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Our office will be closed Monday, October 12, in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.If you’re in Indy, our friends at...
10/09/2026

Our office will be closed Monday, October 12, in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

If you’re in Indy, our friends at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art are celebrating with a free community day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The schedule includes artist demos, curator-led gallery tours and a Southern Great Lakes Stomp and Social Dance to close out the afternoon. Admission is free, but registration is requested.

Learn more and register: https://eiteljorg.org/indigenous-peoples-day/

10/09/2026

🚎 🗳️ Taking the bus to early vote? It’s called CIVICMAXXING ✨

10/09/2026

Third Space Indy held a bus ride meetup and hang on the final day (Oct 8th) of in Indy. They took the IndyGo Red Line bus from Fletcher Place up to Broad Ripple and shared a fun chatty dinner at Kilroys.

Heads up on the upcoming cross Indy (13 mile) walk from Broad Ripple down to Garfield Park on Oct 17th. You can join for the whole walk, or just a portion. - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indy-park-to-park-walk-tickets-2001273568115

🤳🏼🚎🚲 This week our team took part in Week Without Driving, and it felt like truly living our mission. Here are some of o...
10/09/2026

🤳🏼🚎🚲 This week our team took part in Week Without Driving, and it felt like truly living our mission. Here are some of our reflections:

Ashlyn: As a bike commuter, the bus allows me to access places I may not be able to get to otherwise. It also allows me to slow down on my commute, get some work done, or read a good book.

Abby: Walking to a coffee shop to get work done on a wfh day! My favorite part of being a pedestrian is being part of the organic community of people on my street and getting energy from that

Andrea: I love multimodal trips with IndyGo and Indiana Pacers Bikeshare. Week Without Driving pulls me into the slow life and the art of noticing. I catch flowers I’d usually miss and run into friends I wasn’t expecting to see, moments that just don’t happen from behind the wheel. Riding the bus connects me with my humanity.

10/09/2026

Jonathan Hale was ready to lay down his paint rollers. Hale, a law student turned viral road safety advocate, had run into legal trouble for painting his own DIY crosswalks across some of Los Angeles’s most dangerous intersections.

In a meeting with LA Mayor Karen Bass earlier this year, he told her that if the city could commit to making its own streets safer for pedestrians, then he would stop his own vigilante activism.

But, eventually, after weeks of unresponsiveness, Hale grew tired of waiting, just as he had the first time he picked up a stencil and a bucket of white paint. “We’re so focused on looking for reasons why we can’t do stuff instead of ways that we can,” he said, “and it’s just paralyzed our institutions.”

Learn more about these guerrilla urbanists who are taking their city’s matters into their own hands: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/505575/tactical-urbanism-diy-benches?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com%2Fvoxdotcom%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F731061384

📸: Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

🚲 🏙️ There's nothing quite like the smiles of kids on bikes 💕 Huge thanks to Sylva Zhang, Realtor () for inviting Health...
10/08/2026

🚲 🏙️ There's nothing quite like the smiles of kids on bikes 💕 Huge thanks to Sylva Zhang, Realtor () for inviting Health by Design to be part of yesterday’s Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day at CFI #2. Families rolled in by bike, tandem, and cargo bikes and we got to greet them at the finish with breakfast snacks and a lot of smiles. Mornings like this are how a city changes. Every family that rides to school helps make Indy more of a bike city. Big thanks to the ride leaders & parents who joined in on the fun! We're so glad we got to be there. Let's keep Indy rolling!

Week Without Driving

Yesterday was National Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day! Our Director of Advocacy and Grants, Ashlyn, got an early start ...
10/08/2026

Yesterday was National Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day! Our Director of Advocacy and Grants, Ashlyn, got an early start by joining Robey Elementary for their celebration on October 1st. One highlight: seeing the school’s new speed humps in action, funded through a Safe Routes to School grant from the Indiana Department of Health.

We’re looking for philanthropic and government partners to help keep this work going. If that sounds like you, email [email protected].

Safe Routes Partnership

📷: Councilor Crista Lee Wells + Central Indiana Cycling

🏛️ Today our very own Ashlyn Devine, director of advocacy and grants, led the Cycle Commuter Task Force's Lunch & Learn....
10/08/2026

🏛️ Today our very own Ashlyn Devine, director of advocacy and grants, led the Cycle Commuter Task Force's Lunch & Learn. This month's topic was "Advocacy 101" She walked us through the legislative process at the Statehouse and we talked about local ways to show up. The City of Indianapolis - Government's next task force meeting is November 5th at 4 p.m. in the Public Assembly Room. Big thanks to Patty Avery from Families for Safe Streets National for joining us to talk about their nationwide initiative that urges states to mandate the use of effective anti-speeding technology for the most dangerous, reckless drivers. These repeat offenders, known as "super speeders," pose a significant threat, and traditional penalties fail to deter them from causing severe and potentially fatal crashes. Read more on that: https://www.familiesforsafestreets.org/stop-super-speeders

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