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 …
On August 23, Mayor Ballard signed into approval Proposal 208, a Complete Streets ordinance that had already passed the City-County Council unanimously. No doubt most regular readers of this blog already know the basic principles of Complete Streets, but for those in the dark, the new ordinance will require that the City “shall develop a …
Last night, I was given the unique opportunity to tour the McOuat building with Nancy Gibbs, the Project Manager. Ms. Gibbs relayed to me that the McOuat (pronounced Mi-coo-it) was empty for 24 years, so it is amazing to me that it is in as good of shape as it is. The building formerly housed …
On September 14th, 2013, The City of Indianapolis provided a press release announcing that the EPA’s Partnership for Sustainable Communities had selected Indianapolis as a recipient for it’s “Greening America’s Capitals” program for 2012. Each year, 4 communities are selected to receive this funding to aid, “…Â state capitals develop an implementable vision of distinctive, environmentally …
A few years ago I was touring a down-and-out portion of City X (it doesn’t really matter—could be any city) for the first time, when a colleague of mine made the observation: “You can immediately tell that land values are low here; just look at all these used car dealerships!â€Â I concurred without saying anything; …
In a city often referred to as, “The New York City of Canada”, one might expect a wide range of culture, transportation and places to visit.  It was this notion that my family and I recently took with us as we traveled north of the border  for a pleasurable Labour Day weekend in Toronto, Ontario. …
According to a story last weekon local media outlet WTHR, the Monon Trail north of 75th Street is planned to be closed for drainage work this coming October. The report indicates that the trail will be closed for 30-45 days while drainage work, repaving and widening of the trail can be performed. There is a …
On October 1st, a new circulator bus will launch to connect IndyGo Bus number 8 with the Plainfield warehouse district. Â The need for this bus is sort of a microcosm of the new economy: warehouses are often located in car-dependent suburban areas, but they are increasingly hiring more employees from Indianapolis without the means to …
This morning I was informed of some bad news regarding a weekend hit & run in Broad Ripple Village that involved a cyclists and a motorist. The cyclists is one of our favorite Baristas and as a result of the accident, was left with 14 stitches. Luckily, he is alive and will be back to work …
In the first of what I expect to be many updates, I present the first pictorial update of the now under construction Broad Ripple parking garage. We have spent a lot of bandwidth here at urban Indy debating the planning, financing and need of this project. The project has also generated plenty of it’s own …