Historically the streetcar was located in the center of Washington Street. Modern rail systems sometimes use a center alignment and sometimes use a curb alignment, and each comes with advantages and disadvantages. While not a transit facility or engineering plan, this vision plan suggests keeping the center alignment primarily to promote the addition of on-street parking next to the curb lane to support new retail businesses. Center station platforms are strategically placed to minimize disruption to turning traffic while also adding high-quality crosswalk enhancements to connect the platforms with sidewalks.
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The East Washington Street Partnership is a collaborative effort to foster sustainable economic development and revitalization along one of Indianapolis's most important commercial and industrial corridors.
Currently staffed by Englewood Community Development Corporation, in partnership with Near East Area Renewal, and Southeast Neighborhood Development
Efforts of the Partnership seek to partner economic revitalization with neighborhood revitalization in a manner that encourages residential and employment growth, improves property values and the local tax base, improves ecological quality, and promotes the transformation of a long-neglected corridor into a vibrant, mixed-use urban address.
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