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State lawmakers scuttling transit projects
Indiana Statehouse (image source: me) What started as a squeak in November has turned into a low roar. What is this low roar? The dying gasp of transit projects across the nation. In case you have not...
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Broad Ripple to DT Lightrail Case Study
2008 Indianapolis Jobs (Possible LRT and commuter routes shown) As a citizen of Indianapolis and a major supporter of mass transit, it should come as no surprise that I am always thinking about how we...
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The Future of Transit in Central Indiana
Indyconnect Initial Plan (February 2010) When Indyconnect unveiled its first proposal for a long range transit plan for the Indianapolis region (February 2010), many people were happy about what had...
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A ride on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line
Lynx Light Rail at 3rd St Station (image credit: Curt Ailes) My recent summer vacation took my family to Myrtle Beach, SC. By virtue of good fortune, and a wife who is accepting of my psychotic civic...
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Join the Central Indiana Transit Movement
Last week, CIRTA went public with it’s message focused on building a coalition of transit supporters. The effort includes a spot on their website to sign your name to a petition as well as a means of...
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IURC approves water lease; $425m for infrastructure
New sidewalk on 46th Street funded by Rebuild Indy (image credit: Curt Ailes) On July 13th, 2011, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved the lease of the water utility to Citizen’s Energy....
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Regional Transit and the Trip Not Taken
The past year and some change has been an exciting time for transit in Indianapolis. I feel like we may be moving from the decades of study, study, study to something actually taking place. Proof of...
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FTA Awards $2 Million to Indy for BRT Planning
A station on Cleveland's Healthline BRT On October 17th, 2011, the FTA awarded Indianapolis $2 million to conduct an alternatives analysis on what is termed, “Central Corridors”. (click here for the...
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Battle over I-69 in SW Indiana heating up
I-69 (image credit: http://www.i69indyevn.org/) As a resident of the Hoosier state at this point in time you would have to be living in a 60’s era air raid bunker if you have not heard about the I-69...
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A peak into the future at Indy BRT (updated)
Initial BRT routes? (map credit: Google maps) I reported a couple of weeks ago that Indianapolis had received a grant from the FTA to study “bus rapid transit” on the central corridors comprised of...
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