Step Up, Louisville!


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Welcome to the digital home of the newly formed Step Up, Louisville! Task Force and Louisville's first ever Community Walkability Plan.  This project is setting the course for a walkable future for Louisville. Many thanks to those who attended the Community Workshops and Pedestrian Summit. The Community Walkability Plan was announced today by the Mayor and the task force will begin addressing the goals set forth in the plan.

Thanks again to our Healthy Hometown Pedestrian Summit Sponsors:
Louisville Department of Public Health & Wellness, Planning & Design Services, Public Works & Assets, TARC, Louisville Water Company, Metro Parks, ACTIVE Louisville, Partnership for a Fit KY, MSD, KIPDA, and Friends of Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness.

While not everyone is a driver or a cyclist, we are all pedestrians at some point in every day. 

Despite how important walking is, Louisville has limited resources to devote to pedestrian projects and programs.  The Pedestrian Summit and Walkability Plan have established priorities to make sure that the resources we do have are used wisely.

Pedestrians crossing the street at 4th St. and Muhammad Ali Blvd.

This is our effort to create a Walkable Louisville.  Join in and help make this vision a reality. 

  1. The first step is to sign up for email updates about the Ped. Summit and Plan project.
  2. The second step is to tell your friends and get them to sign up, too. 
  3. The third step is to step up and participate: speak up, and become a leader on walkability issues by joining our Active Living Committee. 

For your voice to be heard, it's important to get involved now!  Start by signing up for e-mail updates.

If you have questions or comments, or would like to join our committee, please contact Marigny Bostock via email.

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Many thanks to our talented consultant team and sponsoring agencies who helped make the Pedestrian Summit and Community Walkability Plan a reality.

Consultant Team:
Toole Design Group of Hyattsville, MD - among the top pedestrian planning firms in the country - led the team.

Gresham, Smith, & Partners' Louisville office was the Community Liaison, representing the team at public events and working face-to-face with citizens and government.

Mark Fenton, host of the PBS television series America's Walking, was the MC of the Spring 2008 Pedestrian Summit and provided a lot of technical expertise throughout the project.

Louie doing last-minute Christmas shopping.