The Broad Ripple Parking Garage satisfied a need (so they say). But how well does it work?
Posted by Eric McAfee in New Development on May 29th, 2017 | 29 comments
Considering the wonderful coverage Curt here at Urban Indy provided in the months leading up to and during the construction of the Broad Ripple Parking Garage, it’s surprising that nobody wrote a feature once it opened. But it looks like we didn’t.  So here’s a chance, now that the garage has just celebrated its fourth birthday.
People in the local blogosphere routinely rant and rave about how many development projects have depended upon taxpayer subsidies to get off the ground—either in the form of liberal application of Tax Increment Financing,...
MPO Releases Upcoming Project List
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, New Development, Transit on May 26th, 2017 | 1 comment
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Organization has awarded $59 million towards 30 transportation initiatives in the Central Indiana Region. There are some interesting points to make here. First, the list:
Local Public Agency
Project
Project Type
Funds Awarded
Avon
School Zone Flashing Beacons
Safety Upgrade
$133,680
Bargersville
Signal Pre-emption
Signal – Other
$143,502
Brownsburg
Green Street & Airport Road Roundabout
Intersection
$1,809,000
Brownsburg
E. CR 700 N Reconstruction
Roadway Reconstruction
$3,894,300
Carmel
116th Street & Guilford Road...
Strong Indy Meetup for June
Posted by Jim Hodapp in Announcements on May 22nd, 2017 | 0 comments
Strong Indy will be having another monthly meetup happening a week early for the month of June on Thursday, June 8th at 7 PM. We’ll be back to our more normal location at Rundell Ernstberger Associates.
This month we’ll have the Indy MPO speaking to us about:
· What is an Metropolitan Planning Organization?
· Why a Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)?
· Goals, Objectives, and Performance Measures (the process to date)
· Revenues
· Projects and Project Prioritization
· How do you get involved in an LRTP process?
The MPO sets the spending priorities along with...
Guest Post by Ryan Funk: Jane Jacobs in Mapleton-Fall Creek
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, Neighborhoods, Pedestrian, Transit on May 19th, 2017 | 2 comments
Original post can be found here.
Jane Jacobs was a journalist and community activist who is now widely considered a patron saint of urban planning. Her most famous work, published in 1961, is The Death and Life of Great American Cities. I recently read the book and am reflecting on what it tells us about Mapleton-Fall Creek.
Jacobs wrote at a time when cities looked at historic neighborhoods as “cancers†that should be bulldozed and replaced with utopian garden cities: high-rises separated by expanses of grass. She fought New York City when it wanted to tear down much of Greenwich...
Strong Indy Meetup for May
Posted by Jim Hodapp in Announcements, Neighborhoods on May 17th, 2017 | 0 comments
Strong Indy, our local chapter of Strong Towns applied to our beloved city of Indianapolis, is having a very special monthly meeting this week on Thursday, May 18th. It’s being hosted by the Harrison Center for the Arts!
Coming off some very strong (no pun intended) momentum from our last meetup and the success in supporting the Chatham Park development proposal, it’s time for another meetup! Join us at the Harrison Center where we’ll hear from Joanna Taft and what the Harrison Center is doing for creative placemaking and traffic calming along 16th street. Their efforts...
