Completed Transportation Plans and Projects
On this page you will find a list of recently completed transportation plans, studies, and projects. Each of these documents explores a big transportation idea and translates it into a conceptual plan that can be used to secure funding to bring that idea to life.
To learn more about how transportation projects go from idea to implementation, please see the information beneath the project table.
|
2018 |
Identified and evaluated safety improvements for Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue between Broadway and I-264. |
|
|
2020 |
Examined improvements to transit, pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular infrastructure primarily along Crums Lane between Cane Run Rd and Manslick Rd. |
|
|
2013 |
The foundational planning document that led to the “Dixie Do-Over” project and the Dixie Rapid bus service. |
|
|
2017 |
Recommended safety and design improvements to enhance all modes of mobility in downtown Louisville. |
|
|
2020 |
Outlined steps for restoring historic Olmsted-designed Eastern Parkway to modern standards for all transportation modes. |
|
|
2013 |
Recommended concepts to improve 4th Street from Downtown to Churchill Downs. |
|
|
2017 |
Recommended widening of Herr Lane between Westport Road and Brownsboro Road. |
|
|
2015 |
Established a vision for an efficient, safe, and neighborhood-friendly complete street along Lexington Road between Baxter Avenue and Grinstead Drive. |
|
|
2019 |
A conceptual plan for the alley between the Main Library and Kentucky Street, including Memorial Park. |
|
|
2019 |
Recommended streetscape improvements along Oak Street between Preston and 7th streets. |
|
|
2018 |
Offered a transformative redesign of 9th Street/Roy Wilkins Avenue between Main Street and Broadway. |
|
|
2019 |
Recommended improvements to West Kentucky Street between 4th Street and Dixie highway as a connected, human-scale corridor. |
|
|
2009 |
Recommended improvements to West Market Street between 24th Street and Cecil Avenue. |
As we update our page, some listings will be moving. These will be moving to new homes soon:
Big infrastructure projects have long, complicated paths to implementation, and unfortunately the funding to build a project is usually not available at the beginning of the planning process. Conceptual Plans allow transportation professionals, elected officials, and community members to vet big ideas and determine how they can be implemented.
While all projects are different, they tend to follow the same broad stages from idea to construction. Those steps are:
