Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Indianapolis

Indianapolis spent $6.35 million on the Broad Ripple parking garage, and it's mostly empty. Photo: Midwest Constructors LLC

This Nearly-Empty Indianapolis Parking Garage Is an Epic Waste of Public Money

By Stephen Miller | May 30, 2017 | 25 Comments

Subsidized parking garages frequently turn into money-losing concrete bunkers on land better suited for something more productive than car storage. The Broad Ripple parking garage in Indianapolis, a pet project of former mayor Greg Ballard, is a spectacular example.

If Not for Trump, Last Night Would Have Been Great for Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 9, 2016 | 50 Comments

Last night had the makings of a historic election for transit. Voters in cities as varied as Raleigh, Indianapolis, and Los Angeles turned out to support ballot measures to dramatically expand bus and rail service. But the election of Donald Trump and the retention of GOP majorities in both houses of Congress cast a pall of uncertainty over transit agencies […]

Transit Vote 2016: Indianapolis’s Chance to Get a Real Transit System

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 13, 2016 | 1 Comment

The presidency and Congress aren’t the only things at stake when voters go to the polls next month. In several cities, people will also be deciding the future of their transit and transportation systems. With the odds of increasing federal transit funding looking remote in gridlocked Washington, these local ballot measures take on even more importance. Before […]

Indianapolis Brings Street Life Downtown With a Flurry of Quick Changes

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 25, 2015 | 7 Comments

Indianapolis is building public support for a major street redesign the same way DIYers and tactical urbanists do: by testing out temporary changes. Monument Circle, where the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument stands tall at 285 feet, is a downtown traffic circle and city park with a lot of potential, but with three lanes of traffic whirling around […]

Anthony Foxx Kicks Off Nationwide Project for Better Bike Lanes

By Michael Andersen | Apr 29, 2014 | 3 Comments

Staring down a highway trust fund that he described as “teetering toward insolvency” by August or September, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Monday that better bike infrastructure projects are part of the solution. “When you have a swelling population like the USA has and will have for the next 35 years, one of the […]

The 5 Cities Where It’s Easiest — and Hardest — to Walk to the Grocery Store

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 27, 2014 | 16 Comments

Walk Score has put together a new ranking of the best and worst American cities for walkable access to food. The above visualization contrasts New York, city with the best access, and Indianapolis, which brought up the rear in Walk Score’s ratings. Walk Score used its algorithm to cross-reference millions of walking routes with its […]

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