IndyStar: City spending $4.5M on pedestrian upgrades at these south-side intersections near Red Line

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Indianapolis officials announced a wave of pedestrian-focused intersection improvements in the southern part of the city this summer, continuing to chip away at its overwhelming lack of infrastructure that exists for non-car users.

In a program called Safe Routes to Transit, the Department of Public Works is spending $4.5 million on upgrades at 61 intersections within half a mile of the Red Line, each with a combination of sidewalk, curb, ramp or signal improvements.

Some have already been completed, such as a flashing beacon signal and ADA-compliant curbs and crosswalks along Prospect Street.

In total, the city will install 152 new ADA ramps, 109 new crosswalks, nearly a mile of new curbs, just over half a mile of rehabilitated sidewalk, and 12 new flashing beacons at locations selected based on crash data and site inspections. The locations also address a particular need: making safer the "last mile," or the first or final leg of a transit journey, often on foot or bike.