Via Appia Corridor Safety Improvement Project

Project Overview

A pilot project for safety enhancements on Via Appia was approved by City Council at the May 21 City Council meeting. This project restriped Via Appia to reduce the corridor to one lane in each direction and add a buffer to the bike lanes.

Status & Next Steps  

The City’s pavement marking contractor has completed the lane reduction for Via Appia.

The City of Louisville has implemented changes to Via Appia to improve safety for all users. These changes are based on a Safe System Approach, which is a shift from a conventional safety approach because it focuses on both human mistakes and human vulnerability to design a system with many redundancies in place to protect all users. This method of design allows for a proactive approach to design instead of reacting after an incident occurs.

The City hosted pop-up meetings and a community-wide meeting in March of 2024 to get input from the community prior to installing the new striping. For additional information on Via Appia, click to view the Community Meeting presentation.

Pilot Project

A condition of the May 21, 2024 approval of the Via Appia Safety Project by City Council is that this project is a pilot project, with Engineering staff monitoring the effects of the changes over the next year. This includes speed and volume data collection quarterly for the one year to compare to the data collected before implementation. This collected speed and volume data will be posted on this page for review by the public. Staff will also continue to work with the Louisville Police Department to review any crashes that occur during the pilot project period.