The region must develop a community-integrated, balanced, and accessible multi-modal transportation system to remain competitive and enhance its quality-of-life standard.

The Regional Center’s urban core is compact and walkable. However, commuter route congestion is beginning to impact walkability and limit options for alternative transportation. While the region has developed a notable greenway system, and is threading the Cultural Trail (urban greenway) into the urban core, the overall transportation system is still not "bicycle-friendly." Bicycle connectivity and space for bicycle lanes is constrained by peak hour traffic congestion that burdens available right-of-way. Public transit is not sufficiently funded to develop as a true alternative to the automobile.

The Indianapolis MPO’s vision for the region sees the Metropolitan Planning Area as a a regional network of diverse, walkable, bikeable, and transit-friendly communities linked by a comprehensive multi-modal system that provides access to home, work, education, commerce and recreation.

Join us to review a proposed Multi-Modal System Plan for downtown Indianapolis. The modes considered in the Multi-Modal System Plan are bicycle, pedestrian, and bus transit. This plan recognizes the importance of balance among all transportation modes, connects transportation and land use, and understands that economic and community development are sustained by the region’s quality-of-life and environmental health.