Routes
IndyGo operates 28 fixed routes with some 5,000 stops, bus frequency varying on the popularity of the route. The system carries approximately 9 million passengers annually, traveling a total distance of about 9 million miles. While IndyGo provides bus service primarily in Indianapolis, certain IndyGo fixed routes extend south of the city into Johnson County.
The Blue Line downtown circulator route was added in 2005 to attract passengers and saw considerable ridership. In late 2006, IndyGo complemented the Blue Line with the introduction of the Red Line, which runs between IUPUI and downtown. The Blue Line’s ridership declined as federal funding allotted for the route ran out, and the route was discontinued after the end of the day on December 31, 2007; the Red Line will remain a free route until January 2009, when it will become a regularly priced route.
In the fall of 2007 IndyGo introduced an express route operated by a contractor, using ADA accessible MCI J4500 motor coaches, the route runs from downtown to the northern suburb of Fishers in Hamilton County, which is the most populous suburban county of Indianapolis. In March 2008 an additional express route to Carmel (also in Hamilton County) was launched, followed in March 2009 by express service to Greenwood, a southern suburb in Johnson County. In September 2009 it was announced that the ICE Express Routes to Greenwood, Fishers and Carmel would be discontinued in 2010 after their federal grants expire.
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