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Mass Transit
Mayor: Massive transit plan open for discussion
February 10, 2010
Chris O'Malley
Backers of the plan
said the work by the Central Indiana Transit Task Force amounts to a crucial private-sector endorsement
needed to finally proceed with a regional transportation system.
Task force endorses regional taxes for mass transit
February 9, 2010
Chris O'MalleyAfter 30 years of government
studies of a regional transportation system, a private-sector group on Wednesday is set to unveil its own
plan that includes commuter rail and toll lanes added to congested interstate highways.
MoreFederal high-speed rail grants exclude big Indiana proposal
January 28, 2010
Chris O'MalleyA proposed high-speed commuter rail line that would run through northern Indiana was left out of federal stimulus
grants announced this week.
MoreIndy route not part of high-speed rail funding application
November 14, 2009
Chris O'MalleyThe decision to sidetrack a 110-mph Chicago-Indianapolis-Cincinnati train hasn’t received any attention
locally. High-speed rail could someday become an economic development engine here, but it has
not gained as much attention here as improved highways or a commuter rail line from downtown to Noblesville.
MoreEDITORIAL: Wise decision on federal rail funds
November 14, 2009
Local advocates of high-speed rail are understandably disappointed that the Indiana Department of Transportation has dropped
the Chicago-Indianapolis-Cincinnati corridor from its application for federal rail funds, but the logic
behind doing so seems sound.
MoreStudy recommends upgrades for public transportation in counties surrounding Indianapolis
October 31, 2009
Chris O'MalleyIndyGo, for all its faults, is the Cadillac of transit systems in the Indianapolis region. Service breaks at county lines
and the absence of passenger shelters are among the deficiencies facing transit systems in surrounding counties.
MorePublic transportation entities in Indianapolis region might be reorganized
October 24, 2009
Chris O'MalleyThe Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority, IndyGo and other Indianapolis-area transit groups are the subject of
a study that could result in them being reorganized.
MoreSurvey showed need for mass transit
September 26, 2009
Last summer, we said central Indiana was experiencing the perfect storm for mass transit. But this summer, the story was different.
MoreIs Indianapolis big enough for 'car sharing' concept?
September 19, 2009
Chris O'MalleyAn urban advocacy group is trying to bring a big-city concept to Indianapolis: car sharing. People for Urban
Progress cites environmental benefits as well as cost savings for urban dwellers who might find it practical to ditch their
seldom-used vehicles.
MoreDelaware County joins Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority
September 5, 2009
IBJ StaffDelaware County’s representative on the CIRTA board will be Marta Moody, executive director of
the Delaware-Muncie Plan Commission.
MoreDelaware County latest to join public-transportation group
August 31, 2009
IBJ StaffDelaware County has become the 10th county to join the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority, the quasi-governmental
organization announced today.
MoreTransit can be economic engine
June 1, 2009
We applaud the efforts of those who are laying the groundwork for viable mass transit in the Indianapolis area.
MoreTransit, sustainable development likely to be themes in rescue of near-north neighborhood
June 1, 2009
Chris O'MalleyLocal leaders and, soon, a national team of experts, are quietly developing a strategy to revitalize Marion County's biggest
concentration of brownfield sites and impoverished urban neighborhoods, centered at East 22nd Street and the Monon Trail.
MoreGrad students dream up plans for mass transit
April 27, 2009
Chris O'MalleyArchitecture and urban design students from Ball State have created a vision for urban renewal that is arguably more compelling
than the Central Indiana Regional
Transit Authority's principal, utilitarian goal of reducing northeast-side highway congestion and air pollution by running
a diesel commuter train atop the old Nickel Plate Railroad corridor.
MoreMass transit crucial to region's success
March 30, 2009
To support quality of life initiatives and boost economic development, Indiana government and its citizens must develop quality
mass transit systems.
MorePrivate-sector group forging transit plan
January 26, 2009
Chris O'MalleyWith commuter trains stuck at the proverbial station despite decades of studies, a new business-led coalition is barreling
forth
with its own plan to study multimodal transportation and related land use. The Central Indiana Transit Task Force also will
explore how to tie the nine-county central Indiana region to key cities such as Bloomington, Columbus, Lafayette and Muncie.
