Una Osili: The Red Line is an investment in community

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4 thoughts on “Una Osili: The Red Line is an investment in community

  1. No, it is not an investment for the community and I am sick of this economic development lie. Business on College have suffered and gone out of business. As of now, this is just a party bur for the Broad Ripple and Fountain Square crowd and you know it. So, is the plan to construct large apartment buildings along the route for the benefit of developers and the detriment of neighborhoods? That is exactly what the city wants and they care less about neighborhoods. It was not constructed for the inner-city poor, as you can see by the route it takes. I doubt if the cash ticket purchase system will ever work properly at these new stations.

  2. More buses for under served routes, and the adoption of new routes through the purchase of additional buses would’ve been the smarter play in my opinion. We fail to take care of our existing infrastructure, and decide one solution is to build more. Furthermore, IndyGo has never proved that they can run themselves in an intelligent, efficient manner. For Pete’s sake, this is what, their third or fourth time have to install the pavers at the transit station downtown? I only hope they didnt cut corners on the actual Red Line, given its cost, just to ensure a specific opening date. I believe we have squandered a multi-generational opportunity for transit on a poorly thought out and executed idea.

  3. it will be an economic development driver for the kind of Developement we need to encourage in order for the city to continue providing the quality of life our residents want. Less reliant on the private car and more on other means of transportation. The bus company must provide reliable on time service and solve the first and last mile trip convenience. We ca no longer afford the luxury of the automobile as the primary mode of transportation.

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