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Smart Transit
Mass/Rapid Transit
According to the American Public Transportation Association, only one in four U.S. households has access to any form of public transportation.
The City of Indianapolis is a member of The Central Indiana Regional Transit Alliance (CIRTA), along with the City of Beech Grove, the Town of Brownsburg, the City of Carmel, the Town of Cicero, the Town of Fishers, the Town of Fortville, the City of Greenwood, Hamilton County, Hendricks County, the City of Lawrence, the Town McCordsville, the Town of Mooresville, the City of Noblesville, the Town of Plainfield, the City of Shelbyville, Shelby County, the Town of Speedway, and the Town of Southport.
CIRTA’s fundamental goal is to develop a Regional Mass Transit Service Plan is to ensure people throughout the region have mobility options while also enhancing the regional economy and offering options to single-occupant vehicle use. The plan reflects a truly regional approach in applying public transportation as a tool to sustain the region’s quality of life and economic growth, and focuses on a 20-year horizon for planning and implementation.
New offerings from IndyGo will include the rebirth of the Fishers Park ‘n Ride service, which shuttled more than 250 Hamilton County residents to and from downtown offices each day during the 2003 HyperFix construction project. The service, funded by a $4.5 million Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Grant, could begin later in 2007.
Multi-Modal Transportation
The City is currently examining the public right-of-way in Downtown Indianapolis and how the automobile, pedestrians, bicycles, and rapid transit can best share this limited resource. Urban design of this right-of-way and how future investments in transportation (which may include the Cultural Trail, elevated people mover, bus rapid transit, and/or light rail) will all be integrated in this project.
The short- and long-term impact on traffic congestion will be greatly impacted as the City embraces smart transit, in addition to improvements in air quality and other pollutants.
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