How to get to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Indy 500 race day without a car

It is really been a few yrs considering that the Indianapolis 500 has found the amount of men and women and automobiles it will see following weekend.

If you don’t want to be one particular of those thousands of private vehicles, you have choices.

While the eco-friendly flag won’t wave till a minor prior to 1 p.m., the Indianapolis Motor Speedway recommends enthusiasts get to the gate closest to their seats by 10 a.m. Starting at 11 a.m., 16th Street will be shut from Olin Avenue to the roundabout at Most important Street.

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Right here are a handful of methods you may be capable to get to the speedway sans-auto on race day.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Shuttle

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is bringing again its spherical journey shuttle service, which was not an choice final yr.

A single shuttle go fees $50, which riders can purchase ahead of time at indianapolismotorspeedway.com — IMS prefers that — or at the pickup destinations: the Indianapolis Global Airport and Gate 10 Activities & Parking, situated across from Lucas Oil Stadium downtown. (Warning: It will also charge $10 and $15 to park at these spots, respectively. Deliver cash for parking, card for shuttle passes.)

The shuttles will operate to the track from 7 a.m. to midday and drop people off at the Main Gate parking great deal across from Gate 2, found on the south end of the facility. Which is wherever they can satisfy the shuttle all over again to head household, starting with 50 laps to go and continuing for two hrs soon after the checkered flag.

Get a rideshare or taxi

If you are using an Uber or Lyft or getting dropped off by a mate, they will get you to the Principal Gate parking good deal. Taxicabs will drop you off at the corner of 10th and Polco streets. Right after the race, you can get picked up at 10th and Polco.

Rally is a charter bus trip-share program that picks up from 44 locations close to Indiana and 11 a lot more in neighboring states, as far as Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. A journey only gets confirmed when ample persons indication up, usually 25 (in any other case, you are going to get a refund). From Marion and surrounding counties, tickets have topped $110 round-excursion.

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Right up until midday Might 23, the Colored Speedway Affiliation is offering tickets for constitution bus assistance from a quantity of Walmart locations — in Indianapolis, from 3221 W. 86th St. and 4650 S. Emerson Avenue. Tickets are now $255 for adults and $235 for little ones below 16 — a substantial markup from $60 and $30 past calendar year. These involve a journey again to the Walmart.

VJ Collins, head of the association, stated a blend of variables contributed to the drastic maximize: gasoline charges, a intense, pandemic-connected driver shortage and much less charter bus companies to bargain with.

“The bus recreation is sort of tricky right now,” he claimed.

Bike to the 500

You and your household could ride bikes to the Indy500 with hundreds of many others — and a police escort.

This year, Bicycle Indianapolis’ Bicycle to the 500 occasion will start off at the new AMP market at 16 Tech on the northwest facet.

Starting at 7:30 a.m., cyclists can gas up at the AMP and depart at 9:30 a.m. as a person massive group for the 6-mile trek. You don’t will need a lock — cyclists can park their bikes outdoors Gate 1, exactly where they will be monitored till 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $17.50 in advance and $25 the working day of the event. Young children can journey totally free with an adult.

However there is not an official escort back home, some professional riders will manage and direct smaller groups back downtown in the 1st 30 minutes right after the checkered flag.

What about scooters?

Skip it. The city of Speedway outlaws electric scooters, and they are not allowed within IMS.

Nevertheless IndyGo has numerous bus routes that ordinarily border IMS — Routes 10, 15 and 25 — people routes will be detoured on race day thanks to road restrictions by police.

Call IndyStar transportation reporter Kayla Dwyer at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter @kayla_dwyer17. 

This report at first appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indianapolis 500: How to get to IMS on race day if you might be not driving