Matt Impink on Transit in Indy
Posted by Jim Hodapp in Transit on Aug 23rd, 2016 | 8 comments
Come join us this Thursday, August 25th at 7 PM to hear a presentation made by Matt Impink of the Indy Chamber as he covers the background and future of transit in Indianapolis. Matt will be covering the current facts about transit in Indy as well as the talking about the Indy Connect transit plan for the near term and longer term. This will be a chance to ask questions about the Red Line plan as well as the upcoming transit referendum on the ballot this fall. Please try to RSVP on the Strong Indy meetup page if you plan to attend. Also feel free to share this invitation with anyone who might be...
New Poll Shows Support for Mass Transit Referendum in Marion County
Posted by Kevin Kastner in New Development, Transit on Aug 14th, 2016 | 32 comments
Indy’s Congregation Action Network commissioned a poll for the upcoming Mass Transit referendum. The results are encouraging to supporters, however I’m going to take this with a grain of salt. This is an organization that supports transit, and not an independent media source. Still, I figured it would be good to link it here in case anyone was curious to see a potential reading of the November electorate. Without some independent polls, though, we can’t average out the results to find a better...
College Avenue in King Park: A Street in Transition
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Neighborhoods on Aug 12th, 2015 | 15 comments
This time, the neighborhood won. The long battle over the gas station at the corner of 22nd and College has been dropped (page 57) in favor of a restaurant:
This particular one will feature outdoor seating and a bicycle rack. It will renovate an old masonry structure, while removing a smaller structure which has outlived its materials. The curb cuts could use some fine tuning or elimination, and there could have been a smaller parking lot. The neighborhood is still battling the potential for carry out service for fear of a fast food joint. But at least it won’t be a future brownfield, and it...
Bus Rapid Transit: The Red Line
Posted by Kevin Kastner in New Development, Pedestrian, Transit on Sep 17th, 2014 | 12 comments
Yesterday, Indy Connect made a big splash on local media with the public announcement of a $2 million dollar grant for engineering along the proposed Red Line from Carmel to Greenwood. Â This post intends to give a quick rundown of the information that we know, as well as provide the public a peek into how the buses will be run. Â First, the links from local media:
Indianapolis Business Journal
IndyStar
WTHR
WISH
WRTV
Next, a link to the pdf document released from the city. Â Some highlights below:
That last image is interesting, because it displays a new technology that has been...
IndyGo Transit Hub
Posted by Joe Smoker in Neighborhoods, New Development, Transit on Feb 28th, 2014 | 15 comments
Minutes after the closing remarks were complete and the last of the press packed up their vans, we were left with a positive message to Live Indy. Mayor Ballard, a long time proponent of a stronger urban center, reinforced his position by declaring war on an urban population in flux. After decades of seeing people and job centers relocate to our adjacent neighbors’ counties, it appears that Indy has finally heard the message loud and clear. “We want a true urban center”! A center for families and young urban professionals alike. While an almost infinite amount of intangibles enter...
