Louisville Metro DOT

Aspirational account, showing what’s possible. Willing into existence a Louisville Metro Department of Transportation. Account can be gifted to the city. Parody

[Louisville Metro DOT @LouMetroDOT]

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

[Louisville Metro DOT @LouMetroDOT]

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)!

[UofL's Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute @UofLEnvirome]

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.

[Streetsblog USA @StreetsblogUSA]

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

[Jeff Speck @JeffSpeckFAICP]

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

[Jeff Speck @JeffSpeckFAICP]

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

[Jeff Speck @JeffSpeckFAICP]

Rule 76: Replace Signals with All-way Stops

1978: Philly replaced 462 signals with stop signs. Crashes ↓ 24%
Severe injuries ↓ 62.5%
Pedestrian injuries ↓ 68%

At quiet intersections, stop signs are safer, cheaper & faster.

Walkable City Rules
https://t.co/2RtkJjvNhD

[Sean Willis 🚲 🚌 @allhopeissean]

Really need Louisville DOT to create social media pages so I can be annoying at them

[Louisville Metro DOT @LouMetroDOT]

@allhopeissean 👋

[Michael Schnuerle @MichaelMobility]

Build the real Louisville Loop, and do it right.

[Streets For People 🌳 🚴🚶🚌 @Streets4Peeps]

Great to see this streetscape redesign of Kentucky St moving forward. Complete details in the Public Works newsletter: https://t.co/yVaB7R89sv

[TARC @ridetarc]

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.

[Louisville MetroTV @LouMetroTV]

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

[Connor Giffin @byconnorgiffin]

"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

[Michael Schnuerle @MichaelMobility]

“This is about giving folks more options that feel safe.”

“We need to make a better priority on providing a safer and more connected network."

[Friends of Bardstown Road @FriendsBtownRd]

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.

[Michael Schnuerle @MichaelMobility]

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.

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

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

[Sean Willis 🚲 🚌 @allhopeissean]

@Streets4Peeps The new DOT could (and should) do this kind of stuff on social media

[Streets For People 🌳 🚴🚶🚌 @Streets4Peeps]

Would love to see Louisville fund and celebrate and justify its traffic calming efforts like so many other cities do

[Streets For People 🌳 🚴🚶🚌 @Streets4Peeps]

Would love to see Louisville fund and celebrate and justify its traffic calming efforts like so many other cities do

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

3. Turn the extra 8 feet of pavement into a walking area, divided from the travel lanes with paint, curbing and especially bollards.