A fund for public transportation could be debated before the House Ways and Means Committee after Rep. Randy Truitt filed a bill that would provide about $20 million more per year than Gov. Mike Pence proposed.
The city bus company is in the midst of a technology upgrade that’s supposed to include next-bus arrival information via digital signs at downtown stops and text messaging.
The soon-to-be-city of Fishers has promised to help keep the Indy Express commuter bus rolling until the end of April—and maybe longer, depending on ridership early next year.
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard on plans to discontinue commuter-bus service to downtown Indianapolis: Disappointed, but city “would support future efforts to bring a strong public transportation system to the Indianapolis area.”
IndyGo isn’t threatening to eliminate routes, but it is trying to craft a policy to guide it through landmark changes: next year’s opening of the $20 million Downtown Transit Center and, possibly, the passage of a referendum in favor of a regional rapid-transit system.
Two reverse-commute routes will serve the north Plainfield and Whitestown warehouse districts, taking workers from Indianapolis to major employers like Amazon, GNC, Ingram Micro and Tempur Sealy.
Plans had called for the $16 million interchange to open by next summer, but delays in land purchases delayed the start of construction. It is now expected to open by the end of next year.
Currently, $1.13 million has been processed for reimbursement, and more federal money will be distributed as applications are processed.
Carmel City Council voted 7-0 Monday to subsidize the Indy Express commuter bus for the rest of this year, but members made it clear their support was tenuous at best.
The IndyGo board of directors on Thursday night chose Bloomington-based Weddle Bros. Building Group LLC to build the planned Downtown Transit Center. Weddle outbid five other companies.
Hamilton County commuters who ride the Indy Express Bus to and from downtown Indianapolis will have fewer departure options starting Sept. 2. A new schedule was released Monday afternoon.
Andrew Gast-Bray will become the fourth person to lead the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority since last August when he becomes executive director Sept. 1.
Indianapolis attorney Tim Caress’ desire to combine his after-work passions with helping people whose “lives have been turned upside down” resulted in his rolling—and running—into a new and growing line of business.
The Indiana Department of Transportation and seven local partners will keep funding passenger rail service between Indianapolis and Chicago through Jan. 31 while the state agency negotiates with a private vendor to operate the line.
Indianapolis experienced one of the fastest gains in car-less households of any major city in a recent five-year period, according to U.S. Census data compiled by a University of Michigan researcher.
The facts aren’t in dispute: Congestion on State Road 37 in Hamilton County must be addressed before development along the commercial corridor turns it into a parking lot. But easing rush-hour backups along the highway won’t be cheap or easy.
The $5 Hamilton County commuters pay to ride the Indy Express bus to or from downtown isn’t enough to sustain the route, the operator told Fishers Town Council during a Monday work session.
The Indiana Department of Transportation said Monday that it selected Corridor Capital LLC of Chicago to run the endangered Hoosier State passenger rail line from Indianapolis to Chicago.
Speaking at Monday’s BlueIndy ribbon-cutting downtown, Bollore Group Chairman Vincent Bollore said the electric car-sharing service will need 15,000 to 20,000 regular users to break even.
A French company on Monday unveiled its first electric car-charging station in Indianapolis, where drivers will be able to rent plug-in vehicles for short-term trips later this year.
