Streetcars

  Derby Day, 1948, was the last day of trolley operation in Louisville. What once was an extensive, thriving transportation system has now been relegated to...

As many readers of Broken Sidewalk know, public transportation—or the lack thereof—is one of the most important issues in Louisville today. “An Old Way Forward,”...

An Old Way Forward, the grassroots effort to reintroduce streetcars along the Fourth Street corridor in Louisville, got off to a great start last...

I am a big fan of streetcars and their potential to have transformative effects on neighborhoods and cities as a whole. I am so...

The top urbanism blog from our nation's capital, Greater Greater Washington, recently published a map showing all of the existing or under construction United States...

While Louisville's highway-expansion-fixed political leaders haven't made any progress on alternative transportation since the T2 initiative failed a decade ago, the general population has. It...

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.” —Wayne Gretzky As many of...

Of all the challenges facing Louisville in the 21st century, few are more important than the issue of mass transportation—or, rather, the lack of...

Schnitzelburg was once defined by a trolley loop connecting it with Downtown and beyond. The one-way tracks followed the route described in the amazing...