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• Improved Bike/Ped bridge for the Ohio River!

• Freight Rail Improvents in Appalachia!

Everyone's favorite stimulus program, the TIGER grants, have been released today. The grant process was very competitive, with $60 billion of requests for a scant $1.5 billion of funding. The great thing about TIGER is that the money is not pidgeon holed for a single mode of travel (e.g. roads), but rather competitive based on benefit/cost analysis across all modes. So you see freight rail projects competing with highway projects competing with sidewalk improvement projects.

Update: No, its not the Big 4 ... added fresh info on the Big 4 below the fold...

Indystar.com:

Officials today launched Indy Connect: Central Indiana’s Transportation Initiative, a more than $10 billion proposed mass transit plan that includes rail systems, an expansion of the region’s highway system, expanded bus service and tolled express lanes.

Commuter Rail, Light Rail, massively beefed up bus service, and roads, oh my! Be sure to check out their interactive graphic that lets you see the systems overlayed.

HB1182 - Complete Streets - passes in house 90-4.  
Next stop: the Senate!

Congratulations, Indiana Bicycle Coalition!!