March 2012 Wallpaper
Been a crazy first couple months of the year, but made some time for this. Here is the March 2012, wallpaper. A little late, but hope you enjoy. 2560 x 1600,1280 x 853, 1280 x 1024, 1366 x 768 … Read entire article »
Super Bowl 46 demonstrates The Power of Programmed Spaces
Super Bowl 46 descended on Indianapolis in late January 2012 and the city was ready. As Urban Indy has reported on frequently over the past year, the city was ready with the reconstruction of a 3 block street downtown from a formerly sleepy 4 lane street to a full on pedestrian boardwalk of sorts. Georgia Street was designed to handle the type of events that the Super Bowl would bring with it. Namely, TONS of … Read entire article »
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Cincinnati Breaks Ground on Modern Streetcar
Cincinnati officially broke ground on it’s modern streetcar system on Friday February 17th, 2012. The ceremony took place in the street in front of Memorial Hall in the heart of the historic Over the Rhine neighborhood. The location was fitting as streetcar tracks from yesterday’s system still reside in the brick paved street in front of Memorial Hall and made a great setting for what will continue a tradition of multimodal transportation options for the … Read entire article »
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Transit Rally at Statehouse tonight!
An Urban Indy reader chimed in recently stating that he was holding a rally on the steps of the Statehouse this evening. According to the reader, Johnathan Katz, “Let’s encourage our legislators to pass some legislation that will actually pass jobs. A mass transit plan for Indianapolis has bi-partisan support and will create scores of jobs, both for the plan itself, and help facilitate commerce for the area. Mass Transit will create REAL jobs for central Indiana, both in the short-term … Read entire article »
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Indy a World Class City? Not without good rapid transit
If you are a reader of Urban Indy, then you are most likely a supporter of public transit improvements and thus, have more than likely kept up with the ongoing saga that has been building momentum in Central Indiana for the past two years. I am referring to Indy Connect, the regional plan to improve mass transit for Indianapolis and it’s surrounding counties. Hundreds of public and private meetings have set the state for the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bicycling, Featured, Pedestrian, Transit
National Call-In day to Oppose HR7 – House Transpo Bill
Transportation for America has designated today as National Call In Day to oppose HR7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. If you are not in tune with what is going on at the national level on transportation funding, this is the Federal Government’s plan for funding all types of infrastructure from roads to transit to sidewalks and everything in between. The current proposal on the table was put together by the majority Republican party and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bicycling, Pedestrian, Transit
IndyGo ridership spikes during Super Bowl
IndyGo and Super Bowl organizers were thinking ahead when they were planning transportation and parking for the Super Bowl week in Indianapolis. Park & Ride lots were located, shuttle services were organized, and IndyGo submitted for and received a CMAQ grant to provide free fixedroute boardings from February 2nd through February 5th. As a result of high demand for parking downtown, ridership on IndyGo fixed route service has spiked tremendously. The first week following the … Read entire article »
Did Transit even have a chance?
Dear Indiana lawmakers, I hope that you are enjoying a brief respite from the short session and taking in what our fine capital city has to offer. The Super Bowl is here this week and our city is displaying the fruits of 40 years of effort to revitalize the city’s core, and indeed primary economic engine of our entire state. Thousands of people from the region and in fact the entire country, have descended on our city to work, play and spend money. It represents a coming of age for a town that was pretty sleepy when most of you were growing through your impressionable years. I suppose that makes a lot of sense now when I look back at the last month of legislation and how it was handled. By that, … Read entire article »
Cultural Trail: A $60 million parking lot?
Last night, I rode my bicycle to IUPUI. It has been unseasonably warm here in Indy for the week of the Super Bowl and I decided that it was time to take advantage of one of my favorite modes of transportation, the bike. I always attempt to take advantage of all the wonderful pieces of cycling infrastructure that our city is providing these days and yesterday was no difference. As often as I take pride … Read entire article »
Is God’s Will really more parking?
A tragedy of epic civic proportions is occurring at the corner of 22nd and College Ave on the near north side of Indianapolis. The old portion of the Grace Apostolic Church was recently mowed down thanks to a tall crane with a wrecking ball attached to it. I made some brief inquiries into what the purpose of the demolition was. I checked in with Chelsea Humble of King Park CDC and she that it was being … Read entire article »
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