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metro news chief innovator and co-founder of PUP. "The salvage project was happening alongside conversations with IndyGo about how to improve transit stops. We feel this project was a perfect opportunity to promote transit while preserving a piece of Indianapolis history." To place more PUPstops around the city, IndyGo is promoting the program to local businesses, community groups and even individuals. Each sponsored PUPstop will be branded with the supporter's logo, community group or individual name on a dedicated commemorative sign. "The PUPstop program presents community members with the opportunity to support transit in a unique "Do-tank" People for Urban Progress is facilitating the refurbishment of the old Bush Stadium seats. Rotary has the broadest line of inground lifts in the industry. For more than 85 years, Rotary has set the standard in design, testing and manufacturing. Our Indiana-based employees take pride in producing world-class lifts the right way, every day. You can count on it. Call 800-448-5383 for more information or see our complete line of heavy-duty lifts at rotarylift.com/inground/mm. 14 < mETRO mAGAZINE JUNE 2013 way," explained Samantha Cross, VP, business development, for IndyGo. "Through a donation to IndyGo, program participants will endow their very own PUPstop, made sustainably with a unique local flare." While IndyGo operates at several thousand bus stops in Indianapolis, not every stop will be eligible for upgrade to a PUPstop. Several factors are examined when placing transit amenities like benches and shelters, including whether or not the location is outfitted with existing infrastructure like sidewalks and curb cuts for ADA accessibility; whether the public right-of-way (city-owned property) will accommodate the improvement; and the number of daily average boardings at the stop. Further, IndyGo planning staff must coordinate site engineering, licensure for public right-of-way use through the City's Office of Code Enforcement and site construction. Based on these factors, IndyGo staff determines site eligibility for upgrade to a PUPstop and will work with program participants to negotiate a donation to cover an appropriate share of site costs. Donations to endow PUPstops range from $850 to $1,700. IndyGo is currently working with more than 10 community organizations on placing new stops through the program. metro-magazine.com