The federally funded Rightsizing Louisville for Safe Streets project is getting underway. The project includes rightsizing and other safety improvements for 10 corridors in Louisville. The project is funded by a $21 million Safe Streets and Roads for All implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Rightsizing, also called a road diet or roadway reconfiguration, calms traffic and reduces speeding and weaving between lanes.
Southern Parkway
The project team for one of the 10 corridors - Southern Parkway between W. Woodlawn Avenue and Taylor Boulevard/New Cut Road (KY 1865) - is seeking public input on ways to improve safety for all road users. A public information session was held on April 9, 2025 at the Beechmont Community Center.
Click here to take the Southern Parkway online survey. (Deadline: June 6, 2025)
Wilson Avenue, Louis Coleman Jr. Drive, and S. 22nd Street
The project team for three of the 10 corridors is seeking public input on ways to improve safety for all road users. Here are the three corridors:
- Wilson Avenue (S. 26th Street - Algonquin Parkway)
- Louis Coleman Jr. Drive/Dr. William G. Weathers Drive/S. 35th Street (Virginia Avenue - Algonquin Parkway)
- S. 22nd Street (US 31W) (Dumesnil St - Dixie Highway/Bernheim Lane)
Click here to take the online survey.
 May is National Bike Month, and it wouldn't be complete without Bike to Work Day!
Join Bike Louisville and partners on Friday, May 16, 2025 for National Bike to Work Day! Bike Louisville will host group rides from five meet and ride locations. Each group will be led by experienced volunteer ride captains and depart at 7:30 a.m. finishing downtown at The Plaza on Fourth (222 S. 4th Street) for coffee, donuts, and prizes. Groups will meet back at 5:30 p.m. for return rides.
Help celebrate healthy and sustainable active transportation by taking part in the city-wide ride!
The 2025 Safety Summit returns, building on last year’s success as the single statewide conference combining all transportation safety topics for travelers and workers. This year’s summit will once again bring together experts in engineering, education, emergency services, enforcement, and transportation safety to share best practices, cutting-edge research, and proven innovations. Attendees will gain insights into successful programs and emerging issues aimed at preventing fatalities and injuries on Kentucky's roadways, raising safety awareness, reducing workplace incidents, and fostering networking and collaboration across sectors.
May is National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. National statistics show motorcyclists are about 28 times more likely than people in cars to die in a crash. In 2024, 17 people were killed and 58 were seriously injured in motorcycle crashes on Louisville's streets.
The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety offers the following tips for motorcyclists and drivers.
Tips for motorcyclists:
- Wear a DOT-compliant helmet.
- Use turn signals for every turn or lane change, and combine with hand signals.
- Wear brightly colored protective gear and use reflective tape and stickers to increase visibility.
- Position in the lane where most visible to other drivers.
- Pay attention by avoiding any action that takes your eyes, your ears or your mind off the road and traffic.
- Obey the speed limit. Driving at the posted limit allows you to see, identify and react to possible obstacles.
- Ride sober. Alcohol and/or drugs can impair your judgment, coordination and reaction time.
- Take a rider training course. Find information at www.ride.ky.gov.
Tips for drivers:
- Put the phone down and pay attention. Driving while distracted increases risk for all road users.
- Perform a regular visual check by checking mirrors and blind spots before entering or exiting a lane of traffic, and at intersections.
- Use a turn signal before changing lanes or merging with traffic to alert others of your intentions.
- Don’t be fooled by a flashing turn signal on a motorcycle. Motorcycle signals are often not self-canceling and riders sometimes forget to turn them off. Wait to be sure the motorcycle is going to turn before you proceed.
- Allow at least a three-second following distance between you and the vehicle in front of you.
- Obey the speed limit. Driving at the posted limit allows you to see, identify and react to possible obstacles.
- Drive sober. Alcohol and drugs affect judgment, balance and reaction time. Always make a plan for a safe ride home.
- Buckle up. Wearing a seat belt gives you the best protection against injury and death.
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Spend a half day with your teen at the free Ford Driving Skills for Life safe mobility program for newly licensed or permitted drivers.
Ford Driving Skills for Life provides skills beyond those taught in traditional drivers education courses and is an important step in keeping everyone on the roads safer. The event pairs teen drivers with professional instructors, focusing on important driving skills, including:
- Hazard recognition
- Vehicle handling
- Speed and space management
- Reaction time
- Avoiding the dangers of distracted and impaired driving
- Safety in mobility
The free training program is conducted on a closed course. Vehicles used during the training are provided.
Registration is limited. Morning and afternoon sessions are available (choose only one) on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22.
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