Sewer projects everywhere I look! I've mapped out several possible commuting routes and every last one of them, including one that WindingRoad suggested, is full of sewer projects that have the neighborhood streets torn up. I can get TO work, getting home is another question as they are shutting down a lot of these neighborhood streets during the day and narrowing the available traffic lanes on the major streets that go through this area.

Oh well, I've not yet given up but am trying to find out when the work will be completed, and working with someone to try and find a different route entirely. There just aren't many good ways to get from the NW side of Indianapolis to the downtown area by bike.