Louisville's Bicycle Master Plan and Move Louisville guide an expanding network of bike lanes, sharrows, and protected facilities. Drivers must yield to cyclists in marked lanes, maintain safe passing distances, and avoid blocking bike infrastructure under Metro and Kentucky traffic rules.
The Louisville Bicycle Master Plan, maintained by Advanced Planning and Sustainability and Public Works, identifies a network of on-street bike lanes, protected lanes, side paths, and trail connections like the Louisville Loop. Drivers must obey lane markings, refrain from parking or stopping in bike lanes outside permitted exceptions, and pass cyclists at a safe distance per Kentucky law. Cyclists generally have the same rights and duties as drivers under KRS Chapter 189. Local rules also address bike-lane obstructions during construction and dockless mobility staging. Capital projects routinely add new lanes during repaving cycles.
Blocking or parking in a bike lane can result in citations and towing under parking rules. Unsafe passing of cyclists violates KRS Chapter 189 and may produce traffic citations or contributory negligence findings in crash cases.
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