Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission

The Marquette Greenway Trail continues to see gradual progress. When complete, it will provide a continuous bike trail from Chicago to Michigan. Mitch Barloga with the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) says many of the 44 planning segments have been completed or funded.

Residents have a chance to share their thoughts on a potential extension of the Old Plank Road Trail into Northwest Indiana.

The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) would get more money from its member counties, under a bill in the Indiana House.

The Indiana Department of Transportation's gearing up for lake effect snow.

Ridge Road in Munster is getting a "road diet" in the coming years, but exactly what it'll look like still remains to be seen.

The city of Portage continues moving its fleet of garbage trucks to compressed natural gas. The city recently purchased seven CNG trucks with a grant from the Indiana Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust Fund.

A new mobile app aims to make it easier to get around Northwest Indiana by bike. The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission has launched its Calumet Greenways & Blueways app, after years of work.

A network of bike routes, a regional bus system and denser housing are some of the recommendations in Northwest Indiana's transportation plan update. The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) has released a draft version of its NWI 2050+ plan.

Plans to guide Northwest Indiana's transportation network into the future are ready for public review.

Efforts to build a continuous bike trail from Chicago to Michigan are facing some challenges. The Marquette Greenway Trail got a major infusion of funding last year through the federal RAISE program and the state READI program.