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Discover how IndyGo’s new Purple Line BRT route will impact your daily commute! Whether you’re a motorist navigating the roads or a rider ready to enjoy more efficient transit, we’ve got everything you need to know. Click below to explore tailored information for your journey—motorists can learn about road changes and safety tips, while riders can find essential tips, fare details and boarding instructions.

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PURPLE LINE:
Launching Sunday, Oct. 13

The Purple Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route has already brought crucial infrastructure improvements, economic growth and increased access to life’s essentials for Indianapolis residents. After its launch Sunday, Oct. 13, it will introduce unparalleled connections between downtown Indy and the City of Lawrence. It will also provide faster, more efficient and reliable transportation between neighborhoods, major employers, healthcare and educational facilities.

Read below to learn what you can expect from the new system along the 38th Street and Post Road corridors.

What is Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)?

Although many local bus stops are going away along the corridor with the upcoming route changes Oct. 13, they’ll be replaced by enhanced station platforms, which are built for convenient and efficient transit service.

These stations include features like:

  • Ticket vending machines that accept cash and credit and debit card payments, speeding up the boarding process.
  • Digital screens, which display real-time arrival information for the next bus.
  • Level station access in accordance with the American Disabilities Act.
  • Well-lit boarding areas, security cameras and “blue-light” emergency phones.
  • Covered platforms, providing better weather protection.

Additionally, with the introduction of the Purple Line, riders can expect to walk along ADA–compliant sidewalks to reach their designated BRT station platform. Infrastructure improvements addressing the condition of the roadway, pedestrian facilities and drainage, along with new or upgraded traffic signals, will also allow for safer travel when walking between destinations.

Have Questions?

Attend One of Our Upcoming Community Meetings

Watch a Preview of What’s to Come with the Purple Line

 

RIDERS

How to Ride the Purple Line

With the introduction of the Purple Line and bus rapid transit, many riders traveling on routes 39 and 4 will experience changes in how they use IndyGo’s service. To learn more about the route changes surrounding the Purple Line, click here. Look at the map below to learn more about how current routes will change to serve the Purple Line.

Plan Your Trip

Riders can plan their trips ahead of time using Google Maps, the Transit app, the myStop Mobile app or by visiting indygo.net/plan-your-trip to ensure they know how their trip might change and which new BRT stations will replace current bus stops.

Pay Before You Ride

It’s important to pay your fare BEFORE boarding the bus to help keep it RAPID! The best way for riders to do this on BRT is to use IndyGo’s account-based fare system, MyKey. Through MyKey, you can validate your fare with the app on your smartphone or a reloadable tap card that’s available at BRT stations and the Carson Transit Center. Learn more about paying fare with MyKey at indygo.net/mykey/.

To complete this process, you can either:

1. Load your MyKey account by purchasing transit value through the MyKey mobile app OR…

…At a ticket vending machine.

2. Tap your card or scan the QR code in your MyKey mobile app to validate your bus fare before the bus arrives.

3. Board at either door when your bus arrives. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Rider Experience Enhancements

New Multiuse Path

Upgraded ADA Curb Ramps

New Sidewalks

Upgraded Stormwater Drainage

New Station Platform at Arlington & 38th Street

MOTORISTS

How to Drive Along the Purple Line

The 38th Street and Post Road corridors have undergone a major transformation over the past year. In addition to training our professional bus operators on how to drive this new route, we’ve got some helpful guidance for motorists as well.

Dos and Don’ts

  • DO only turn left at designated signals 
  • DO avoid driving in the designated bus lane, unless you’re turning left at a designated signal 
  • DON’T drive in the designated bus lane, unless you’re crossing over to a designated left turn lane 
  • DON’T cross the center median 
  • DON’T park your vehicle in the dedicated bus lane 

Rules of the Road

The Purple Line’s lane configurations along 38th Street and Post Road are separated into five segments as shown by the interactive map below. Click on each section and scroll down to the designate dropdown to watch a video explaining how 38th Street and Post Road, between College Avenue to the Ivy Tech Terminus, has been reconfigured to accommodate Purple Line transit vehicles. Examples of specific intersections are representative of similar intersections throughout the corridor.

Drivers of all vehicles should be aware that left turns along 38th Street, between Fall Creek Parkway and Shadeland Avenue, will only be permitted at signalized intersections.

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