Mission:

The Indiana Citizens’ Alliance for Transit (ICAT) advocates for the immediate development and ongoing support of comprehensive transit options in communities across Indiana.

Background:

A series of public forums held throughout central Indiana in the spring of 2008 catalyzed discussion about creating a statewide transit advocacy organization. Public comment during these forums (hosted by the ACLU, the Urban Land Institute and the Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority [CIRTA], among others) brought to light the fact that there existed no effective body or mechanism for organizing transit advocates from different sectors, or for reaching out to the general public – voters, taxpayers, transit riders – about plans for transit expansion in central Indiana. There were citizens eager to “do something” to make expanded transit a reality, but it became evident to transit advocates that some type of body had to be established to focus advocacy efforts in order to secure dedicated transit funding. Click here for more background information about ICAT. Currently, ICAT members are busily recruiting members from around the state here on our website and through other networks, and are exploring a new web interface and outreach campaign that would allow us to disseminate information about the benefits of transit and organize letter writing on a mass scale. For more information about our current and recent efforts in the General Assembly and elsewhere, click here.