Christopher | July 23, 2010
At last month’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting, I sat down with Andy, the Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator at the DPW, to get a list of some of the upcoming bike lane developments, and I thought I’d share them with you here. Broad Ripple Ave bike lanes Currently, B. Ripple Ave. has sharrows from the Monon west [...]
Benjamin | July 20, 2010
The city has asked us solicit feedback from cyclists on the “Blue Lane” at New York & Pennsylvania. Do you think this lane works? Do you see a way it can be improved? In addition they are also looking for any other input that can be provided from cyclists to improve the function of the [...]
Christopher | June 28, 2010
There’s been some buzz in the Twitter-sphere today that bike lanes are no longer in the works for 52nd Street from Monon to College, and somewhere along the line, this telephoned into some people thinking even that they’d be removed from Monon to Keystone. Thought I’d let everyone know this is not the case. We [...]
Christopher | June 1, 2010
Commenter John M made a really great comment in response to our recent post highlighting the IndyStar article praising the bike lanes, and the Ogden on Politics post berating them. I wanted to share it with everyone here, because it’s level-headed and positive in a way that I hope will encourage everyone else the same [...]
Benjamin | May 28, 2010
From the IndyStar.com: Indianapolis’ brave bicycle commuters can celebrate the good, the bad and the ugly this time of year. The good: Commuting by bike has become a bit safer. The bad: It is still pretty dangerous. The ugly: Bikers aren’t welcome around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The good: Mayor Greg Ballard has become a [...]
Christopher | April 20, 2010
June 5, 2010 – Registration 9:00 a.m. – Ride 10:00 a.m. Official starting location to be announced. Join the City of Indianapolis and the Marion County Health Department for the second annual Mayor’s Bike Ride. This year the Mayor’s Bike Ride will highlight the newest bike lanes on Allisonville Road. More bicycle traffic on Indy [...]
Benjamin | February 12, 2010
This article mentions that the Allisonville bike lanes are “…so popular that now runners and pedestrians use it, even though it was intended for bicycles only…”; this was a quote from Carole Terry, a board member of the Central Indiana Bicycling Association. It’s absurd that this practice is even put into this light. Pedestrians using [...]
Christopher | February 5, 2010
I emailed Andy Lutz, Bike and Pedestrian Coordinator at the Dept of Public Works, asking if he’d like to write something up for INDYCOG to update everyone on what the city has in store for 2010. Here’s his response: The City of Indianapolis is happy to announce that we have completed 22.8 miles of our [...]
Benjamin | February 1, 2010
Get ready for more bike lanes on city streets, including one 13-mile stretch of Lafayette Road linking the northwestside to the downtown area. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s administration has been supportive of bicyclists, as shown by its restriping of New York and Michigan streets Downtown to add bike lanes. “It’s about connecting our city so [...]
