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William Hazen

@williamhazen.bsky.social

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Gay urbanist (he/him), Coach Operator of the Year ‘21, ‘25, ROSE Award Winner ‘22, 3rd Generation Bus Operator, Near East Indy via The Athens of the Prairie // All views my own

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · Aug 20

The first is the IndyGo Foundation, which provides bus passes to low income riders and charitable organizations, and helps to build more accessible bus stops across the city. A donation of just $4 can help a rider get where they need to go for a day.

Donate Here: www.indygo.net/foundation/

IndyGo Foundation - IndyGo

www.indygo.net

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1h

Expected to start construction soon: The Eagle Creek Greenway between US 136 and Washington Street, where it’ll connect to the IndyGo Blue Line. The project also calls for a new sidewalk connection to the Route 3 bus stop at Lynhurst and 10th.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 18h

I’ve got to give kudos to whoever at DPW made the decision to extend the Grassy Creek Greenway south down Mitthoeffer so it would connect to the IndyGo bus stop. Great way to make one of Indy’s coolest parks a little bit more transit accessible.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 21h

For today’s #LayoverLibrary, I’m reading ‘The Sprawl’, a look at the art the suburbs have inspired, blended with a necessary critique of their form (and the consequences of that form), and ending with a call to end the sprawl and build suburbs that create community.

Cover of ‘The Sprawl-Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs’ on a bus

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 23h

Need to petition IndyGo for a Go Dawgs headsign for when I’m on campus

A bus at Butler University that says Go Colts

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

hey hey @mirrorindy.org I wouldn’t push people to use Google Maps for biking directions. Highly recommend @transit.app for biking directions. GM’s biking directions will get you killed.

Mirror Indy Biking directions use Google Maps

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

I say this as a child of the suburbs, who had a classmate that strangled an elderly man to death in a public park within spitting distance of my house. The most pristine facades often conceal the most sordid behavior.

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

reading a fascinating book (that cites many medical studies) that ties the isolating aspects of the suburbs to violent teen behavior and you know, it’s something I had a supposition of, but reading it is just shocking

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

me, watching an auto oriented business on a transit corridor close

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, every 4 months, usually Feb/Jun/Oct. Sometimes the most senior operators keep their routes, but my previous run was broken up to be combined with other routes.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

New Route Day! (new to me-the last time I drove this it still went to Castleton)

A Route 19 bus rests at Butler University

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

Worth a read. Just absolutely shocking how often corruption in the Mayor’s office led to selection of unvetted developers, leaving a myriad of stalled developments in the wake.

Mirror Indy @mirrorindy.org · 2d

Mayor Joe Hogsett was once named “Mr. Clean” by a watchdog organization for his tough stance on government corruption as U.S. attorney.

A Mirror Indy/IndyStar investigation finds that the mayor ignored conflicts of interest involving millions of dollars in city incentives. https://bit.ly/3L8OOBe

Hogsett ignored conflicts of interest as city incentives flowed to developers

Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett ran on ethics reform, but an investigation found that he ignored conflicts of interest.

bit.ly

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

Construction progress on ‘The Row’, new Trail Oriented Development in Indianapolis along the 22nd Street Protected Bike Lane and the Monon Trail.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 2d

Seems bad

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

Ingalls is significantly closer to Anderson than it is to Indianapolis

19 minute drive to downtown Anderson versus 35 minutes to downtown Indianapolis (both drives shown early Sunday morning with no traffic)

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

We’re just planning on doing unbroken sprawl all the way between Indianapolis and Anderson huh

Ingalls is planning to be next I69 boom town

Driving directions between Indy and Ingalls

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

The local neighborhood greenway is a great spot to host block parties

Cottage Home Block Party on Dorman Street

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

radicalizing Indy one bookstore at a time

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 3d

preordered @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life after Cars from my local bookstore today, and encouraged them to order some for the shelves too

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 4d

and it is actually a striped bike lane now between Penn and Delaware (still sharrows to Alabama)

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 4d

The lanes are actually an appropriate width now so it’s slightly better than before

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 4d

fresh kermit at NY and Delaware

new bike box at New York and Delaware in downtown Indy

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 4d

the suburbs gotta get better at plagiarism man

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 4d

Walnut Street Walnut Street
Indy Noblesville
🤝
Low traffic shared
streets

Cultural Trail Shared Street on Walnut Indianapolis

Midland Trace Trail Shared Street on Walnut Noblesville

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 4d

As mentioned above, the trail currently ends at CR 250 West of Tilden, about 19 miles from downtown Indianapolis.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 4d

Indy’s newest section of the B&O Trail is now open as of this Wednesday! This completes Indy’s section of the trail, linking downtown Indianapolis to Tilden, IN on protected infrastructure.

New Section of the trail passing under a railroad bridge used by the Amtrak Cardinal

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