June 2013 Wallpaper
Sorry for the rent check being late this month. Enjoy this view from the Ohio Street IndyGo stop in downtown Indy! 2560 x 1600 1280 x 853 1280 x 1024 1366 x 768
Monthly archives: June, 2013
Better Blocks (recap)
Thanks again to everyone who arranged, volunteered, or attended the Better Blocks event on East Washington last weekend. It was great fun to see so many people there and even more fun to see the result – Indianapolis’ Main Street full of life, activity, and happy citizens. I was only a spectator myself, but was …
B-Cycle Bike Share Coming to Indy
According to the agenda for this week’s Board of Public Works meeting, B-Cycle LLC will be awarded $1.5 million for professional services related to the “Indianapolis Cultural Trail Bike Share”. $1 million of this will come from a CMAQ grant with the remaining $500k unknown at this point in time. According to prior communications, it could …
IndyGo launches Northside Crosstown Route
Today, IndyGo began service of the new crosstown along 86th street (click to open .pdf) on the north-side of Indianapolis. The service, one of the few of the fixed services which does not run through downtown, connects a number of north-side spoke routes along 86th street providing access to a multitude of jobs, medical facilities, grocery …
Walk Urban Indy
A new organization has been formed to promote neighborhood walking groups called Walk Urban Indy. Â They are starting their first group walk in the Watston-McCord neighborhood, which has an upcoming event on Saturday, June 15th from 9am to 3pm. Â I will quote from their website to give more information about the group’s mission: The WUI …
Better Blocks – East Washington Street (UPDATE)
This Saturday, a block of East Washington Street near Rural will be transformed under the Better Blocks program. Â This is the first installment of this idea in Indianapolis, which intends to engage residents in the potential for a new vision for their streetscapes. These renderings are lifted from their facebook page, and were put together …
Broad Ripple’s Cornell Ave Improvement Project
Indianapolis DPW is planning an improvement to Cornell Ave, located in Broad Ripple Village, just north of the Central Canel. The project aims to repair damaged streets and sidewalks and mitigate long-standing drainage problems in a project that should yield more than what might otherwise, in some cases, be simple remedial improvements. The project …