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MyshkinCommaPrince

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3. Indianapolis really needs better mass transit.
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 08:26 PM
Mar 2013

I've commented in another thread on this point. It isn't a good city in which to be a pedestrian or a bicyclist. The roads are too often narrow, winding or hilly, with little or no shoulder. There aren't enough sidewalks, outside of the downtown metropolitan area. It can be difficult to travel between the various suburban areas which have been absorbed by the city as it has grown. The bus system covers only select areas, and requires a lengthy trip downtown in order to go anywhere. One must be a pedestrian or bicyclist to use the bus system, unless one lives close to downtown. When I worked in Indianapolis but didn't have a car, motorists used to shout insultingly at me and sometimes even threw things. Sigh & grumble....

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