Branden Klayko
Louisville just wrapped up its 13th annual WorldFest, a celebration of multiculturalism held Downtown on the Belvedere. "Cities that embrace and encourage their international citizens and cultures will thrive, have a stronger quality of life and will attract new growth and...
Louisville is in the midst of a pedestrian safety campaign called Look Alive Louisville. And for good reason. The city's pedestrian death rate is above the national average—last year alone, 18 pedestrians died on Louisville streets and another 483 were struck...
A motorist fled the scene after striking two pedestrians walking on a residential street off Dixie Highway early Sunday morning, killing one. The collision happened just after 3:00a.m. Sunday on Alanadale Drive in Valley Station about a block from Valley...
Louisville's Park Hill neighborhood is a hodge-podge of densely packed residences and less densely packed industrial sites interspersed by large rail lines cutting through the city grid. Bounded roughly by Oak Street, Cypress Street, Hill Street, and Ninth Street,...
We all know that if your goal is to get meaningful numbers of people to ride bicycles, protected bike lanes are better than conventional ones painted into a door zone. But how much better?
Well, adding a bike lane to...
In an effort to combat wasted space on our roadways, several streets in Louisville have been put on diets. In Louisville's experience, these road diets typically shrink a four-lane street into three lanes with a central turning lane. The extra...
A year ago, 721 East Washington Street was the worst property on the block. The place was literally a dump, overflowing with scrap metal and casting a menacing shadow on the next-door Thomas Edison House & Museum. Today, the 6,000-square-foot...
Louisville just doubled the number of "Bike-Friendly Businesses" registered with the League of American Bicyclists, the same group that recently awarded Louisville the prestigious Silver bike friendly rating and slapped the state with a a badge as second worst...
Last week, we briefly discussed how Louisville's local media covered the story about an LMPD officer who crashed his cruiser into a pedestrian in Downtown Louisville. Part of that discussion was about the word "accident" and whether we should...