On Saturday, January 21st, join Urban Indy bloggers Saturday Graeme Sharpe, Joe Smoker, and I for a one-of-a-kind excursion to promote Mass Transit and responsible beer tasting (ok, so there will be some beer drinking, not just tasting) in advance of the upcoming Super Bowl. IndyGo is FREE during Super Bowl weekend, so this is …
One of my favorite parts of Indianapolis is Market Street. The east side of Market Street once hosted two really awesome buildings, the City Market building which is still there and Tomlinson Hall which was lost to fire in 1958. My experience with Tomlinson Hall began when I worked as the engineer for the City …
This was sent to us from the leaders of the transition coalition: Thank for you for signing the petition to support transit funding in Indiana. The House Ways and Means Committee is considering HB 1073 which would: 1.      A method for the public to express their support for transit funding through a referendum; 2.      Local …
The Urban Times has posted a story regarding the possible creation of TIF districts at 2 important projects along Mass Ave. For the purposes of this post, I will focus on the parcel that contains the bulk of the discussion in the article, the northwest 500 block. A sticking point for any development in this …
Man, what a difference removing a tacked-on facade from the 1970’s can make! The revitalization of a few long-downtrodden blocks along East Washington Street is one of the more interesting developments of the past few years. The Cultural Trail along here seems to be helping draw more foot traffic as well. Here’s a reminder of …
HB1073 (click to see official bill) is the initial volley by the Central Indiana Transit Task Force to state lawmakers. The summary of the bill is as follows: Public mass transportation. Specifies that a county or city council (other than the city-county council of Marion County) may elect by ordinance to provide revenue to a public transportation …