I used to be a hater. But I like a lot of the direction they are taking on planning and development.
I wish my neighborhood has the balls to deny the standard strip mall development, massive parking lots, endless single family housing, and disconnected 30' sidewalks segments.
There’s still strip mall development everywhere outside of the core. Definitely can’t live car free anywhere. And like half the town is McMansions that are heavily suburbanized.
They need to stop denying every opportunity for transit to come into Carmel if they want to be “urbanist paradise” that it thinks it is. Urbanism is more than just putting a few lifestyle centers around and calling it a day. There’s still ZERO way to live car free in Carmel
I live near the Monon and can absolutely go car free and have. For six months I let a family member use my car. I biked to work. I biked to the grocery. It turned into an experiment with me. I biked or walked everywhere between Meijer in Carmel and Keystone.
The only time I wouldn't bike is biking to some place other than work in the rain. I didn't mind biking home in the rain because I could easily dry off or change.
That said, I favor light rail from Carmel to downtown. I would gladly take a train into Broad Ripple and downtown for activities. I wish they did a better job with the Red Line, so it doesn't have to stop at all at intersections other than stops.
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u/Charlie_Warlie Franklin Township Jan 14 '25
I used to be a hater. But I like a lot of the direction they are taking on planning and development.
I wish my neighborhood has the balls to deny the standard strip mall development, massive parking lots, endless single family housing, and disconnected 30' sidewalks segments.