A publication of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization
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Media Panel on Self-Driving Vehicle Legislation
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MPO Executive Director Anna Gremling was a panelist last week for a discussion about self-driving vehicle legislation on WFYI public radio and television. You can
watch or
listen to the 30-minute discussion online. And in case you missed it, you can also read Director Gremling's November 2017
Letter to the Editor on self-driving vehicles.
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2017 was a busy year for Central Indiana bikeshares!
- Carmel Bike Share: Gained over 2,000 new members, who took over 4,000 trips! Check out their 2017 Overview.
- Pacers Bikeshare: People took over 101,000 trips, biked over 245,000 miles, and burned more than 9 million calories! For more stats, read the full 2017 Annual Report.
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The MPO's Data Section began a Crash Record Cleanup project last October to correct the location of records from the State's ARIES database. (
ARIES is the State of Indiana's repository for traffic collision and surveillance reports completed by Indiana law enforcement agencies.) Location accuracy
is critically important when using crash data for analysis. The location data in ARIES continues to improve every year as
advances in GPS and other technologies have made it easier for law enforcement agencies to generate more accurate location data, but we felt it was necessary to clean up past records for Central Indiana so we can use them for performance measures and safety target setting in our planning work.
We're focusing on the Fatality and Serious Injury records from 2012-2017 for eight counties in Central Indiana (Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, and Shelby). This includes over 16,000 crash records, going record by record and reading each police narrative to ensure that the crash locations are placed accurately. We're working on pedestrian and bicycle records first, which should be cleaned up by April 1, 2018. The rest of the records will be complete in early 2019. We are looking forward to using the cleaned-up data in our future plans and studies.
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Closure and Detours at SR 37 & Strawtown Ave
Construction of a roundabout and bridge deck overlay work at SR 37 & Strawtown Ave in Hamilton County will temporarily close Strawtown and restrict traffic on SR 37 for up to 90 days. A start date has not yet been released.
Click for more.
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Traffic Restrictions on SR 9 in Shelbyville
A project to replace and resurface 12+ miles of SR 9 will cause several traffic shifts, temporary closures, and detours south of downtown Shelbyville. Work will begin on or after March 1.
Click here for a map and the full news release.
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UPCOMING IRTC MEETING DATES
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Check out the
MPO's Calendar
for upcoming meeting dates of the Indianapolis Regional Transportation Council and its Committees. All locations are accessible by public transportation.
- Administrative Committee - March 9, at 8:30am at IndyGo, in the Board Room, 1501 West Washington St, Indianapolis -- (note the earlier start time for this meeting)
- Administrative Committee - April 6, at 9am at IndyGo, in the Board Room, 1501 West Washington St, Indianapolis
- Administrative Committee - April 27, at 9am at IndyGo, in the Board Room, 1501 West Washington St, Indianapolis
- Technical Committee - May 9, at 9am at MIBOR Realtor Association, 1912 N Meridian St, Indianapolis
- Policy Committee - May 23, at 9am at MIBOR Realtor Association, 1912 N Meridian St, Indianapolis
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