Monthly archives: August, 2012

Welcome new blogger Eric McAfee

As you may have already seen, Urban Indy has added a new blogger Eric McAfee, who also writes for the blog American Dirt.  Eric has already been a very valuable contributor behind the scenes here at Urban Indy, and we look forward to more of the same from him in the future.  Welcome aboard, Eric!

IndyGo proposes 2013 budget increase of $8.3 million

IndyGo on Ohio St (image credit: Curt Ailes)

IndyGo submitted it’s 2013 budget proposal (click to open .pdf) to it’s board on August 2nd, 2012. The 2013 budget as proposed, represents an $8.3 million increase over 2012’s adopted budget. In an executive summary, IndyGo President & CEO Mike Terry indicates that the proposed increase would be applied towards increasing service based off of the …

An Overlooked Park Finds a New Home

A recent development that has lurked under the radar in central Indianapolis is the planned relocation of the R & A Bloch Cancer Survivor Park.  Over the next year, the Park will move from its current home at the edge of the Ransom Place neighborhood to Mapleton-Fall Creek, a few miles away, all as part …

Would you still vote for your Representative?

City Council members on Lynx light rail (image source: Zach Adamson via twitter)

As the days tick by in 2012, we inch closer to the 2013 legislative session. Wheels are in motion to again convince state lawmakers to allow the Central Indiana region to levy a tax on ourselves for local transit funding. Last February, HB1073, which would have moved the transit tax closer to reality, went down in …

Fountain Square Walking Tour

Cyclist on Shelby Street Bike Track (image credit: Curt Ailes)

A couple weekends ago, I had the good fortune of having some professional lenses in the household. I was able to get out into a setting of my choice for a little while and I chose Fountain Square, a neighborhood undergoing tremendous change right now. Take a look at some of the photos that I …

US GAO issues report on Bus Rapid Transit

US GAO BRT Depiction (image source: US GAO Report)

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a 54 page report on domestic Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in which it offered up an official account comparing BRT systems within the United States. The study touched on all manner of operational parameters as well as capital expenditures in coming to its conclusions on what constitutes a successful …