a-kind excursion to promote Mass Transit and responsible beer tasting (ok, so there will be some beer drinking, not just tasting) in advance of the upcoming Super Bowl. IndyGo is FREE during Super Bowl weekend, so this is intended to be a bit of a guide for guests, as well as a promotion of local businesses in some of our favorite Indianapolis neighborhoods.  And as far as this Saturday is concerned, Graeme has a few free bus passes for the first few people to show up at Twenty Tap. Here is our very simple schedule: Around 4 PM, meet at Twenty … Read entire article »

The Catacombs of Tomlinson Hall

January 19th, 2012 | 4 Comments | Written by

The Catacombs of Tomlinson Hall

One of my favorite parts of Indianapolis is Market Street.  The east side of Market Street once hosted two really awesome buildings, the City Market building which is still there and Tomlinson Hall which was lost to fire in 1958. My experience with Tomlinson Hall began when I worked as the engineer for the City Market renovations.  The market space was … Read entire article »

HB1073 call to action!

January 13th, 2012 | 8 Comments | Written by

This was sent to us from the leaders of the transition coalition: Thank for you for signing the petition to support transit funding in Indiana.  The House Ways and Means Committee is considering HB 1073 which would: 1.       A method for the public to express their support for transit funding through a referendum; 2.       Local Home Rule, the role of local government to make decisions in the best interests of the people it serves; 3.       A method to partially fund mass transit through the flexibility to increase a local option income tax to become a dedicated funding source. We contacted you in November to let you know there will be calls to act and contact Indiana legislators.  This is … Read entire article »

A Parking Solution for Mass Ave? It already exists.

January 12th, 2012 | 28 Comments | Written by

A Parking Solution for Mass Ave? It already exists.

The Urban Times has posted a story regarding the possible creation of TIF districts at 2 important projects along Mass Ave.  For the purposes of this post, I will focus on the parcel that contains the bulk of the discussion in the article, the northwest 500 block. A sticking point for any development in this city is parking.  In this short … Read entire article »

Friday Fun: The new Jos. A Bank downtown

January 6th, 2012 | 3 Comments | Written by

Friday Fun: The new Jos. A Bank downtown

Man, what a difference removing a tacked-on facade from the 1970′s can make!  The revitalization of a few long-downtrodden blocks along East Washington Street is one of the more interesting developments of the past few years.  The Cultural Trail along here seems to be helping draw more foot traffic as well.  Here’s a reminder of what this building looked like … Read entire article »

HB1073 – transit – Gets its day at the Indiana Statehouse

January 4th, 2012 | 3 Comments | Written by

HB1073 – transit – Gets its day at the Indiana Statehouse

  HB1073 (click to see official bill) is the initial volley by the Central Indiana Transit Task Force to state lawmakers. The summary of the bill is as follows: Public mass transportation. Specifies that a county or city council (other than the city-county council of Marion County) may elect by ordinance to provide revenue to a public transportation corporation from the city’s or the county’s … Read entire article »

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