About CycLOUvia


CycLOUvia is Louisville’s open streets program aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles, alternative transportation options, bicycle and pedestrian safety, and economic development. These free events temporarily transform the city’s existing infrastructure from its conventional, auto-centric use into linear parks for people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy. By purchasing a tee shirt you will help supplement the cost associated with conducting these events.

Imagine taking a stroll down one of Louisville’s bustling urban corridors, not on the sidewalk, but right down the middle of the street. CycLOUvia is your opportunity to experience Louisville as you never have before, by walking, cycling, skateboarding, or dancing along infrastructure that is always there, but rarely prioritized for people.

Modeled after the “ciclovía” program in Bogotá, Colombia, where for 30 years, citizens have enjoyed weekly car-free streets, cycLOUvia builds on momentum in cities from coast to coast and across the globe to connect communities around our temporarily car-free, shared public space.

And they’re off! #cyclouvia #louisville #openstreets

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Besides offering a safe and exciting new way to experience Louisville, cycLOUvia helps to promote healthy lifestyles, alternative transportation options, bicycle and pedestrian safety, and economic development. In an age where most Louisvillians move predominantly by car, bringing congestion and toxic fumes to streets across the city, cycLOUvia helps to make Louisville a more active, healthy, and livable city.  CycLOUvia events also meet the goals of the city’s Healthy Hometown Movement, which helps to establish healthier places, programs and policies toward making Louisville one of the healthiest cities in the country.

After all, streets are Louisville’s greatest public space assets, encompassing more area than the city’s already robust parks system. And they run in front of each of our homes and businesses. How we use these critical public spaces will determine how our city grows and reaches its potential in the future. CycLOUvia is an important step in realizing the value of our streets by transforming them into temporary linear parks, free for the use of the entire Louisville community.

The next cycLOUvia is planned for Sunday, October 13 from 2:00 to 6:00 pm along a 3 mile stretch of Bardstown Road and Baxter Avenue from the Douglass Loop to Broadway.  Cross traffic will be allowed at Grinstead Drive, Highland Avenue, and Eastern Parkway.  CycLOUvias along Frankfort Avenue and Broadway are in the works, but we need your help.

By purchasing a tee shirt you will help supplement the various costs associated with cycLOUvia and allow for future events to occur in other parts of the city. Your support is greatly appreciated and will help to ensure the long term success of cycLOUvia.