Tucker: "Louisville’s transportation solution."

There are some good ideas in this list, which I noticed after my reference earlier this morning to a southwest bridge. I particularly like numbers one and nine. Don't neglect to follow the link and read Tucker's pre-list commentary.

This is how we do it: Louisville’s transportation solution, by Brian Tucker (at Insider Louisville)

So, after having read and listened to the “man on the street,” here are a few ideas that will most likely be ignored by the powers that be.

Because this is how we do it.

1. Dismiss and divest of all power every single person sitting on the Bridges Authority board.
2. Throw away all the studies, drawings, and opinions of those on the board, take them to Standiford Field, tell them “thanks, nice try” and kiss them goodbye.
3. Repair the Sherman Minton bridge assuming it can be repaired.
4. Get started on building an East End bridge tomorrow.
5. Make plans for a southwest Louisville bridge the day after tomorrow.
6. What is old is new again: Make use of the K&I railroad bridge by allowing bus traffic and by giving mass transit vehicles the right-of-way.
7. Encourage bus ridership by jacking up parking rates at meters and garages downtown, by lowering bus fares and by compelling local businesses to help subsidize expanded bus service.
8. Get the mayor to make Bus Rapid Transit a priority. He brought it up during the campaign and has been running away from it ever since.
9. Establish a commission comprised of both citizens and business owners to discuss transportation infrastructure in Louisville. Force the commission to have legal, open meetings and put the resulting ideas on the ballot.

To be living in a city on a river is a nice thing as long as people can cross the damn thing.

When we solve this, we win.

Lets get with it.