CIRTA News

To read the letter from CIRTA Executive Director, Lori Kaplan, on IndyStar’s website, click the link below: https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/2018/01/22/letters-amazon-bid-shows-necessity-mass-transit/1053927001/  

Workforce demand results in high ridership Demand for transportation to seasonal jobs at Plainfield warehouses is so high that the South Plainfield Connector shuttle will begin running on Saturdays starting Nov. 11 and continue through Jan. 13. Every weekday and now on Saturday, the South Plainfield Connector shuttles pick up riders at IndyGo’s Route 8 … read more

The Town of Plainfield has been named a 2017 Municipal Innovation Award winner by Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (Aim) in the 30,000 – 60,000 population category. The Town received the award during the Aim Annual Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, October 11, at the 2017 Aim Ideas Summit in Evansville. The town was honored for their creation … read more

The way we get around today – driving, biking, walking or taking transit – has a lot to do with infrastructure that was planned years ago. Roadways, transit lines and bridges often are conceived decades before any concrete is poured. In other words, if residents want to have a say in future infrastructure, they need … read more

All three Workforce Connectors (North Plainfield Connector, South Plainfield Connector, and Whitestown Connector) will not operate on Labor Day, Monday, September 4.  Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, September 5.  Questions can be directed to CIRTA’s office (317-327-7433) during normal business hours.

CEOs, civic leaders pledge to go car free or car lite Central Indiana will join Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, Jakarta, Metro Washington, D.C., and Long Island, NY, in marking World Car Free Day on Sept. 22. For the second year, Commuter Connect is challenging Central Indiana employers and residents to go car free and take the … read more

Job seekers participating in today’s Amazon Jobs Day in Whitestown can get to the hiring fair on public transportation. While a lack of transportation has historically prevented many metro-area job seekers from applying for jobs in Indianapolis suburbs, a “workforce connector” now links IndyGo lines to worksites offering thousands of positions – including the ones … read more

STREETSBLOG USA As Jobs Sprawl Outside Indianapolis, Transit Tries to Keep Pace By Yonah Freemark | Jun 30, 2017

Employers in Plainfield, Indiana, are helping fund connector bus service that brings employees to local industrial parks. By: Cinda Kelley, president, Kelley and Associates LLC http://www.naiop.org/en/Magazine/2017/Summer-2017/Development-Ownership/Funding-Transit-to-Industrial-Properties.aspx

Central Indiana residents who take a bus, bike, carpool or walk to work at least once in the month of May can enter to win a $500 gift card and other prizes in the Commuter Challenge. Commuters who log their “smart commutes” at www.CommuterConnect.us will earn one entry every time they log a commute. In … read more