A ghost bike on Indy’s South Side—an outlier or a signifier of greater road safety needs?
Posted by Eric McAfee in Bicycling on Jan 18th, 2021 | 1 comment
It’s not typical of me to dive right back into a subject just two months after having written about it previously, but I can’t help myself: ghost bikes are an increasingly visible feature of the urbanized landscape. (I also guess the medium is a little different this time around, because I’m asking the question on Urban Indy, regarding an Indianapolis ghost bike.) And, as I depicted in my previous article at American Dirt, which featured featured a white-painted bike memorial in a completely uninhabited mega-park in Albuquerque, sometimes they’re in areas where one’s first reaction is to...
Washington DC begins to swarm its darkest streets with civic art. Sound familiar?
Posted by Eric McAfee in Pedestrian on Feb 11th, 2018 | 8 comments
On the back end of Washington DC’s Union Station, numerous passenger railways stretch to the northeast across several city blocks, by means of a lengthy, viaduct-like structure.
By and large, this viaduct separates the gentrifying Near Northeast neighborhood, consisting primarily of two- and three-story rowhomes set back from the street, and the gentrifying NoMa neighborhood (“North of Massachusetts”) which is redeveloping into an array of fashionable office and apartment high-rises (probably mid-rises by most other cities’ standards), along with retail on the lower level.
Perpendicular...
Complete Streets Ordinance Update
Posted by Emily Neitzel in New Development, Pedestrian on Jun 30th, 2015 | 8 comments
Three years ago this summer, the City-County Council passed a Complete Streets ordinance in a unanimous vote, joining hundreds of cities nationwide that chose to commit to accessibility for all modes and abilities in their transportation planning. Shortly afterwards, Smart Growth America’s National Complete Streets Coalition recognized Indianapolis’ ordinance as the top Complete Streets ordinance out of nearly 130 policies adopted nationwide that year. The city has committed to this policy, but how has it been playing out in the implementation stage? Are the improvements on the ground living up...
Broad Ripple Poised to be a Bicycling Leader in the City
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, Neighborhoods on Jan 22nd, 2013 | 7 comments
Last weekend, Indianapolis received its first-ever on-street bicycle corrals. They were installed in Broad Ripple, at the intersection of Guilford and Westfield.
I contacted Kevin Whited from IndyCog about the project, and here is what he said:
A little info on the Broad Ripple Bike Corrals:
INDYCOG played a very limited role in the process. We presented to BRVA on the virtues of on-street bike corrals, and had a limited role in the facilitation between the City and Green Broad Ripple, BRVA, & Union Jack.
Brenda Rising-Moore from Union Jacks and Neal Bennett from Green Broad Ripple did the...
Indy Ride Guide
Posted by Kevin Kastner in Bicycling, Neighborhoods on Sep 27th, 2012 | 5 comments
Last night, IndyCog released version 1 of their Indy Ride Guide, a comprehensive map which features the best (and worst) places for a person to ride a bicycle. A sneak preview is shown below, but the full pdfs can be found in all their glory here and here.
These maps can be found for free around the city at IndyCog sponsors. I picked mine up at the Indy Bike Hub.
Special thanks goes out to the map developers: Brian Staresnick, Jennifer Higginbotham, Kevin Whited, and Aaron Kowalski. They were able to take this map from a concept to a reality.
I’m proud to have helped in this project in my...
