Guest Post: Cultural Trail – Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda by Andy Howard
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, Neighborhoods, Pedestrian on May 16th, 2013 | 20 comments
Let me preface this post by saying – I love the Cultural Trail. I use it a minimum of 4 times a week and, more typically, about a dozen times taking my daughters to school, picking up groceries at Marsh, getting frozen yogurt at one of the many shops along the trail, and just going out for a leisurely stroll.
Now, since I’m on the trail so much, I’ve gotten to know a few sniggles that have bothered me so I thought I would share them here on Urban Indy. Each item will come with a little list of concerning the severity of the problem and how fixable it is.
Side street turn radius
Severity:...
Pennsy Pocket Park
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, Neighborhoods, Pedestrian on May 14th, 2013 | 8 comments
Recently, I learned of a new Pocket Park project being launched in Irvington by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. The park is located to the south of the Marsh store, along the Pennsy Trail:
The KIB webpage linked to a photo of the park’s construction, which is obviously in the early stages:
I contacted Ben McGhee, who helped to design the park to find out some more information. He sent along a few renderings:
Ben McGhee, Brian Burtch, and Chris Stuart of Design Authority answered some questions I had about the project:
1. Where did the reclaimed material originate?
In early...
Cultural Trail Grand Opening
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, Neighborhoods, Pedestrian on May 8th, 2013 | 17 comments
This Saturday, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail is throwing a Grand Opening party like none other. Titled Get Down On It, the party features events for all ages to celebrate the completion of the trail. There have been many delays, frustrations, and even a time where people were wondering if there was enough funding for the trail to be completed. It took years of dedication, but it is finally complete*.
Here at Urban Indy, we thought it would be a good idea to offer some of our thoughts about the trail and place them in this post.
Curtis Ailes:
The Cultural Trail is a piece of infrastructure...
New Project Approved for College and North
Posted by Kevin Kastner in New Development on May 2nd, 2013 | 17 comments
The Indianapolis Business Journal’s Property Lines blog has posted an article about the approval of a new large multi-building project at the corner of College Avenue and North Street. This article has plenty of information on it, but Urban Indy has been fortunate enough to receive additional renderings of the project from Craig McCormick, principal of Blackline Architecture:
Looks quite solid to me. Certainly is better use of the space than what is there...
IndyGo’s Frequency Maps
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Transit on Apr 26th, 2013 | 0 comments
As one of the premiere transit blogs, Human Transit has been beating the drum of frequency maps for transit. These maps prioritize how often buses run, where traditional transit maps show each line to be on equal footing. I had even thought of creating a crude version for IndyGo that features their new lines that have improved bus frequency (which are still not as frequent as they should be, but that’s another story). However, IndyGo actually has these maps on their website for everyone to view. The PDF file explaining this can be found at this link. The maps can be seen there, or...
