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BikeWalkBG Upcoming Events
BikeWalkBG Events Community Bike Rides August 1 | Bike Rodeo/Repair Clinic, SoKY Marketplace, 636 Center St, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 4-5pm August 3 | 10 Mile Bike Ride, Community Farmers…
BikeWalkBG 2nd Annual Halloween Night Ride
Join BikeWalkBG for our 2nd Annual Halloween Night Ride on Monday, October 30th at 6:00pm. We’ll meet in the Mellow Mushroom parking lot (1035 Chestnut St) no later than 5:45pm…
Transportation Projects Fall 2023
City of Bowling Green The 2-lane portion of the Cave Mill Road corridor, from Dishman Lane to Grider Pond Road, received design funds in the most recent KYTC Enacted Highway…
What We’re Reading…
Our staff comes across numerous articles each month that reflect current and trending planning practices, development patterns, and more. With each newsletter, we try to highlight a few that have…
Planning Commission Quarterly Numbers
The table below lists our quarterly numbers by City and County: Quarterly Totals | July 1 – September 30, 2023 Quarterly Totals (July – September) Total City County Planning Commission…
It’s Not Just Us…
Ah change. Whether you love it or hate it, it is happening. More people, more cars, more homes and it never seems to slow down. That is because it isn’t.…
Hybrid Work Schedules & Their Effect on Transportation
To some, the pandemic may seem like a faint memory. Many have returned to their normal work and personal schedules. Social gatherings such as concerts, sporting events, and community activities…
Transportation Updates in Warren County
City of Bowling Green The Shive Lane Extension (Ken Bale Boulevard) project was completed and opened in May. This project included a new roundabout at the intersection with Middle Bridge…
31-W Bypass Project
If you are one of the 18,000+ drivers that utilizes the 31-W Bypass daily, it should be of no surprise that it is receiving a facelift. These changes are promoting…
Planning Commission Quarterly Numbers
The table below shows our quarterly activity from April 1 – June 30, 2023 : Quarterly Totals | April 1 – June 30th, 2023 Quarterly Totals (April – June) Total…
Smallhouse Road Study Final Document
The Smallhouse Road Study was initiated in November 2022 by the Bowling Green – Warren County Metropolitan Planning Organization (BG-WC MPO) to provide recommendations on how to transform the corridor…
Smallhouse Road Study Recap
The Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) kicked off a transportation study analyzing future improvement options on Smallhouse Road from US 231 (Campbell Lane) to KY 884 (Three Springs Road) last fall.…
Updated Small Cities Focal Point Plans
Staff at the Planning Commission have been hard at work updating several Focal Point Plans for Warren County’s incorporated small cities. These include updated revisions to the Woodburn, Smiths Grove,…
Transportation Projects in Warren County
City of Bowling Green Public Works The Shive Lane Extension project, which began in 2022, is nearing completion. This project will ultimately continue the widening from the recently completed roundabout…
Planning Commission Quarterly Numbers
The table below shows our quarterly activity from January 1 – March 31, 2023. Quarterly Numbers | January 1 – March 31, 2023 Quarterly Totals (Jan – Mar) Total City…
BikeWalkBG Seeking Summer Intern
BikeWalkBG is looking for a bicycle and pedestrian outreach and education intern for summer 2023! Do you love bicycling, walking, and serving the public? Do you want to help make…
BikeWalkBG Participates in Grant Planning for Jennings Creek Outdoor Classroom
Nearly two years ago, staff at the MPO/BikeWalkBG starting working alongside partners from various departments within the City of Bowling Green to dream up ideas for an outdoor classroom along…
Transportation Updates in Warren County
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet – District 3 Construction season has come to a close in the District 3 area. One of the biggest projects wrapped up just before the winter season…
Planning Commission Numbers | 2022 Year-End Review
The 4th quarter numbers for 2022 were lower than previous quarter’s for single family lots approved, but more than doubled the number of multi-family units approved. Review of building permits…
Smallhouse Road Study Underway
The Bowling Green-Warren County Metropolitan Planning Organization (BG-WC MPO) is conducting a study on Smallhouse Road from US 231 (Campbell Lane) to KY 884 (Three Springs Road). The study is…
What We’re Reading
We might not be reading out of textbooks, but our staff is always learning and trying to stay up-to-date on emerging planning matters. There are MANY articles and sources of…
Yes, We Need More Housing!
Housing affordability has been a hot topic this past year. Unfortunately, it will continue to be for the foreseeable future. A recent commentary found in the Northern Kentucky Tribune helps…
Planning Commission Quarterly Numbers
We’ll do a full roundup of numbers in our January newsletter, comparing development trends over the past ten years, but 2022 has nearly reached the 2021 totals for single-family lots…
2030 Comprehensive Plan Update – Upcoming Meetings and Content
The Planning Commission staff has been underway with an update to the 2030 Focus Comprehensive Plan, the community’s long-range planning document. The update process is slated to wrap up by…
Transportation Projects
City of Bowling Green The Shive Lane Extension project began early this summer. This project will continue the widening from the recently completed roundabout at Ken Bale Boulevard and the…
Planning Commission Quarterly Numbers
The second quarter (April, May, and June) consistently represents increased permit volumes. These months are typically the busiest time of year for construction and ranks first among the other three…
BikeWalkBG Community Bike Day
Join BikeWalkBG for our next Community Bike Day on Saturday, August 13th from 10 am to Noon at The Foundry (531 W. 11th Ave). Our Mobile Bike Program provides free…
Planning Commission Quarterly Numbers
The first quarter (January, February, and March) of many recent years tend to represent a slower period of development within the calendar year. Comparatively, it typically ranks last among the other…
What’s the Deal with the New Infrastructure Bill?
