Indianapolis may not be the first city you think of when you think of good transit or urbanism. But Indianapolis has some great urbanist assets and it's making real progress on urbanist issues. That's in spite of some very real challenges, including the state-level policy making environment.

So how are they making progress? Smart advocacy and organizing—especially around the connection between urbanism and public health. To dive into what's happening in Indy and the public health connection, I spoke with Kim Irwin from Health By Design - an urbanist advocacy organization in Indianapolis that comes at the issue from the perspective of public health.

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Jump around the video:

• Chapter 1: Indianapolis Primer
• Chapter 2: 2016 Ballot Initiative
• Chapter 3: Building on Success
• Chapter 4: Overcoming Challenges
• Wrap Up & Take Action