Red Line Rolling Toward Construction
by Thomas P. Healy After years of planning and more than a year of detailed engineering work, the 13.5-mile first phase of the Red Line Electric Bus Rapid Transit line is 100 percent designed and […more…]
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Federal Funding Supports Transit Plan
by Thomas P. Healy Efforts to implement the Marion County Transit Plan have received a big financial boost recently, and a couple of small ones too. The biggest boost came from Congress, which crafted bi-partisan […more…]
Transit Plan Shifts Gears, Keeps Moving
by Thomas P. Healy Waiting for Congress to act is fraught with more uncertainty than wondering when the next bus will arrive. Transit advocates struggle to remain optimistic that Congress will fully fund federal capital […more…]
Rapid Transit Heading This Way
by Thomas P. Healy Planning for the nation’s first Electric Bus Rapid Transit (EBRT) line is accelerating toward a September 2015 deadline to apply for a federal grant to fund construction of the IndyGo Red […more…]
Increased IndyGo Ridership Boosts Options and Economy
by Thomas P. Healy IndyGo’s 2014 bus ridership rode to a 23-year high of 10.29 million passenger trips. Achieving such success in a system after years of neglect takes planning. To help, IndyGo selected Jarrett […more…]
Transit on the Move
By Thomas P. Healy The future of transit in Midtown and the entire metro area looks promising as one project commences and another one enters the design phase. On September 12, 2014 Congressman André Carson […more…]
IndyGo Moves Forward
by Lauren Albert IndyGo’s ridership has been growing steadily each year since 2009, with 2013 ridership surpassing 10 million for the first time since 1990. In October 2014, IndyGo carried more passengers than any other […more…]
