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Looks like the city is actually picking up a stick on the RR bridge: "City to press on for access to K&IT Bridge for a pedestrian/bicycle path". Go Team! Ra! Ra!

Jon is leaving his position as Bike/Ped coordinator for Louisville. The position has not been eliminated. CART is sad to see him go, and wishes him success in his next endeavor.

If true: Ho lee cow!

It's hard to walk more than two blocks without running into a bike rack, which helps explain why the program has already yielded a 5% drop in car traffic. Paris has also removed lots of parking spots to make way for bike stations.

Source: Time Magazine

Three big transportation events occur on Monday June 16th:

TARC Board of Directors Meeting

1pm, TARC Board Room, Union Station: This is the board meeting where TARC is expected to vote in both the high rate cuts and the $2 million in cut service. They're busted and simply have no alternative. This is also where CART will formally ask TARC for a plan on how they would spend an additional source of revenue to increase operations.

Metro Council Transportation & Public Works Committee

5pm, Council Chambers, City Hall: They will hear a report from Barry Barker, executive director of TARC, about the fare increase and service cuts.

Confident Cycling Class

6pm, Downtown YMCA: Bicycling for Louisville will begin it's all-singing, all-dancing bicycle urban skills class. In cooperation with the YMCA, enrollment in this class also comes with four day passes to use the Y. Bicycling for Louisville has more information and a link to enroll online.

AP photo.

And Why Other Louisvillians Don't Bike to Work

Results of Louisville's Bike to Work Week survey are in, and it's my pleasure to analyze the results here.

The first question on the poll was the most important: "How often do you use [a Bicycle] to get to work?". We had 66 respondents:

This population is obviously not representative. It would be absurd - though funny - to suggest that 23% of Louisville's commuters did so by bike more than 100 times a year. Instead, this shows that Frequent Bike Commuters are much more likely to answer a poll about bicycle commuting than Non Bike Commuters.

We'll use this anomaly to our advantage, controlling for frequency of bike commuting and then asking all sorts of interesting questions and seeing where the populations differ...

Via Centerlines #201, the the newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking:

According to a May 1 news release from Barbara McCann and the National Complete Streets Coalition, there are some important developments in the US House and Senate on Complete Streets bills.

It is National Bike to Work Week, and I've been hard at work co-creating a website full of bike commuter lore (bicyclingforlouisville.org/commuting). Check it out!, it's got safety videos, an online poll, a gas savings calculator, and a mailing list about bicycle commuting in Louisville.

Click here to scroll & zoom the map in a new window.

source: Cranked Magazine

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Have you ever wished you knew more about bicycling? Bicycling for Louisville is offering a comprehensive bicycle skills class that will help you:

• Select the right bicycle for your needs.
• Ride safely and legally on any paved surface - from scenic bike trails to high-traffic state highways.
• Learn everything you've always wanted to know about gears (but were afraid to ask).
• Fix flat tires and perform those little adjustments to make an old bike feel brand new.
• Master physical skills - starting, stopping, scanning, signaling, and emergency evasive action. Yehaw!!

This class is perfect for adult cyclists of all levels. It will increase your confidence, comfort, and safety. The next class starts May 20th and classes will be forming all summer. Check bicyclingforlouisville.org/classes or call 582-1814 during business hours for more information.