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IndyGo CEO Inez Evans sat down with IndyStar to look ahead to 2022: legislative challenges, Purple and Blue lines, new property, electric bus issues.

(INDIANAPOLIS) — For a second straight year, Indianapolis senators are leading a charge to slash funding for the IndyGo bus system. 18 Senate Republicans, led by three of the four Republicans from Indianapolis, are co-sponsoring a bill to withhold up to a third of IndyGo’s income tax money, and block the planned Blue Line from the airport to the east side. Senator Mike Young slams IndyGo as “a failed bus system,” and contends the Blue Line will hurt businesses in his westside district. Opponents charge IndyGo has failed to meet a requirement to raise at least 10% of its funding from p...

Lawmakers Hear Bill That Could Impact Rapid Transit Lines Indiana lawmakers heard a bill Thursday that could set IndyGo’s rapid transit lines back.  Much of the testimony was directed at the Blue Line planned for Indianapolis’s westside with service to the airport.  The rapid transit lines use dedicated lanes to move bus traffic quicker. The expansion of three such lines was approved by Marion County voters and is supported by millions in federal grants. The Red Line, connecting the city’s north and south sides, opened in Sept. 2019. Under current law, IndyGo must raise 10 percent of ...

IndyGo CEO: Purple, Blue lines to take shape in 2021. They're more than better bus rides. Inez Evans, Indianapolis Star Replay Video UP NEXT As we put 2020 in our rearview mirror, IndyGo thanks its riders, employees and supporters for all they've done to help us persevere in unprecedented times. And as we eagerly move into 2021, we invite them to continue on this shared journey toward stronger mobility options for our city. The new year will offer a gateway to the next stage in the development of the area’s transit offerings, as construction begins on the Purple Line (serv...

Rally Transcript: Patrick J. Foye, Chairman and CEO, MTA: My colleagues and I have come together again today to discuss an issue critical to our survival—federal relief for mass transit. I repeat, there will be no economic recovery regionally or nationally without significant investment in mass transit. This is not a red or blue issue. It’s a jobs issue. Mass transit systems across the country carried the United States throughout the pandemic, and we will carry it out of this crisis. The immediate need is this—in order to ensure the health care workers, grocery workers, first responder...