As IndyGo executives continue to review its current network and assess where its priorities should lie, they will be hosting another series of public meetings this week. As detailed in a recent IBJ article, IndyGo must decide whether to focus its resources on ridership or coverage. Focusing on ridership would essentially mean investing in routes …
Thursday September 25, city leaders, members of the IndyGo executive board and MPO will hold a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Downtown Transit Center. Situated on the Southeast corner of Washington and Delaware, the transit center will be the new hub for buses that travel downtown. This edifice will be a much needed and welcomed …
IndyGo will be hosting public meetings on September 18th and 19th as a way to launch their new ‘IndyGo Forward’ campaign. IndyGo  is in the midst of an in depth study of how the bus network works today and how the network can be improved to fit the needs of local residents for the future.  …
Earlier this spring, Indy Connect unveiled their initial ideas for the Purple Line. The line is intended to primarily serve 38th street, which is one of the city’s most highly travelled corridors via all modes of transit. A large amount of motorists use the arterial during peak and non-peak hours and a good amount of …
Indy Connect will be hosting additional meetings regarding the Purple Line this month. Â The line was first introduced to local residents during a series of open houses in May 2014. Â Transit planners gathered initial input for the line and ideas focused specifically on route choice: 30th street, 38th street, or a combination of the two. …
Earlier this month, Indy Connect hosted a set of open houses focusing on the next rapid transit corridor up for study; the Purple line. Currently, studies regarding the Purple line are at the Alternative Analysis stage. In this stage planners are evaluating route and vehicle alternatives along with station locations and operating features. The line …
Fresh off the mass transit victory in the statehouse, Indy Connect along with Indy Go and the Metropolitan Planning Organization are moving forward with their assessment of the 5 rapid transit lines planned for Indianapolis.  Last year’s open houses focused on the Red, Blue, and Green lines.  Now, organizers are setting their sites on the Purple line …
Now that SEA 176, better known as the mass transit bill, has been signed into law, the real work begins for transit advocates to push support for the Indy Connect plan. As we all know, SEA 176 prohibits light rail. It does not, however, prohibit heavy rail or commuter rail. But that’s another post for …
Last night, the Indiana General Assembly closed the 2014 session by passing SB176, otherwise known as the central Indiana mass transit bill. Â After being scaled back, stripped, and amended here and there, an effort three years in the making now heads to Governor Pence for final approval before being placed on the ballot this fall …
Mass transit in central Indiana took one-half step forward, and what some might say one-fourth of a step back. The Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee approved a bill that would allow for expanded mass transit in Marion, Hamilton, Johnson, Delaware, Madison, and now Hancock counties. The funding structure proposed by last year’s Summer Transit …