Move Louisville is the city’s 20-year multimodal plan. It takes a holistic approach to the city’s transportation system, which is a $5 billion asset that includes roadways, sidewalks, bike networks and trails.
The top two priorities identified in the plan are fixing and maintaining the existing infrastructure and reducing the number of miles that Louisvillians drive by providing and improving mobility options.
The full report can be read here. For a list of Move Louisville FAQs, please click here. For a list of project maps, please click here.
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Move Louisville was announced in April 2016. Progress has been made with all of the 16 projects in the 20-year plan.
To view updates on each project as of June 2020, please click here.
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What does Move Louisville recommend?
The plan identifies 16 transformative projects that will help people travel to and from work, will increase safety, will provide more options for people to get around and will keep Louisville economically competitive, by building and maintaining an innovative transportation system.
Premium Transit Corridors/Complete Streets
East-West Transit Corridors
Transforming Dixie Highway
Broadway Complete Street
Preston Corridor Premium Transit
Regional Economic Development
Oxmoor Farms Bridges & Access
Urton Lane Corridor
East Louisville Connectivity
West Louisville Connectivity
Downtown and Edge Neighborhood Access
Reimagine Ninth Street
Downtown/Edge Neighborhood Two-Way Streets
River Road Complete Street
Main Street/Story Ave Redesign
Lexington Road Complete Street
Bike/Pedestrian
Central Bicycle Network
Sidewalk Connectivity
Louisville Loop
Specifically, the plan calls for making sure Louisville streets serve all people and introducing fast and reliable premium transit options that could include street car, rail or Bus Rapid Transit, which is currently underway along Dixie Highway. Move Louisville recommends strengthening and developing compact, walkable centers along Louisville’s major corridors like Dixie Highway, Bardstown Road, Preston Highway and Shelbyville Road.
Projects like completing the planned extension of Urton Lane from Middletown to Taylorsville Road and remaking 9th Street into a true urban boulevard will make it easier for people to get around the city and will improve the quality of life in Louisville neighborhoods.
Additionally, the plan identifies 8 policies that will guide the city’s future transportation investments and will inform land use and transportation decision-making. Those policies include shifting and increasing funding allocations, making Complete Street principles the norm, prioritizing high capacity corridors, considering transit a catalyst for infill development, streamlining transit service on key corridors, setting policy on preferred freight routes, managing parking and embracing smart mobility.
Embracing Complete Street improvements, like the ones being made on East Market Street, and using technological advancements in every day life, like Uber and Lyft, will make Louisville’s streets safer and easier to get around.
Move Louisville prioritizes $1.4 billion over a 20-year period for improvements that are critical to enhancing the city’s transportation network – a $5 billion asset. Funding for Move Louisville projects and priorities will come from a variety of sources, including federal, state and local dollars, along with grants like the one being used for Dixie Highway improvements.
Projects and priorities outlined in the Move Louisville plan were developed after a series of public meetings where citizens gave feedback about how to improve Louisville’s transportation system.
The Move Louisville plan was funded largely by a grant from the federal government, with additional funds provided by Louisville Metro Government and TARC. The planning process was led by Louisville Metro Government’s Office of Advanced Planning and Sustainability, in close partnership with Public Works and TARC and assisted by a team of consultants led by Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates.
