Aspirational account, showing what’s possible. Willing into existence a Louisville Metro Department of Transportation. Account can be gifted to the city. Parody
Two and a half years after the idea was pitched, @LouisvilleMayor has officially done the work, approved by Council's FY25 budget, to create a Louisville Metro Department of Transportation in @LouPubWorks!
Full report here via @teamcityfi & @walk_left: https://t.co/efmmDayysV
One year anniversary of this Twitter account's creation for a Louisville Metro Department of Transportation (https://t.co/XaU0xUzGKY) and a detailed thread exploring the idea from Nov 2021 (https://t.co/VIwdmOa3R1) and now an RFP closing tomorrow (https://t.co/e31xkgAa01)!
Urban expressways have a profound impact on the built environment. Check out the latest field note from the Urban Design Studio. This one takes a look at the history and construction of I-65, which runs through the center of Louisville.
Louisville permanently undermined its downtown to widen a highway bridge that drivers are now going *out of their way* not to use.
A cautionary tale about hubris of the highway lobby.
https://t.co/I8GW1h6EQf
Rule 39: Revert Multilane One-ways to Two-way for Safety
In Louisville, KY, converting two downtown one-way streets to two-way in 2011 led to:
49% drop in traffic collisions
23% drop in crime
21.6% rise in property values
Walkable City Rules https://t.co/2RtkJjvNhD
Rule 58: Build Cycle Tracks
A cycle track is a protected bike lane separated from cars. In Brooklyn, it tripled biking, cut speeding from 75% to 17%, & reduced injury crashes by 63%—with no impact on traffic flow or travel times.
Walkable City Rules https://t.co/2RtkJjwl7b
As we continue to improve our real-time communications hardware, passengers should now generally be able to see location information for their bus in their app of choice.
Ever wondered why a traffic light takes so long to turn green on a certain day? There are several factors - including where you stop your vehicle on red. @LouMetroDOT@LouMetroPDS
"TARC's had to do more and more with less."
Good deep dive (with charts!) on the future of public transit in Louisville, by @bkillian72:
https://t.co/4wnuI2ihnN
Deaths from traffic crashes are an epidemic in this city.
We must make our streets safer in Louisville. That requires us to change the design of streets to slow car travel speeds.
We need faster change.
Here's how you spend transportation infrastructure money. Expand a bridge to have 3 lanes... for passenger trains. Higher top speeds... for those trains. And a wide, separated bike and pedestrian area for everyone.
Today, Raleigh becomes the latest US city to offer e-bike rebates:
- $500 rebate for any resident
- $1,500 rebate for low-income residents
Applications now available; vouchers will be allocated in a drawing next month.
https://t.co/imh2vMrRPC