City’s downtown bus service heavily impacted on race day

Indianapolis–IndyGo bus service will be impacted significantly on Saturday, November 7, due to the Monumental Marathon and Half Marathon. Approved street closures and other access restrictions on the event day will result in extremely limited and significantly delayed bus service in parts of the greater downtown area.

The marathon course starts and finishes near the Indiana State Capitol Building in downtown Indianapolis on Washington Street. The race begins at 8:00 am; runners will travel as far north as Broadripple and as far south as McCarty Street near the Lucas Oil Stadium. They’ll go east to 10th & Bellefontaine, near Massachusetts Avenue, and west to White River Parkway near the Naval Armory. This event attracted nearly 3500 registrants last year.

To help communicate the lack of available bus service on the day of the race, IndyGo will begin playing a recorded message on-board for passengers this week. The recording cautions riders that the Monumental Marathon and Half Marathon will impact nearly every one of IndyGo’s 29 routes. There will be massive detours affecting all routes. Downtown bus staging will take place at Indiana and Capitol avenues. IndyGo expects that all routes will be able to arrive at this location.

Since a list of specific coach stops cannot be developed due to the status of the confirmation process for road closure and access, passengers will need to read route detour signs at transit stops on the day of the race. Detour information will be available on IndyGo signs if IndyGo personnel is permitted by IMPD to access these stops.

Please visit the IndyGo website at www.IndyGo.net or call the IndyGo Customer Service Center at 317-635-3344 for details on this and other detours and delays. Customer Service Center representatives also provide trip-planning assistance to IndyGo riders.

To learn more about IndyGo and for trip planning assistance, please visit www.IndyGo.net or call IndyGo Customer Service Center at 635-3344. IndyGo bus passes can be purchased online at http://store.indygo.net. They are also available at the IndyGo Customer Service Center (Indianapolis City Market, 222 E. Market St.: 317-635-3344) and at the DNR Customer Service Center (Indiana Government Center South, 402 W. Washington Street, Room W160: 877-463-6367).