NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – JANUARY 27TH, 2014 Contact: Robert Wertman, Transportation Planning Supervisor Heartland in Motion Transportation Study set for full-scale kick off! What role can carpooling, biking, walking, and taking transit play on improving Central Indiana accessibility and mobility? To help answer this question and better understand the current needs and preferences … read more
As growth and economic development occur in Central Indiana, how are the regions travel patterns affected? To help answer this question and better understand the current needs and preferences of the region, the Madison County Council of Governments (MCCOG) will conduct a regional transportation study in Madison, Delaware, and Hancock counties in early 2014. Prior … read more
Native Hoosier brings legislative and transit planning experience. The Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority (CIRTA) board of directors has hired as its new executive director a native Hoosier who, in his 25-year career, has secured funding, built and managed three major-city Florida transit systems. In his new role, Jeffrey D. Jackson will lead CIRTA’s efforts … read more
CIRTA executive director search continues Having increased vanpool ridership in Central Indiana by 200 percent in her role as vanpool manager for the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority’s (CIRTA) Commuter Connect, Lori Kaplan has been promoted to manager of Commuter Connect, Central Indiana’s rideshare program. For more information, download this document.
New service connects with IndyGo’s Route 86 bus The Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority (CIRTA) is now providing transportation from Indy’s northwest side to worksites in West Carmel, including RCI, ITT Technical Institute and retail outlets and restaurants along Michigan Road, between 96th and 106th Streets. Because the new service connects to IndyGo routes, it … read more
Register your commute and enter to win an iPad or $500 gift card October is National Rideshare Month, so the region’s ridesharing service is celebrating with a Commuter Challenge and prize drawings for anyone who uses an alternative form of transportation to get to work. For more information, download this document.
The Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority (CIRTA) board of directors has hired Bill Kirchoff as interim director of CIRTA. Kirchoff has served on the CIRTA board since it was created by state statute in 2004. He has served on the Plainfield Town Council since 2000, after retiring from Cinergy/PSI after 33 years of service. Kirchoff … read more
Six years after he became the first executive director of the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority (CIRTA), Ehren T. Bingaman is leaving for the private sector. Bingaman will join HNTB as director of planning for HNTB Indiana. For more information, download this document.
Who can’t use a $500 gift card? Anyone who uses an alternative form of transportation – any way other than driving alone in a car – to get to work at least once in the month of May can enter to win the Commuter Challenge. For more information, download this document.
Six weeks after attending an informational meeting in Bloomington, David Hughes is ready to drive to work in downtown Indy in a Commuter Connect-provided van and carry ten passengers in addition to himself. His employer, Eli Lilly and Company, is even providing a preferential parking spot near his building entrance for the van. For more … read more