Seagull Runs into Titanic Re-Enactment
You’re not flying. This is flying!
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Will Louisville ever become bike and scooter friendly? The BROWNSBORO SQUEEZE is on. Weekends are a breeze; weekdays are a living hell. Louisville leaders shrank 4 lanes of this heavily traversed major artery to/from downtown down to 2 lanes with a center turning lane. Studies say it improves traffic flow, and makes room for a two block north edge sidewalk supposedly necessary to assist sight-impaired residents accessing their homes. Alas, access to the north side homes is thwarted by a giant rock wall with four apartment complexes on top. Three are accessed through the use of side streets and one with a driveway down to the main road. A simple crosswalk to the south side from the Clifton Ridge apartments would create the least amount of environmental impact, allowing residents the same abundant access to the neighborhood they’ve already had, but with an added flashing light. Note, too, that there are very few sidewalks along either side of Brownsboro Road from this point all the way to the Watterson Expressway (I-264) four miles east, which is completely populated with homes. The traffic flow is consistently heavy from downtown to the far eastern suburbs beyond I-264, thus, pedestrians and bicyclists face the same challenges along the entire route. If the study says reconfiguring 4 lanes into 2 lanes with a center turning lane is more efficient, why wouldn’t that plan be implemented all the way from Ewing Avenue to the Watterson? All it takes is a paint job. City leaders opted to squeeze just this Clifton neighborhood traffic, requiring sidewalks on both sides of the road at the expense of four lanes of thru traffic. Where are the bike paths? Can bike paths with “share the road” logos be painted onto Brownsboro Road from the Watterson all the way to Story Ave. and on to Main Street? Could a similar bike-friendly plan be added to other downtown feeder routes like Frankfort, Bardstown, Baxter, and Barret Avenues? The new Brownsboro Squeeze forces all traffic, motorized or pedal powered, to be crushed into single file. The staccato slowdowns from people turning right create one erratic hazard, plus motorists are forced to lane share with bicyclists. The original 4 lane setup created less auto emissions from crawling vehicles. Eastbound bikes and scooters fighting the uphill grade create more prolonged gridlock. Cars and trucks must swerve into the turning lane to ease around these slower roadworthy and eco-friendly commuter options. Lower Brownsboro’s heavy traffic is even more crushing whenever I-71, a parallel interstate highway one mile away, faces any difficulty. Why squeeze an already overburdened roadway by halving its thru passages instead of just building one crosswalk at Clifton Ridge apartments? At least add “share the lane” bike path insignias to The Squeeze and run them all the way to the suburbs. “Look what we can do, Louisville.” Make the city’s primary feeder routes bike friendly, not just more congested and dangerous for all commuters. (VIDEO #2, “Morning Is Broken” showing Monday morning workday traffic is coming in September).
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