On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Public Law 117-58, also known as the “Bipartisan Infrastructure Law”) into law. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law…
Learn about all the BikeWalkBG Happenings
Tell us how you want our bicycle and pedestrian network to grow! We need your input! As we work on updating our Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, we need to…
Transportation Projects in Warren County
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet – District 3 Now that winter is over, motorists can expect to see lots of orange cones and barrels as project construction begins to pick up. A…
Planning Commission 2021 Year-End Review – We’re Growing (even more)!
While much of the community’s focus was on storm relief efforts from the devastating tornado in December of 2021, Warren County growth remains strong. Market Demand for single family lots…
BikeWalkBG Momentum, Mechanic Training, and Planning for the Spring
Though we’re in the thick of our coldest months of the year, BikeWalkBG is starting to think about warmer days ahead and all the ways we can encourage Bowling Green…
Creation of Tornado Maps Assist Local Public Agencies, Disaster Relief Efforts
The tornado that devastated our community on December 11, 2021 damaged or destroyed some large swaths of our community, both old and new. The community did not hesitate to spring…
A First Look into Disaster Recovery Efforts, For Now
As cleanup of areas continue, the community now begins thinking about rebuilding. Part of that is repairing structures that are repairable, and part will be replacing structures that were destroyed.…
Local Transportation Updates
City of Bowling Green Phase II of the Downtown Improvements Project construction which began in July was completed in December. This project continued streetscape improvements on College and State Streets…
Time to Update the FOCUS 2030 Comprehensive Plan…
What is the FOCUS 2030 Comprehensive Plan? How is it used? What does it say? How do you provide input? The Comprehensive Plan is the community’s vision for how…
Transportation Projects in Warren County
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3 Even though the construction season is entering its final months there are still numerous projects that the KYTC is working on in the Bowling Green/Warren…
Planning Commission Quarterly Numbers
The 3rd Quarter of most construction calendars marks the peak development period each year and this trend was no different in 2021. For the year 2021, the 3rd Quarter will…
What We’re Reading
Building Transportation Supply Chain Resilience after a Pandemic U.S. Rents Spiking As More Renters Enter the Market People are Walking More than Pre-Pandemic Cities Beef Up Bike Infrastructure after Boom…
Momentum Continues for Walking and Biking
The pandemic certainly changed a lot with the ways we live, work, and play. Our lives were seemingly halted; we experienced social isolation; our work environments were trial and error,…
Planning Commission Quarterly Numbers
The 2nd Quarter typically marks the start of the peak development season in most communities. In the year 2020, the quarter began with a slow start, but ended in an…
Transportation Updates & Upcoming Projects
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet – District 3 Road construction season for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3 area is turning out to be one of the busiest seasons in recent memory…
Growing Focus on Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities, Upcoming Events
If you’ve driven around Downtown over the past month, you’ve likely noticed some changes to the street striping. Several Downtown streets have recently been restriped as part of routine maintenance…
What We’re Reading
Air Taxis by 2024!?!? Bloomberg News | We’ve talked a bit about the future of transportation with autonomous cars and delivery drones, but now we’re thinking about air taxis! The…
Transportation Updates and Upcoming Projects
District 3 The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is gearing up for a busy construction season throughout the Bowling Green/Warren County area. While the orange cones and barrels may mean some…
Planning Commission 1st Quarter, By the Numbers
As the new year rolls on and we start the beginning stages of putting the pandemic behind us, some things in development change and some things stay the same. Despite…
Kentucky Moves to Restore Billboard Regulation with New Bill
After a US District Court ruling last spring, an estimated 100 unregulated billboard signs were erected across the state of Kentucky, particularly in the central and western Kentucky region. After…
Cycling Continuing to Grow In Popularity Deep Into the Pandemic, Community Responding
When the pandemic first began more than a year ago, everything was thrown into chaos and the only thing we knew is that we didn’t know how life would be…
Progress Made Through Public Input on I-65 Interchange, GO bg Transit Studies
Over the last few months, significant progress has been made on two studies the MPO is actively working on to identify a new I-65 interchange in the southern part of…
The Value of Downtown in a Tumultuous Year
Reviving Main Streets has long been a topic amongst planners, and most likely a topic amongst many throughout communities nationwide. We all have particular images of what we envision when…
Planning Commission’s 2020 Numbers
Despite the pandemic woes, Warren County growth remains strong. There was a dip in second quarter numbers, mostly in March, but April picked back up and activity continued to increase.…
MPO Looks at Three Possible New Interchange Locations on I-65
In a study led by consulting firm, Michael Baker International, the MPO and KYTC are analyzing the feasibility of a new interchange along the southern portion of Interstate-65 in Warren…
Best Worst Year Ever
How can you describe a year like 2020? The pandemic pandemonium has certainly been a year of extremes, constantly adapting to ever-changing regulations, recommendations, and executive orders. Every person and…
Transportation Updates & Upcoming Projects
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet – District 3 The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has spent the last several months in winter preparation and response mode. Up until this point in the season the…