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Central Indiana Suburban Transportation and Mobility Study (CISTMS)

WHAT IS CISTMS? (Pronounced "systems")
CISTMS is a regional transportation planning study that is being conducted by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) in the 9-county Central Indiana area.

WHAT IS THE STUDY PURPOSE?
The main purpose of the study is to identify key issues and problems pertaining to suburb-to-suburb mobility in the nine-county Central Indiana region and to determine how those can best be addressed from a transportation planning perspective.

WHAT IS THE STUDY AREA?
The study area includes Marion County but is focused on the 8 surrounding counties: Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan and Hendricks.

WHAT TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS ARE BEING EXAMINED?
The following state route corridors are being examined in CISTMS: SR 32/38 on the north, SR 9 on the east, SR 44/144 on the south and SR 267/39 on the west. Parallel routes (such as 146th Street in Hamilton County, the proposed North-South Corridor (Ronald Reagan Parkway) in Hendricks County and the proposed East-West Corridor in Johnson County) will also be examined as appropriate. The study will evaluate a broad range of options for meeting existing and future transportation needs in the study area.

PUBLIC INPUT
Your input is extremely valuable to the CISTMS Planning Team. If you would like to send us your comments on the study, please send them to lmiser@HNTB.com and/or ssmith@Indot.in.gov.

STUDY LINKS

CISTMS newsletter #1 - provides introductory information about the study.

CISTMS newsletter #2 - provides current information on the status of the study and preliminary findings from the analysis of two "bookend" alternatives. The two alternatives - the "Current Plan" and "Outer Belt" alternatives are intended as "bookends" to compare the least and most improvements that may occur in the corridors under study.

CISTMS newsletter #3 1.80 Mb - provides summarized corridor recommendations and outer belt findings.

Transportation and Land Use Assessment Report 5.84 Mb - This report describes potential transportation and land use outcomes associated with two network alternatives that represent a range of highway improvements intended to address long-range suburban mobility needs in Central Indiana. This document also presents the results of an analysis that combines travel demand forecasting with land use modeling to assess interactions between transportation system changes and real estate development patterns.

PowerPoint Presentation for the Indianapolis Regional Transportation Council 5.41 Mb - This presentation was made to the Citizens Advisory Committee on 10-26-04, the Technical Committee on 10-29-04 and the Policy Committee on 11-10-04 and provides information on the current status of the project.

Peer Cities Review - Executive Summary

Peer Cities Review Report - A key task of the Central Indiana Suburban Transportation and Mobility Study was the examination of other cities' experiences with the development of "outer belts" (freeways or limited access roadways) that were built outside an initial freeway "ring" surrounding an urban area. This report addresses the experience of other communities with outer belts (and related topics associated with urban bypasses) in two ways: through a literature review of research intended to address the experience of a large number of metropolitan areas, and by a more detailed review of the direct experience of four "peer" cities.

Final CISTMS Report - This report builds upon the Base Conditions Report and the Transportation and Land Use Assessment Report. It presents an evaluation of year 2025 conditions in the four study corridors and provides recommendations for project programming and other actions to address future needs. Specific recommendations are provided for each of the CISTMS corridors.

Contents

Chapter Topic

  1. Introduction
  2. Study Area Overview
  3. Scenario Development & Evaluation
  4. System Level Recommendations
  5. North Corridor Overview 3.80 Mb
  6. East Corridor Overview 3.24 Mb
  7. South Corridor Overview 5.17 Mb
  8. West Corridor Overview 9.20 Mb


Oversized Maps and Figures

Current Study Schedule