The Braun administration decided in February to scrap a 15-acre expansion to the White River State Park.
One westside resident: “There were guarantees for Elanco, and there were promises for the community.”
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💰I just supported @indypedcrisis.info ❤️ you should too: ko-fi.com/home/coffees... @safestreetsindy.org
💖 I love that the Kan-Kan still has their glowing hearts up. IYKYK… I’m a total sucker for a group activity! At Creative Mornings, we had folks write what they love about Indy on paper hearts. Loved reading the shout out to the cultural trail, Monon, canal, Indy Parks, arts community… etc. ✨
Poster which shows color photo scene of moving, a room with boxes and clothes sitting on the floor, a chair, and the end of a bed (white rails forming a headrest and a mattress with a red cover). The text of the poster is: "Impact (small logo top left)," "According to a new survey by the Movement Advancement Project, approximately 401,000 transgender people have relocated from one U.S. state to another since the 2024 presidential election." "The mass relocations in 2025 due to safety concerns, political conditions, and anti-trans laws nd policies have largely impacted conservative states across the country."
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Potholes are God's way of bypassing the NIMBYs and doing traffic calming
Mayor Hogsett's metropolitan development staff recommended APPROVING a data center with 36 diesel powered electrical generators and thousands of gallons of fuel storage over the objections of the historically Black neighborhood of Martindale-Brightwood
Kristi Noem misattributing a paraphrase of Rudyard Kipling to George Orwell really does sum it all up huh
Our March 2026 e-News is out! Read about encouraging #VisionZero progress in 2025, with fatalities down in many Vision Zero cities. Plus: new resources on Intelligent Speed Assistance and an upcoming webinar on technology for safer roads. Read it here: mailchi.mp/visionzerone...
🪄 I’m still floating from yesterday’s Galentine’s Day fundraiser for Andrea Hunley 💖 Women are magic, as are our friendships 🥰🥹 We raised nearly 5k in a unique, grassroots way. And baby, it’s just the beginning! LFG.
Words matter. How we talk about traffic violence matters.
Crash, not accident. Driver, not car.
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky #VisionZero
We did an entire episode about all the weird shit that people say to us about not having kids and IT WAS A DREAM (and very funny)
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You’re welcome! @mirrorindy.org is doing great explainer content: www.instagram.com/reel/DU1iEgQ...
If you’re at a downtown intersection and you push a crosswalk button, you may notice the walk signal three to seven seconds before the light turns green in any direction. This is called a Leading Pedestrian Interval or LPI.
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Martindale-Brightwood Data Center Hearing
Councilor Jesse Brown spoke eloquently that the community is HIS boss and all of their bosses
The Hearing Examiner later correct Jesse and said she has no boss and doesn't ANSWER TO ANY OF US!!!
Indianapolis City Government at work
The thing is, we really do want independent arbiters like the MDC Hearing examiners, who can't be fired (ie don't have a boss) for not doing what they're told. The problem is with the electeds appointing an arbiter who consistently values corporate interests over community input
Summary for February 9-15, 2026
There were 7 incidents reported:
* 2 involved vulnerable road users
* 5 involved non-vulnerable road users
FIVE INCIDENTS RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY.
TWO INCIDENTS RESULTED IN DEATH.
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
☕️ Stitched together by Amelia’s espresso, under-eye concealer, & good intentions ✨
🪞🤳🏼 antique elevator in Windsor Park
"FOX59 has learned more about the man who was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Rockville Road Tuesday. Those acquainted with the man knew him only as Anthony, but they said he was known to walk more than four miles a day to get to his job and the gym."
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #VisionZero
Join us at the Indiana Statehouse on Feb 12 for Public Health Day! 🏛️ Let’s show up for policies that protect our health and our communities.
🩺 10AM–12PM | North Atrium
#HoosierSky #INLegis #PublicHealthDay #GoodTrouble #HealthEquity #GTC
Walkable places are cultural hubs that people value
Car dependent places are cultural deserts that only exist to get you to spend more money
Indianapolis set a new record for bicyclist deaths in 2025 with 10 fatalities. This was a significant increase from the previous record of 7 bicyclist fatalities in 2021 and the 4 recorded bicyclist fatalities in 2024.
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky #VisionZero
Streetcars cost less than stroads.
Lost in Thought
#monoprint Acrylic on Paper
#art #printmaking #abstractfigurative #introspection
black vehicle and a sport cyclist wearing black Both are wearing black but only one gets blamed for it. Drivers might not see you but we do.
In addition to straight advocacy work I also develop brand creative - this specific example is where advocacy and brand meet - this was for a cycling magazine (hence the sport cyclist)
c/o @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social who I've been proudly partnered up with for awhile.
In one of our signal chats, a neighbor calls these “fuckaroundabouts”
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
American Tower Corp. withdrew their petition to build a 20,000-square-foot data center on land they own in Pike Township.
The company is waiting for the city to set data center regulations before reapplying: https://bit.ly/4tpIxmH
Found another one in the wild.
