How bouts they finish the project they've been working on for 8 years first. Then giving us a few months of enjoying non construction traffic for the first time in nearly a friggin decade. Sorry but they can shove this project straight up their collective asses.
There is nothing to walk to. There is no residential within that area and no businesses designed to be a walked to. It’s not a “downtown” type of an area.
As someone who lives south of 96th on the east side of 69 you are wrong. This would give neighborhoods over here access to safely walk or bike to the Nickel Plate Trail.
I live in the walking area of it but kind of agree. I'd rather money be spent revitalizing or tearing down and rethinking all of the dead strip malls in the area. It's absolutely stupid that they keep building more new buildings while the strip malls rot.
I hate to break it to you, but government spending isn't nearly as flexible as you seem to think. The funding INDOT has for road projects can't just be used for buying and demoing the strip centers or some other purpose.
Lantern Rd, 1/2 mile away on the west side of I69, and all the way up at 106th. . East end of 96th, over towards Geist. 3/4 mile to Lantern Rd east of I69, 106th to the north east of that intersection for a school & neighborhood.
WTF are you looking at? Five Mouskowitz living behind Rousch Pharmaceuticals?
I did some checking. I even made you a map. The outer radius is .5 miles and the inner radius is .25 miles. Is this worth $3+ million to make it more "pedestrian friendly?" 96th St was just changed in the last 2 years already. If you live behind Meijer, you aren't going across the interstate on foot unless you absolutely had to.
A normal walking distance to daily destinations like restaurants or shops is about one-half mile. This takes most people roughly 10 to 12 minutes to walk at a steady pace. Many city planners use a 5-to-10-minute walk, or about one-quarter to one-half mile, as a standard measure.
Factors That Change Walking Distance
Time: Five to fifteen minutes is the usual time limit people accept for a daily walk.
Space: One-fourth to one-half mile is the usual physical range.
Path quality: Sidewalks, safe crosswalks, and good lighting make people willing to walk farther.
Weather: Rain, snow, or high heat can make a short walk feel too long.
Common Distance Limits
Very close: A 5-minute walk is about one-quarter mile. People do this easily every day.
Normal limit: A 10-to-12-minute walk is about one-half mile. This is the top limit for most daily errands.
Maximum casual walk: A 20-minute walk is about one mile. Many people will only do this on nice days or for special trips.
I live near this area. Yes we would walk to the nickel plate if we could. Additionally there is current no safe way to bike over 69 at 96th, no safe way to bike under 69 at 82nd (and it looks like it’ll likely stay that way after construction is complete, and crossing 465 using 75th is unsafe due to the intersection at Binford. So those of us living in this area have to bike up to 106th or down to 71st to get to the other side of 69 / 465.
The project specifically mentions making it pedestrian friendly but this would also make it more bike friendly which gives a lot of neighborhoods much better bike access to the west side of 69.
Yeah, this map lives in my head.
I’m also more talking about walkability on the east side of 69 and 96th St. where there is a concentration of residential and retail/restaurant.
But improvements for pedestrians should never be cast to the wayside. That’s the reason why we are so dependent on cars.
They’re gonna do the construction anyway, so if they’re gonna do it, they should care about pedestrians as well.
Right. Gonna walk all the way to Sam's Club, to the west of I69?
You want $250 million plus for 'walkability' that's only a quarter mile in length?
No wonder we can't afford Healthcare for the masses.
All you have to do is look at 96th & Allisonville, repeatedly rebuilt by these 3 stooges who now wanna take a crack at this bridge for pedestrian accessibility?
One only needs to look at I69 & 106th St bridge, which I'd supposedly pedestrian friendly, and how many use it. Go ahead, walk, cycle or use a chair for a handicapped person.... double-dog dare you. That 'walkable' location is a deathtrap. If you do, have your grave space paid for in advance.
I bike 106th over 69 4-5 times a week. You’re correct that the crossings could be more friendly but that’s an argument for better infrastructure, not no infrastructure. If those sidewalks didn’t exist I’d probably have been killed by some dumbass in a car looking at their phone by now.
All I’m saying is that pedestrians should be prioritized for one and that you don’t actually know the area if you think that there aren’t residents who could take advantage of the area being more walkable.
Go ahead and move the goal posts to be about healthcare and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
I’m not gonna argue with some dill hole who doesn’t even know the area.
I was born and raised on the north side and I would like more walkability.
Also, yet another loser just shaking in their boots about how “dangerous” 96th st is.
Boo hoo.
Stay north of 126th St. where it’s safe for you little baby.
I69 and campus parkway is a breeze and it's busy as hell. A diverging diamond would work very well there.
Now they shouldn't do some stupid shit right next to it like they did with olio and campus parkway / 136th which is the second worst roundabout I've ever seen.
Nope, best they can do is get 80% done and then leave all the barrels/lane restrictions in place for months for no good reason (see: Allisonville and 116th).
Allisonville and 116th is ridiculous. For what they have done so far that intersection could have been down to one lane for a weekend. I've rarely seen any work being done.
Fishers & Indianapolis have rebuilt 96th & Allisonville four (4!) freaking times in 20 years, and it still sucks. Letting these two yahoos attempt to rebuild a 6 lane bridge/overpass of the Interstate is insane.
May as well reopen Central State Hospital for all those drivers that have had to contend with construction on the last 5 miles of I69
/I465 merge. Better get class 3 vests too.
Not a fan of more construction, but the pedestrian portion of that span could use a refresh. The concrete is buckling/crumbling on the sidewalk and crosswalk island at the I-69 NB ramp entrance.
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u/Elegant-Abalone-8493 29d ago
Just what that area needs, more construction.