At last week’s Monon Corridor meeting, a presenter mentioned the Meridian Kessler long range traffic calming plan. Â I was unfamiliar with it, so I checked it out on the internet the next day. Â I had no idea how ambitious it would be. Â Naturally, my favorite part of the plan is the raised intersections and …
It has been a while since I have attended a neighborhood discussion meeting, so I was excited to see the upcoming meeting to discuss the future development of the Monon Corridor. Â Here is info from the flyer for the meeting: With the ambitious Bent Rail Brewery planned next door to the meeting site, this is …
My contact with the Meridian Kessler neighborhood association, Mary Owens, has contacted me about an emerging issue in the neighborhood.  Three times in the last year, citizens have demolished small single family homes in order to construct a larger home on the same lot. She sent me a an application for another such case, located …
This is the first post in a weekly series focusing on each of the College Avenue Business Nodes. Â On Saturday, February 25th, I met with Mary Owens, who is the head of the Land Use Committee for the Meridian Kessler neighborhood. Â I would like to thank her for the helpful information that she was able …
My neighborhood, Meridian Kessler, has been doing some behind-the-scenes maneuvering to promote the implementation of Form-Based zoning codes in the neighborhood. Form-based codes are the logical antidote to the current use-based zoning that is in place in much of the United States. Urban Indy will be highly supportive of the Meridian Kessler Neighborhood Association’s push …
If you follow this website, you undoubtedly are familiar with the term “complete streets”. Complete streets is a term that refers to a total consideration of the transportation cross section when planning a new infrastructure related project. Put more eloquently, “Complete streets are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists …
Back in July, we brought you a story about new bike lanes and associated improvements on 52nd street in Midtown Indianapolis. Recently, more action was taken towards finishing this project. For the last month and a half it has had a single layer of pavement over the prior removed roadbed. Crews moved in and started …
Consider this the first post in what I hope to be an ongoing series. Occasionally I am going to try to highlight areas of town where someone has created a little “place” that citizens, patrons or whomever can be proud of. Maybe that place will not transcend all demographics, but to a certain cross section, …
Years ago, a construction project brought some of the first bike lanes to Indianapolis on 52nd street in midtown Indianapolis. The reconstruction stretched from Keystone Ave on its eastern-most point and ended at the Monon Trail on the west end. With this reconstruction came the addition of a bike lane in both the eastbound and …
I thought I would kick off the new blog by asking a simple question: What makes a residential neighborhood street a pleasant place for a walk? I’m featuring some examples from around my neighborhood, but these features exist all around the city. Sidewalks that are separated from the street by a grassy or tree-lined median …