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I thought of this article when I read yours.
Jeff Reasner 317.431.3365.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/4/18/mr-go
38th St. east of Meridian (plus Fall Creek/Binford) used to be SR37 until the State returned 37 to the City during the Goldsmith/Peterson era. Some of the funds from the “relinquishment” paid for the boulevard improvements on 38th.
When Indianapolis DPW was planning the rebuild (shortly after Peterson took office) a group of neighbors pressed them to alter the “cross section” of the street, narrowing the lanes to achieve traffic calming while adding a multi-use trail on the north side of the street between IMA and the State Fairgrounds. In response, DPW staff made very clear that there would be no such thing done. The neighbors were at least 15-20 years ahead of our time, I guess.
Great link Jeff. Great article Bill. In the US infrastructure is built almost exclusively for cars to the exclusion of almost everything else. City should be for the people living there, and not just the cars passing through. Everything on 38th Street has been done for the cars passing on the street, even the new Monon Overpass still follows that same principle, disconnecting the pedestrians from connectivity to the street.
Very true. Would be great if we had a mayoral candidate with this kind of insight and vision. Unfortunately, until we do, we’ll keep getting more of the same. Keep Hogsett or elect Merritt, but either one will likely keep stocking departments like DPW with people that keep doing what they’ve been doing, because neither candidate has provided any reason to believe they are interested in changing the status quo. There will continue to be nuggets of progress mixed in here and there that apologists for city government will keep pointing at to tell us how Indy is on the right track while also telling us things like 38th Street are “just fine”, “getting better”, “too expensive to address”, “as good as we can do right now”, etc.
We’ve let traffic engineers design our cities. That needs to stop. They are NOT urban planners/designers, and should not be designing our neighborhoods.
They don’t care about quality of life. Traffic engineers’ number one goal is to move the highest volume of traffic, at maximum speed, with the least amount of congestion. That’s it. Period. People walking are a problem, because they impede car traffic. Bus lanes are a problem because they impede car traffic. Bicycles are a problem because they impede car traffic. Quality of life is a problem, because it means cars aren’t the priority.
The City needs to give the DMD and urban planners/designers control over city design. The mayor needs to strongly enforce this. Designing for people must be the priority. Until then, Indianapolis will continue to stagnant.
Two years ago IBJ published an article titled “Apartments, grocery proposed in $32M renewal effort on key stretch of 38th Street”. What ever happened to this project? What can we do to revitalize these efforts and improve this area? I think most of us who live near 38th and Meridian agree that this is a major problem area, not just with traffic but also crime, but we need ideas on how to take action.
Agreed, I would love to hear the status on this!