Monthly archives: April, 2011

New sidewalks in Midtown Indy

Sidewalk reconstruction on 46th Street

I’ve spent plenty of keystrokes complaining about poor sidewalk construction whether it be new or rehabilitating in nature. 46th street between College Ave & Keystone Ave is the scene of another Rebuild Indy road resurfacing project. With this, is the reconstruction of some of the sidewalks and also construction of brand new sidewalk where none …

Mishawaka, IN Riverwalk

Mishawaka Riverwalk (image source: me)

Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Mishawaka, Indiana with my wife. She was hired to photograph a wedding so I had an afternoon of time to spend with my son. Of course, I took my camera along. Before hand I researched what to do there and what public spaces they might have to offer. …

Gas prices rise, Indiana plans more roads

$3.85 a gallon as of 4/5/2011

Recently, our regional transit authority CIRTA tweeted about Indiana’s Long Range Transportation Plan being open for public comment. The document that controls long term planning of the state’s transportation projects is a fiscally constrained plan of what our officials are moving forward with. I don’t intend to offer a full analysis here but a quick …

INDOT’s Public Mockery of Rail and Transit

INDOT has long been known for favoring road expansion above all other forms of transportation. And if their Long Range Plan is any proof, this will continue to be the case. It’s actually a joke that this was released to the public. To wit: High Speed Rail High speed rail, also known as commuter light-rail …

Exploring Indyconnect’s vision for downtown

Indyconnect Downtown Focus area

So it is now early April and the bickering over social issues has reached a fever pitch in the Indiana legislature. There has been a little bit of news in the local media regarding proposed cuts to mass transit funding from the state totally nearly 18% which would deal a critical blow to transit agencies …