
The second Louisville Bike Summit is now history. Thank you to all the organizers, including the Bicycle Task Force, the tons of city workers who made this a reality. I think it managed to top its predecessor.
I don't have time to do a full write up, but to do a quick compare-contrast with Bike Summit I, I'd say that:
1) The city's planning process for bicycle improvements is now mature. Our engineering focus group looked at this process and the question was: "how can we improve the public participation process", to which the overall reply seemed to be "you can't beat this".
2) Enforcement is showing a *huge* improvement. Not hard since it was totally off-map as recently as two years ago. LMPD has a liason officer and is seeking to engage and work with the public on how it deals with bike enforcement.
3) I yearn for Public Transit Summit I.
If you have your own thoughts, you are welcome to post them in the comments.
Comments
Agree!
The Bike Summit was super. A lot of great conversations, ideas, and relationship-building. A lot more people in this community are a lot more knowledgeable about bicycling now, as compared with 4 years ago (at the time of the previous Summit). It's a good thing.