• In 2016, Indianapolis voters passed a transit referendum to expand IndyGo, including the Red Line, Purple Line, and Blue Line.
• The referendum nets $50 million a year.
• According to a 2014 law, IndyGo is responsible for paying 10% of its operating costs. 
• There has been a longstanding concern at the statehouse that IndyGo will fail to meet the full requirement and make taxpayers liable for the difference.
• Aaron Freeman (District 32) has proposed a bill to hold IndyGo accountable for raising 10% of its operating expenses.
• His bill would no longer allow state and federal funds to count toward this 10% requirement. 
• Indianapolis’ business leaders have been outspoken in their condemnation of the bill.
• Freeman has historically positioned himself as an opponent of public transit expansion, though he maintains this is not the case.
• Freeman’s bill also imposes penalties that could cost IndyGo $18 million a year, more than a third of its annual tax revenue.
• IndyGo raises funds through the Indianapolis Public Transportation Foundation.
• The foundation received its non-profit status in 2019 but has raised less than $100,000 to date. 
• Tax payers in the West Washington Corridor will carry the 2016 transit referendum’s burden, even if IndyGo ultimately scraps the Blue Line.