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William Hazen

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Gay urbanist (he/him), Coach Operator of the Year ‘21, ‘25, ROSE Award Winner ‘22, 3rd Generation Bus Operator, Near East Indy via The Athens of the Prairie // All views my own

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · Aug 20

The first is the IndyGo Foundation, which provides bus passes to low income riders and charitable organizations, and helps to build more accessible bus stops across the city. A donation of just $4 can help a rider get where they need to go for a day.

Donate Here: www.indygo.net/foundation/

IndyGo Foundation - IndyGo

www.indygo.net

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 19h

Ingalls is significantly closer to Anderson than it is to Indianapolis

19 minute drive to downtown Anderson versus 35 minutes to downtown Indianapolis (both drives shown early Sunday morning with no traffic)

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 19h

We’re just planning on doing unbroken sprawl all the way between Indianapolis and Anderson huh

Ingalls is planning to be next I69 boom town

Driving directions between Indy and Ingalls

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

The local neighborhood greenway is a great spot to host block parties

Cottage Home Block Party on Dorman Street

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

radicalizing Indy one bookstore at a time

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

preordered @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life after Cars from my local bookstore today, and encouraged them to order some for the shelves too

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

and it is actually a striped bike lane now between Penn and Delaware (still sharrows to Alabama)

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

The lanes are actually an appropriate width now so it’s slightly better than before

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

fresh kermit at NY and Delaware

new bike box at New York and Delaware in downtown Indy

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

the suburbs gotta get better at plagiarism man

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

Walnut Street Walnut Street
Indy Noblesville
🤝
Low traffic shared
streets

Cultural Trail Shared Street on Walnut Indianapolis

Midland Trace Trail Shared Street on Walnut Noblesville

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

As mentioned above, the trail currently ends at CR 250 West of Tilden, about 19 miles from downtown Indianapolis.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

Indy’s newest section of the B&O Trail is now open as of this Wednesday! This completes Indy’s section of the trail, linking downtown Indianapolis to Tilden, IN on protected infrastructure.

New Section of the trail passing under a railroad bridge used by the Amtrak Cardinal

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

Honored to welcome members of the Motor Bus Society from across the country to IndyGo today for a tour of our garage and operations facility!

Always a good opportunity to show folks how we’re transforming transit right here in Indianapolis.

The group tours Duesenberg Building 3, our operations offices

Group photo in front of our Retro Metro Bus

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

All three units are available for sale to buyers below 80% of the AMI.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

The NEAR Triplex in the Willard Park neighborhood is now complete! Interested in moving here?

Apply today and find the listing here: www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

This is yet another project from Englewood CDC. Want to see more affordable housing in Indianapolis? Donate here: secure.givelively.org/donate/engle...

secure.givelively.org

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

Progress at the Bridges Townhomes: 43 affordable townhomes for rent on a former RCA employee parking lot. 11 of the townhomes are designated as permanent supportive housing for individuals experiencing homelessness.

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

Progress check at Statehouse Blue Line today: Canopy frame is up, platform is installed, and curb ramps are beginning to link the the platform to the Cultural Trail!

View of construction near the Indiana Statehouse of a BRT Platform

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

that has certainly been
discussed

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

one of them, definitely

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

They will be doing the timed transfers. Noland said they’re working on paying for Metra to install bi-directional signaling on Metra between Ken and Millennium so they can run a more frequent schedule. Of course the four track project in progress at Millennium is part of that too.

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

That one is the farthest along. Cherry Tree Plaza is second, although we expect convention center will outpace it on progress now that we have the permits.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

From the IndyGo Service Committee this morning: despite delays with permits at Convention Center and Citizen’s exceeding allotted time for underground weir work on Michigan Street, the Blue Line construction is ON SCHEDULE!

Props to the contractors, whose flexibility has kept work progressing!

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

Updated ‘future’ South Shore Line map showing lines under construction and potential future service mentioned by Mike Noland in interviews and presentations.

Biggest update since last time is the station at Ardmore and the new branch to LaPorte.

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