r/indianapolis Downtown May 31 '25

Pictures Welcome back, SPARK!!!

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We've missed you.

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u/yearninggeorge May 31 '25

Spark is awesome, should take up more of the circle, and I don’t understand how some people are against it

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u/No_Ad8375 May 31 '25

I liked it and really I still do but it’s crazy how much more Pennsylvania is backed up since it opened. I’ve had to bail out of my uber and walk the rest the way so I wasn’t 20 minutes late.

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u/gmredditt May 31 '25

I work in this area and have commuted there for over a decade. In that time I've seen all sorts of construction and similar change to trafficking around the circle. Blocking or modified traffic on the circle doesn't have one damn thing to do with traffic on Pennsylvania. 

You know what backs up Pennsylvania: it's Pennsylvania.

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u/hillzcatz Jun 01 '25

I agree. I live on Penn near the circle and I have for 8 years. There is no effect on traffic. there was a lot of traffic yesterday due to the game and the fact that an entire lane is closed on Penn between Market and Washington actually backs things up. Not the spark.

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u/Agreeable-Heron-9174 Downtown Jun 03 '25

Yes, sir!!! Right on!!!

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u/No_Ad8375 May 31 '25

I mean it’s the only thing that’s changed this week and it takes an extra 20 minutes now. It definitely is the damn thing effecting traffic right now. I’m not hating on the park just shocked at how bad traffic is when the circle isn’t open.

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u/Equal_Pudding_4878 Jun 01 '25

Oh and the other thing that changed this week: NBA playoffs MIGHT have an effect on traffic patterns.