How to get to IMS on race day if you’re not driving

It has been three years for the reason that Indianapolis 500 has seen the variety of individuals and automobiles it is going to see subsequent weekend.

When you do not wish to be a kind of hundreds of private automobiles, you may have choices.

Although the inexperienced flag will not wave till just a little earlier than 1 p.m., the Indianapolis Motor Speedway recommends followers get to the gate closest to their seats by 10 a.m. Starting at 11 a.m., sixteenth Avenue will likely be closed from Olin Avenue to the roundabout at Fundamental Avenue.

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Listed here are a couple of methods chances are you’ll be capable of get to the speedway sans-car on race day.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Shuttle

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is bringing again its spherical journey shuttle service, which wasn’t an choice final yr.

One shuttle move prices $50, which riders can buy forward of time at indianapolismotorspeedway.com — IMS prefers that — or on the pickup places: the Indianapolis Worldwide Airport and Gate Ten Occasions & Parking, positioned throughout from Lucas Oil Stadium downtown. (Warning: It’s going to additionally value $10 and $15 to park at these places, respectively. Carry money for parking, card for shuttle passes.) 

The shuttles will run to the monitor from 7 a.m. to midday and drop individuals off on the Fundamental Gate car parking zone throughout from Gate 2, positioned on the south finish of the power. That is the place they’ll meet the shuttle once more to move dwelling, starting with 50 laps to go and persevering with for two hours after the checkered flag.

Take a rideshare or taxi

When you’re taking an Uber or Lyft or getting dropped off by a pal, they’re going to take you to the Fundamental Gate car parking zone. Taxicabs will drop you off on the nook of tenth and Polco streets. After the race, you will get picked up at tenth and Polco.

Rally is a constitution bus ride-share program that picks up from 44 places round Indiana and 11 extra in neighboring states, so far as Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. A journey solely will get confirmed when sufficient individuals enroll, often 25 (in any other case, you will get a refund). From Marion and surrounding counties, tickets have topped $110 round-trip.

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Till midday Could 23, the Coloured Speedway Affiliation is promoting tickets for constitution bus service from plenty of Walmart places — in Indianapolis, from 3221 W. 86th St. and 4650 S. Emerson Avenue. Tickets are presently $255 for adults and $235 for youths underneath 16 — a major markup from $60 and $30 final yr. These embody a visit again to the Walmart.

VJ Collins, head of the affiliation, mentioned a mixture of things contributed to the drastic improve: fuel costs, a extreme, pandemic-related driver scarcity and fewer constitution bus corporations to discount with.

“The bus sport is sort of tough proper now,” he mentioned.

Bike to the five hundred

You and your loved ones may journey bikes to the Indy500 with a whole lot of others — and a police escort.

This yr, Bike Indianapolis’ Bike to the five hundred occasion will start on the new AMP market at 16 Tech on the northwest facet.

Starting at 7:30 a.m., cyclists can gas up on the AMP and depart at 9:30 a.m. as one giant group for the 6-mile trek. You do not want a lock — cyclists can park their bikes exterior Gate 1, the place they are going to be monitored till 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $17.50 prematurely and $25 the day of the occasion. Youngsters can journey free with an grownup.

Although there is not an official escort again dwelling, some skilled riders will arrange and lead small teams again downtown within the first half-hour after the checkered flag.

What about scooters?

Skip it. The city of Speedway outlaws electrical scooters, and they don’t seem to be allowed inside IMS.

Although IndyGo has a number of bus routes that often border IMS — Routes 10, 15 and 25 — these routes will likely be detoured on race day resulting from street restrictions by police.

Contact IndyStar transportation reporter Kayla Dwyer at kdwyer@indystar.com or comply with her on Twitter @kayla_dwyer17.