Indianapolis drivers move faster than the national average on major pedestrian roadways, making those streets more dangerous for people on foot.

Driving the news: Just 27.5% of Indianapolis' major pedestrian roadways have average vehicle speeds under 25 mph, compared to the national average of 36%, Axios' Joann Muller reports.

• The finding is based on a report from StreetLight Data, which tracks mobility trends using anonymized cellphone data and other sources.
• The group's objective was to understand how fast vehicles are actually going and the impact on pedestrian safety, creating what it calls a "Safe Speed Index."

The biggest danger zone? Fast-moving roads alongside busy retail and service areas with lots of foot traffic.

• In urban areas, such arterial roadways make up about 15% of all roads but account for 67% of pedestrian deaths, per StreetLight Data.

Zoom in: Indianapolis is taking steps to reduce speeds.

• The city in 2019 set the speed limit at 25 mph for all of downtown.
• More recently, the City-County Council defied state Sen. Aaron Freeman and banned right turns on red lights downtown, while also giving the Department of Public Works leverage to expand the policy to other high-traffic intersections.
• The council since March has moved to set a 25 mph speed limit in more than 20 other locations and is considering reducing speed limits at greenway crossings.

Reality check: It's difficult to change drivers' behavior on multilane streets, which are common in Indianapolis, and with few police resources devoted to traffic enforcement.

The big picture

While President Joe Biden works on a Plan B for student loan forgiveness, nearly 1 million Hoosiers are on the hook for payments scheduled to come due in October for the first time in more than three years.

Why it matters: The pause in loan payments gave many borrowers — particularly millennials — newfound economic freedom to buy homes, start families and reach other milestones that debt burdens had delayed.

• Payments restarting could put a pinch on families who've grown used to not budgeting for them.

By the numbers: More than 921,000 Hoosiers are estimated to have outstanding student loan debt with the federal government totaling more than $30 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

• The average borrower owes $33,116.
• Nearly one-third owe less than $10,000 and could have seen their balances wiped out, so long as they fell under the income threshold for forgiveness.

Zoom out: Borrowers in 38 states and Washington, D.C., owe more on average than Hoosiers.

What's next: The Biden administration announced a one-year on-ramp for loan repayments, during which borrowers who miss payments won't be reported to credit bureaus, placed in default, or referred to debt collection agencies.

• The Department of Education also finalized a new income-driven loan repayment plan.

🗳️ Disgraced former Attorney General Curtis Hill, who lost his law license for 30 days after allegations that he groped multiple women — including a state lawmaker — at a party celebrating the end of the 2018 legislative session, is running for governor.

• He announced his entrance into the crowded GOP primary in an exclusive with Fox News yesterday. (Fox News)

🕯️ A Marion County Sheriff's Office deputy was killed yesterday when an inmate assaulted him in an attempt to escape while being transported back to jail from a hospital visit. Deputy John Durm was 61. (IndyStar)

🏥 Larry Nassar, the former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty to molesting dozens of young athletes, is in stable condition after being stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. (NPR)

Meta's new microblogging app Threads is emerging as a potential threat to Twitter's lock on politicians and political observers seeking real-time news and debate, Axios' Andrew Solender reports.

The latest: Within 16 hours, the Instagram-linked app had been downloaded more than 30 million times — making it the most rapidly downloaded app of all time.

• By yesterday morning, that number had grown to more than 100 million users.

Why it matters: Most Twitter competitors have struggled to match the size and bipartisanship of its user base, but Threads is garnering significant participation from both parties.

By the numbers: More than a quarter of Congress' 535 House members and senators have made accounts and half a dozen GOP presidential candidates had joined as of Thursday.

• That includes former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.

Zoom in: Local politicians have been slower to jump on the bandwagon.

• Only one-third of Indiana's congressional delegation — Reps. André Carson, Jim Banks and Larry Bucshon — have joined.
• U.S. Sens. Todd Young and Mike Braun and all the gubernatorial candidates have not joined yet.
• Gov. Eric Holcomb has an account, but hasn't posted yet.
• Mayor Joe Hogsett hasn't joined and neither has his rival in the November election, GOP nominee Jefferson Shreve.

The intrigue: Twitter darling and first dog Henry Holcomb isn't following in his dad's footprints and hasn't created a Threads account yet.

💭 Our thought bubble: The entire Axios Indy team is on Threads and looking for the best locals to follow.

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The face of Etheridge Knight beams from a new two-story mural on the side of the Chatterbox Jazz Club, where the influential Black Arts Movement poet was a regular, hosting Free People's Poetry workshops.

Details: Unveiled recently, the mural is third in the City of Indianapolis Bicentennial Legends series.

• The fourth and final mural will be installed at the new Bicentennial Unity Plaza near Gainbridge Fieldhouse and unveiled in the fall.

If you go: 435 Mass Ave.