Shop owner challenges interpretation of law

Shop owner challenges interpretation of law

Bike shop owner cited while cycling on residential street…two charges…Obstructing a Highway (riding outside a bike lane) and Disregarding a Traffic Light…Obstructing a Highway charge will be dropped…KY law clearly gives cyclists the right not...
35 mph speed limit in this death trap

35 mph speed limit in this death trap

  Cars and trucks traveling over the 35 mph speed limit and cyclists, both flanked by concrete columns. This death trap is on the south side of the Manual/YPAS High School, Noe Middle School and University of Louisville corridor. On either side of the trap are...
Beyond Bike Lanes – Community & Safety

Beyond Bike Lanes – Community & Safety

Published in Insider Louisville 12 August 2014 American cities are experiencing a backlash from drivers and pedestrians against bike lanes. Locally, drivers are complaining about the loss of travel lanes on Breckenridge and Kentucky Streets; pedestrians are...
Winter & bike lanes

Winter & bike lanes

As one who cycles in the snow along the track of car tires, where the asphalt is clear of snow & often dry as a result of the car traffic, I wonder what winter holds for our bike lanes & cyclists who use or avoid them. Behind these questions is a desire to see...
Louisville ranks low on active transportation

Louisville ranks low on active transportation

“Kentucky and Louisville consistently rank near the bottom on surveys that relate to active transportation like walking and cycling, so it’s no surprise that we rank near the top in obesity and heart disease.” In the city this failure is a function...
Surface Parking

Surface Parking

Are surface parking interests blocking downtown redevelopment? Surface parking lots: – decrease commercial & residential densit – decrease the city’s tax base – increase MSD’s combined sewer outlet problems. – increase the urban...
Ontario / Louisville

Ontario / Louisville

Ontario commits $25 million for cycling infrastructure. Louisville committed how much? OK, time for a Mayor Rob Ford / Mayor Greg Fischer joke. Actually, Ford is out of Toronto....
Tour de Lou & 20 is plenty

Tour de Lou & 20 is plenty

Wonder if KY Derby Festival will support  Twenty is Plenty, Louisville – 20mph to make next year’s event safer?  Watching motorists passing novice cyclists at 35 mph on Market Street was anxiety producing.  Watching motorists cut off cyclists was worse. ...