Welcome to the online resource for the

CARMEL

MULTIMODAL SYSTEM PLAN

College Avenue Regional Transit Concept

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Features of a Carmel/Indianapolis Regional Connection:

A College Avenue transit corridor offers many advantages to Carmel, Indianapolis and the Central Indiana region.

  • Supports one of the busiest and most heavily populated corridors in Indiana.

  • Over 100,000 jobs along the corridor which connects the two largest employment centers of Indiana.

  • Creates economic development opportunity by leveraging the investment in Carmel as an asset for Central Indiana, while creating new opportunities between Carmel and the Indianapolis Downtown.

  • Reinforces existing investment patterns in land use and transportation, including the US 31 corridor and the North Side Business development areas.

  • Reinforces historic land use patterns supporting traditional village centers like Broad Ripple and other transit-ready nodes with mixed uses within easy walking distance of the corridor.

  • Accesses key Central Indiana destinations within 15 minutes of the corridor: Lucas Oil Stadium, IMA, Carmel Performing Arts Center, Victory Field, Butler University, Monon Community Center and Carmel Central Park, Conseco Field House, the Zoo, IUPUI, Indianapolis Art Center, State Fairgrounds, Carmel Arts and Design District, Mass Ave, Children’s Museum, Ivy Tech, Broad Ripple,......