Save the date: Urban Indy Red Line Meetup, September 14
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Announcements, Bicycling, New Development, Pedestrian, Transit on Aug 26th, 2019 | 46 comments
On September 14th, starting at 4 pm, Urban Indy will host a Red Line Meet-up. Here’s our tentative schedule:
4-5 Twenty Tap, at 54th and College
Using the nice new IndyGo Ride Planner, we will plan to catch the Red Line downtown to the Transit Center at 5:06 pm.
Dinner downtown at Pearl Street Pizza, which is about a block away.
Ride the Red Line again to the end of the line, starting at 6:43 pm:
This stop on the Red Line is conveniently right next to a Books and Brews location. Many of the establishments along the southern end of the Red Line will be participating in a special Red Line event on...
This is for us
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, Neighborhoods, New Development, Pedestrian, Transit on Aug 7th, 2019 | 53 comments
Mass transit will never be the same again in Indianapolis. Finally, after years of planning, public meetings, and construction, Indianapolis is going to kick off the Red Line in less than a month.
Lately, I’ve been seeing some online hand-wringing from residents that seem to be rooting for the system to fail. And I suppose that’s only natural here in Indy. It’s big, it’s obvious, and it’s…not for cars? It took away auto lanes? What a not-in-Indy thing. Sure, we’ve nibbled around the edges with reclaiming the public space for all things non-auto (thank you...
8/5 Red Line Update
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods, Transit on Aug 5th, 2019 | 13 comments
Major construction throughout the Red Line project has ended. The biggest new change has been the addition of red Bus Only lanes downtown from 18th Street to the State House. Here are some photos of that area, from twitter user @robyniko:
Meanwhile, with the introduction of the street medians and some more red paint, traffic throughout the northern section at least seems to be moving at a sane speed, a first for my 20 year history of north College Ave. Here’s some new photos of the station at 52nd and College.
Here’s the IndyGo E-mail blast for this week:
Three Week...
