A planned traffic-calming project involving barriers on Indianapolis's East 10th Street is part of the Little Flower Neighborhood Association's effort to make the corridor safer.
A Planned Project for East 10th Street
The East 10th Street effort is a planned traffic-calming project involving barriers. Jakob Morales, a Little Flower Neighborhood Association board member, has spoken about the need for safer streets, WTHR reported.
Indy DPW posted about reports that residents had begun interfering with barriers, according to a post from the Indianapolis Department of Public Works.
Funding Rooted in a Cultural District Push
The traffic-calming work is tied to a broader placemaking effort: a $30,000 city grant awarded to the Little Flower Neighborhood Association is meant to establish an emerging cultural district stretching along East 10th Street from Sherman Drive to Leland Avenue, according to Mirror Indy. The grant was designed to fund both neighborhood placemaking and short-term traffic safety measures, tying the barriers to a larger vision for the corridor rather than a standalone fix.
Mirror Indy reported that the temporary project was scheduled to run through the end of October. Under a framework announced in March 2026, Indianapolis's Quick Build team is to install temporary safety barriers within weeks after a fatal pedestrian crash reviewed by the city's Fatal Crash Review Team, according to WFYI.
Modeled on a Nearby Success Story
Modeled on a Nearby Success Story Organizers say the East 10th Street project is designed to be similar to traffic-calming work on East 16th Street at the Monon Trail. That 16th Street effort was developed by a multi-neighborhood group called 16xMonon, according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. The Little Flower installation is planned near Bosart Avenue.
There is local precedent beyond the Monon Trail example, too. A 2023 tactical-urbanism installation on East 10th Street in nearby Community Heights is another local example.
Indianapolis has a goal of eliminating fatal and serious-injury crashes by 2035. The city's Vision Zero Task Force was adopted in 2024, and Indianapolis's Vision Zero work had begun about three months before March 2026, according to WFYI.
A Citywide Quick-Build Effort
As of March 2026, DPW was working on 19 tactical-urbanism projects, according to WFYI.
For Little Flower, the East 10th Street project remains part of a longer-term redesign effort for the corridor.