MoreLight rail not all it's cracked up to be
January 12, 2009
In the Dec. 29 issue I noted an opinion column by Christopher Leinberger of the University of Michigan in support of light
rail for central Indiana.
MoreLight rail will move Indianapolis forward
December 29, 2008
Christopher B. LeinbergerThere is a new way of building the Indianapolis area that is struggling to be born. It is different from how you have built
the place over the past 60 years but it is essential to your future.
MoreStudy examines regional commuter rail types and their expense
December 1, 2008
Chris O'MalleyThe Metropolitan Development Commission has given city planners the green light to seek an expedited study that would provide
a clearer picture of what a comprehensive regional transit system could look like and how much it would cost.
MoreTransit isn't just an expense; it's an investment
December 1, 2008
The Metropolitan Development Commission gave Indianapolis area transportation planners the green light Nov. 12 to do an expedited
study that would show locations, cost and potential ridership for mass transit routes region-wide.
MoreReader suggests IBJ journalists probe officials' assertions
November 3, 2008
The airport authority should not assume a 3-percent growth rate because of the new airport, and the FFA Convention was not
as wildly successful as reported. Mayor Peterson shouldn't be held out as a good example of a mayor who supports public transportation.
MoreTest run of commuter rail could be relatively cheap
May 19, 2008
Chris O'MalleyPlanners and politicians spent the better part of a decade and untold millions of dollars studying a mass transit system between
downtown and the suburbs. They have little to show for it except mounds of reports and an estimate of $690 million, but the
boys in bib overalls at the Indiana Transportation Museum think they can get it done for much less.
MoreStreetcars work in Portland, but viability here uncertain
February 25, 2008
Chris O'MalleyIf the introduction of modern streetcars to one West Coast city can be replicated here, Indianapolis would see new, higher-density
housing and related retail and restaurants shadowing the line. Fallow areas crossed by the tracks would become fertile for
new investment. At least that was the case in Portland, Ore., a city mesmerizing to Indianapolis civic leaders, who last month
formed Downtown Indianapolis Streetcar Corp. They risk being run out of town on a rail: a streetcar line will cost...
MoreHalf-billion-dollar traffic plan considered for northeast side
October 15, 2007
Chris O'MalleyWhether it's southbound I-69 traffic backed up almost to Noblesville, or northbound I-465 traffic a parking lot all the way
to 56th Street, the northeast highway system is grossly inadequate at peak hours. But a report issued last month by an INDOT
consultant shows a radical, $600 million reconfiguration is in the works.
MoreMass transit's catch? Paying for it
July 17, 2006
Peter SchnitzlerThe idea of rapid transit is popular locally, but there's no consensus on how to finance it. For construction alone, it would
cost at least $546 million for suburban express bus service up to $1.4 billion for an "automated guideway" system
similar to a monorail. And that's for only one corridor.
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The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!
Coming from her background,she should be used to those kinds of advances! Menard probably figured it was ok to tuck a buck!
I'm still waiting for the list of available, high quality apartments in the Village.
This criminal masquerading as a lawyer obviously has serious issues. He’s been proven by his own testimony to be a pathological liar and probably has a personality disorder as he seems to be constructing a reality around himself. He places no value on truth, honesty or loyalty as evidenced by what he has done to his clients and his own family. And by the demands and lies he has made in court, it is evident he feels entitled to do and say whatever suits his purpose and everyone else is expected to nod obediently and believe him because he is, after all, Bill Super Lawyer; or BS lawyer for short. This millionaire wanna-be no longer owns anything of value; he squandered it and put everything he had into foreclosure. He has no money, house, car, boat or vacation home left to show for what he earned or what he stole. He’s just another loser without morals who will be doing time. I’m certain all of his courtroom shenanigans are antagonizing his poor victims. As Lamar said, his behavior and claims in court have been outrageous. The judge needs to be more than concerned; he needs to be judicial and end this nonsense.