Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission

Engineering work continues for the Marquette Greenway's route through Gary. When complete, the 60-mile trail will connect Chicago to Michigan, but that involves some complicated routes through Northwest Indiana's industrial areas.

Planners are revising their recommendations for U.S. 30 improvements east of Valparaiso.

Northwest Indiana is expected to grow by about 115,000 residents over the next 25 years. That means Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties will need about 50,000 more homes. Where to put them is one of the topics addressed in the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission's NWI 2050+ plan.

The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) still hopes to open its new branch to Dyer sometime this summer.

Northwest Indiana leaders are keeping an eye on changes to state and federal transportation funding.

The I-80/94 FlexRoad project is moving closer to construction. It's designed to improve traffic flow on Indiana's busiest interstate corridor.

The Marquette Greenway Trail continued to see progress in 2024. Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) Active Transportation Planner Mitch Barloga gave an update on the planned 60-mile trail from Chicago to Michigan to NIRPC's Transportation Committee on Tuesday.

A bike trail connecting Chicago's south suburbs continues to face an uncertain path into Northwest Indiana.

Plans for future trail connections continue moving forward.

Progress continues to be made toward a continuous bike trail from Chicago to Michigan, but challenges remain.