Naming-rights deal to benefit city’s snow-removal efforts
The agreement calls for longtime salt supplier Cargill Inc. to give Indianapolis 125 tons of salt and five pickup trucks equipped with snow plows and salt spreaders.
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Megabus adds Indianapolis service to Nashville
The Music City route begins March 14. Previously available routes travel to Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio.
Seats from Bush Stadium to live on at bus stops
A local group has partnered with IndyGo to pay homage to one of the city’s great sports landmarks by installing Bush Stadium’s seats at bus stops all over the city.
Transit plan may boost real estate investment
A proposed $1.3 billion transit system might bring redevelopment to urban neighborhoods. Yet transit proponents have surprisingly little to say about how much the system could generate in new real estate investment.
Passengers likely would shoulder chunk of transit system costs
Federal transit data suggests passenger fares would generate about one-fourth of the money needed to operate a suburban rail and expanded bus system proposed for the region.
I-69 rejection could affect bus service in Bloomington
Buses in Bloomington and on the Indiana University campus could lose funding starting in 2014 if local officials don’t include Interstate 69 in their transportation infrastructure plans.
Backers seek support for 2-mile streetcar line downtown
Downtown Indianapolis Streetcar Corp. said a circulator route between downtown and the Indianapolis Zoo in White River State Park might cost $20 million to $25 million to build and equip.
IndyGo seeks funding traction
The Indianapolis Public Transportation Corp. has budgeted expenses of $57 million for 2012, but officials expect a revenue shortfall of $6.4 million because of drops in federal, state and local funding.
CIRTA launches campaign to support mass transit
The goal is to show state lawmakers the support that exists for local funding options that might improve mass transit. Organizers plan to deliver the signatures when the next legislative session convenes in January.
Is INDOT bypassing public on planning?
Groups that perennially press the Indiana Department of Transportation to broaden its vision of mobility beyond highways now accuse the agency of “significant ineptitude or willful disregard” in eliciting public input.
Indianapolis-area transportation programs land federal money
IndyGo will accept new applications for funding beginning Feb. 14.
Commuter bus might be saved
Routes to Carmel and Fishers that were to be discontinued at the end of the year are on the verge of being rescued.
Funding biggest obstacle for proposed regional transit system
Scaled-back transit plan, which includes rail line from downtown to Noblesville and Franklin, is projected to cost $2.4 billion, with local taxpayers picking up about half the amount. Funding would need to be approved through county referendums, however.
Funding about to expire for IndyGo’s north-suburban routes
The luxury coach routes from downtown to Fishers and Carmel were launched three years ago and have been popular among suburban commuters.
Time running out for suburban bus service
Transportation planners are scrambling to find federal funds to help pay for the popular commuter routes from downtown
Indianapolis to Fishers and Carmel.
IndyGo airport route extended through 2011
The bus system’s announcement in May that its current service and fare structure will remain intact through 2011 helped to
extend the life of the route.
Linking Indianapolis-area bus systems becoming priority for planners
Connecting rural bus systems with one another and with IndyGo must happen before commuter rail becomes a reality.
Is going multimodal next for Carmel?
Carmel’s virtual Disney World of new, high-density attractions—from the mixed-use City Center to the Carmel Arts and Design
District—were built with walking and biking access in mind. A recently completed study shows the potential to link numerous
other city destinations by multiple forms of transportation.
Cash-strapped IndyGo planning to cut routes
Faced with a $3.2 million budget shortfall, IndyGo proposes the elimination of the Airport Express route, the Route 87 Eastside
Circulator and the IndyGo Commuter Express to Carmel and Fishers.
Bus routes to link 30 cities
The partnership called Hoosier Ride is helped by a $2 million federal grant and will operate at least one trip daily in each
direction using Miller charters along four routes running between Indianapolis and Evansville, Muncie, Seymour and Kalamazoo,
Mich.