• Streets for People: Metro should turn its golf courses into walkable neighborhoods

    By Chris Glasser | Posted on June 11, 2019

    As Insider Louisville’s Joe Sonka reported last week, Mayor Greg Fischer’s 2020 budget calls for the closing of up to four of the city’s 10 public golf courses. Reports indicate that only three of the courses are operating at a profit, with the courses...

  • Streets for People: State cabinet subverts Louisville’s master transportation plan

    By Chris Glasser | Posted on May 22, 2019

    In 2018, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet released a six-year, $8.5 billion, 1,400 project transportation plan for the state. It refers to the plan as SHIFT — The Strategic Highway Investment Formula for Tomorrow. And with a project the agency has dubbed “I-Move Kentucky” ramping...

  • Streets for People: Discussing the Bardstown Road Safety Study with Councilman Coan

    By Chris Glasser | Posted on January 15, 2019

    In December, District 8 Metro Council Member Brandon Coan and Develop Louisville released the Bardstown Road Safety Study, a 50-page document outlining a $7.4 million plan to remake the 4-mile stretch of Bardstown Road from Broadway to I-264. Most notably, for the two-mile segment...

  • Streets for People: A multimodal analysis of the FY19 budget

    By Guest Author | Posted on June 28, 2018

    By Chris Glasser This coming year, Metro Government has allocated about $4 million, while leveraging more than $12 million in grants, to a collection of projects that will (or have the potential to) reshape city streets into more walkable, bikeable and neighborhood-friendly corridors. The...

  • Streets for People: Janette Sadik-Khan on bike lanes and more

    By Guest Author | Posted on June 18, 2018

    By Chris Glasser Janette Sadik-Khan was the keynote speaker last Friday at Mayor Greg Fischer’s Land Use and Development Forum. Sadik-Khan is the former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation under Michael Bloomberg from 2007 to 2013. Currently, she is a...

  • Streets for People: Caution ahead. KYTC plans to add two lanes to I-265.

    By Guest Author | Posted on May 8, 2018

    By Chris Glasser The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is considering a plan to widen I-265 (the Gene Snyder Freeway) from I-71 to Taylorsville Road and is asking the public to weigh in. The cabinet has created a project overview page with information on the...

  • Streets for People: Metro proposes an ambitious redesign of Bardstown Road

    By Guest Author | Posted on April 23, 2018

    By Chris Glasser Metro Government unveiled a plan for a redesign of Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road at a public meeting last Thursday night at Highland Community Ministries. The plan, which was presented by Michael King, a planner for Metro Develop Louisville, and Tom...

  • Streets for People: Suggestions for a more walkable, bikeable Bardstown Road

    By Guest Author | Posted on November 2, 2017

    By Chris Glasser On Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m., District 8 Council Member Brandon Coan and Develop Louisville will host a public meeting at Highlands Community Ministries (1228 E. Breckinridge Street) to discuss safety improvements for the Bardstown Road corridor between Broadway and...

  • Streets for People: Readers respond to Lexington Road

    By Guest Author | Posted on October 1, 2017

    By Chris Glasser As part of our “Streets for People” series, we asked readers for suggestions regarding the Lexington Road Safety Project — a repaving and redesign of the corridor between Grinstead Drive and Payne Street. Here are some of the responses we received, in...

  • Streets for People: Readers respond to surface parking lots

    By Guest Author | Posted on September 22, 2017

    By Chris Glasser As part of our “Streets for People” series, we asked readers for suggestions on addressing the preponderance of surface parking lots in western downtown. Here are some of the responses we received, in our readers’ own words, lightly edited and condensed:...