Editorial

The Big 4 Bridge will be completed in a year or two, if we can find $12m for the Indiana ramp. But why should we build this bridge? Read more...

For fun, I decided to do a rush-hour traffic count of the only intersection between me and my primary grocery. That's the corner of Baxter Ave and Goddard Ave, for my internet stalker fan-base. In that hour, I recorded 1167 crossings. 

• 95.7% were in cars (including 2 commercial trucks and one paratransit van)
• 0.8% were on motorcycles or scooters
• 1.3% were on bicycles
• 2.2% were people on foot*

The people on foot had a very hard time crossing Baxter - 77% were the victims of failure to yeild by motorists.

Source: RITA, Buearu of Transportation Statistics - Table 1-12: U.S. Sales or Deliveries of New Aircraft, Vehicles, Vessels, and Other Conveyances.

Kentucky & Southern Indiana, I am surprised & actually kind-of impressed:

Map of national bike route system from Ray LaHood's USDOT official blog entry.

Want to go through the country on an epic journey, without getting too hot or too cold? Well, you pretty much will be coming through our region/state, won'cha? That's just what this nutjob had to do. While bicycle tourist dollars are not going to single-handedly revive our economy, it's nice to have these folks coming through. Nothing in life is more fun than rolling into an new town on your bicycle and finding an open diner or grocery store.

Scott Render sends along a photo of the brand-new bike lane on 8th street.

In case you haven't noticed, the posting has been very slow in May, owing to this author's total commitment to Bike Month. :) YOU could author articles so this doesn't happen again.

A: To Work

Check out this cool map, courtesy Metro, of the places people biked for Bike to Work Day 2009:

Click here to download the hi-res pdf version of this map.

Viewing Jimmy's online bicycle calendar, three thoughts occur:

1. If you like bikes, you should check it out
2. Just this year, there's been such a ramp-up in bicycle culture here, its incredible
3. Thanks, Jimmy! I'll submit a bunch of dates...

Bicycling for Louisville's valet bike parking at Thunder Over Louisville via Mary Beth B.

These folks will get home much faster than motorists.