Interstate 65

Interstate 65

The latest from the Louisville traffic experiment

(Editor's Note: Portland, Oregon–based City Observatory has been keeping tabs on Louisville's tolling system since it launched. This is the latest in a series by...

Watch America’s 20th century highway building binge unfold in four minutes

Today, a lot of us are left scratching our heads about why previous generations decided to build Interstate Highways where we did—like along Louisville's Ohio...

New aerials show Spaghetti Junction’s enormous footprint in Downtown Louisville

When you're zooming through Spaghetti Junction for most of the day when there's no traffic, it might seem like the tangle of highway ramps...

It’s time to dust off this plan to create a multi-modal...

A few weeks ago, Mayor Greg Fischer launched an initiative to encourage the exploration and enjoyment of Southwest Louisville. The South Points Scenic Area...
Tweets sent from Louisville. (Courtesy Eric Fischer)

What we can learn from where people in Louisville are using...

That softly glowing green blob up there is Louisville viewed in tweets. Data artist Eric Fischer, whose work we featured as part of our...

12-Lane Highway Gets Started With Ceremonial Wrecking of Downtown

The destruction of Downtown Louisville by twelve lanes of steel and concrete—about 280 feet wide when massive shoulders are added in—began yesterday with the ceremonial...

Haymarket to Highway, Part 1: The History

The Haymarket maintains a special place in the collective conscious of Louisville's urban life. It represents a time of intense vitality in the city's...

A Skatepark So Nice, They Built It Twice

I can't claim to know all that much about skateboarding, but that up there is looks pretty amazing. According to the video, it's Aaron...

What’s A City Without Giant Pink Snails?

In what could be a scene from Doctor Dolittle, a truck load of giant pink snails was spotted heading into Louisville today on Interstate...