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Join the Central Indiana Transit Movement
Last week, CIRTA went public with it’s message focused on building a coalition of transit supporters. The effort includes a spot on their website to sign your name to a petition as well as a means of...
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IURC approves water lease; $425m for infrastructure
New sidewalk on 46th Street funded by Rebuild Indy (image credit: Curt Ailes) On July 13th, 2011, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved the lease of the water utility to Citizen’s Energy....
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Central Indiana Regional Bikeways Plan up for review
Urban Indy is a huge champion for cycling improvements within the Indianapolis area. Cycling is a low cost, low emission and healthy way to get around for short trips to the store, to see friends, get...
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IndyGo’s 2012 budget is $6 million short
IndyGo bus on Indiana Ave (image credit: Curt Ailes) Another year, another round of budget shortfalls. The same old story for IndyGo, Indianapolis’ municipal transit provider. For the 2012 fiscal year,...
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Take Indy Commuter Express on Colts Gameday
Miller Trailway's Bus used for the commuter service According to a press release last week, Miller Trailways in partnership with CIRTA will be offering Colts gameday services from the normal weekday...
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Regional Transit and the Trip Not Taken
The past year and some change has been an exciting time for transit in Indianapolis. I feel like we may be moving from the decades of study, study, study to something actually taking place. Proof of...
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FTA Awards $2 Million to Indy for BRT Planning
A station on Cleveland's Healthline BRT On October 17th, 2011, the FTA awarded Indianapolis $2 million to conduct an alternatives analysis on what is termed, “Central Corridors”. (click here for the...
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A peak into the future at Indy BRT (updated)
Initial BRT routes? (map credit: Google maps) I reported a couple of weeks ago that Indianapolis had received a grant from the FTA to study “bus rapid transit” on the central corridors comprised of...
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New Poll Shows Support for Mass Transit Referendum in Marion County
Indy’s Congregation Action Network commissioned a poll for the upcoming Mass Transit referendum. The results are encouraging to supporters, however I’m going to take this with a grain of salt. This is...
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Mobilizing in Support for Mass Transit
The next month will be absolutely critical for supporters of Indianapolis Transit. First, they need to pass the budget for 2017. The budget didn’t clear a Committee Hearing last month in a surprise...
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