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9AM-3PM, Gheens Academy, 4425 Preston Highway. It sounds like there were a lot of cancellations, so you might be able to squeeze in even if you didn't have a ticket.

Ped summit registration is full. To be placed on the waiting list, call 574-6209.

walk@cartky.org

This list serves as a sounding board for pedestrian issues in Louisville. Discussion of pedestrian issues usually focuses on the so-called five 'E's: Education, Encouragement, Engineering, Enforcement, and Evaluation. Also, obviously, we mean to include not just people walking, but also people using a wheelchair and running. (Bicyclists please go here or here instead).

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Safe Routes to Schools & Parks

Wed. April 16, 1:00-5:00PM, Presbyterian Community Center, 731 S. Hancock St.

Disabilities & Older Adults

Thurs. April 17, 1:30-3:30PM (optional walk @ 1:00), Crescent Hill Ministries, 150 S. State St.

Building Walkable Communities

Thurs. April 17, 6:30-8:30PM, Fern Creek High School, 9115 Fern Creek Rd.

Recreational Walking & Running

Sat. April 19, 9:00-11:00AM
(optional walk @ 8:30), Shivley Community Center, 1901 Park Rd.

This must-read piece details the travails of Missouri's Complete Streets bill. It will be eerily familiar to veteran's of Kentucky's process this year. Here in Kentucky statewide Complete Streets is a smoking crater, as far as I know. Meanwhile, Missouri's advocates have rolled with the punches better, and have landed on their feet. The piece reads like a how-to guide for Kentucky.

mobikefed.org: MoDOT halts Complete Streets bill; promises to implement it via internal policy

League of American Bicyclists press release:

Washington, D.C.—March 25, 2008—Florida cyclists are cheering the news today that the State Department of Transportation is, according to a ruling of the First District Court of Appeals, unambiguously obligated "to establish bicycle and pedestrian ways in conjunction with the construction, reconstruction, or other change of any state transportation facilities." The ruling goes on to say that bicycle and pedestrian ways shall be established "unless the Department exercises its discretion not to establish [them]" according to one of three conditions described in the statutes, and that the "Department's discretion is limited."

All of CART's Car Free Guides to Louisville Neighborhoods are now online!  Many are still in print in dead-tree edition - check with your local neighborhood group.

• Car Free Guide to Deer Park (2003) web
• Car Free Guide to St Matthews (2005) pdf
• Car Free Guide to Clifton (2007) pdf
• Car Free Guide to the Highlands (coming 2008!)

§ 71.04  VEHICLES CROSSING SIDEWALKS.

     (A)     It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive within any sidewalk space except at a permanent or temporary driveway or by special permit from the director of department of public works.

Why Be Car-Free?

A car-free life can be a carefree life. Life without searching for parking spots, pumping the gas, waiting in traffic, getting speeding/parking tickets, and avoiding car repair/breakdowns can be less stressful and healthier. You don't have to be totally car-free to enjoy the benefits either. Being car-free for just one day can still make a difference. Imagine if everyone was car-free for just one day each week. That would be a 14% reduction in the pollution we create.