Talking Headways Podcast: Bus Lanes at the Crossroads of America
Let's talk bus rapid transit!
By
Jeff Wood
9:07 AM EST on February 7, 2019
This week, we are joined by Sean Northup, deputy director of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization. Northup chats about the Indianapolis Red Line, the first of three bus rapid transit routes that will crisscross the region. Those lines and other transit improvements are being funded in part by local, dedicated funding which was won after a long and arduous process.
Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.
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