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Howdy, downtown commuters! Celebrate National Bike to Work Day with free coffee and donuts in Market Square on Friday morning, May 17, 7:30-8am.
Bike Walk Knoxville - City of Knoxville - Government - Smart Trips

May 13-17 is Bike to Work Week! Do you bike to work? Let us know! Interested in giving it a try? Find helpful resources through Bike Walk Knoxville and Smart Trips.

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Smart Trips May Newsletter This event, put on by East Tennessee Children's Hospital, features a bike rodeo, interactive stations promoting bicycle safety and maintenance, and door prizes! 

May is Bike Month! Join the Smart Trips Bike Month Challenge -- Every bicycle trip you log on Smart Trips during the month of May will enter you in a drawing to win a $50 gift card to your favorite local bike shop!
https://mysmarttrips.org/

Happy Bike Month! Here's the 2024 Bike Month Guide to help you plan your celebration of bicycling during this beautiful time of year! 🚴‍♀️☀️🌷
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Happy belated Earth Day! Try incorporating transit into one of your regular trips. It's probably easier than you think, and makes a big difference in your carbon footprint!

Ride for Change with KAT's All-Electric Buses! Introducing Knoxville Area Transit's All-Electric Buses! Learn more about how these buses help both riders and the environment at our website: https://katbus...

Come explore the Marble City, Pond Gap, Sutherland Heights, and Kingston Pike-Sequoyah Hills neighborhoods with us tomorrow (April 18) at our Walk with Elected Officials!

The walk will start prompty at 6:00 pm at the Third Creek Greenway Park on Sutherland Avenue - we recommend folks arrive a few minutes early to allow time for everyone to gather. Parking will be available across the street at Vreeland Engineers, Inc.

The route will be about a mile and a half, and will focus on walkability at West High School. Our tours are a fantastic opportunity to engage with local elected officials and community members about how policy, funding, and infrastrucutre impact safety for walking in our community.

Be sure to wear appropriate shoes for walking and bring a water bottle! We look forward to seeing you there!

Mobility Plan 2050 Update – Knoxville Regional TPO April 9, 2024Mobility Plan 2050 UpdateThe Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is a federally required organization that is responsible for the transportation planning process in Knox County and parts of Anderson, Blount, Loudon, Roane and Sevier counties.We recently began a...

We're excited to welcome Cody Gentry as the City of Knoxville - Government's first Vision Zero Coordinator!

Gentry has worked in the City’s Engineering department for 17 years, most recently as a key member of the Neighborhood Transportation Safety Program. The neighborhood-driven program engages the City’s Office of Neighborhood Empowerment, Transportation Engineering and Knoxville Police Department in finding solutions to vehicle speed and traffic safety concerns on residential streets.

Gentry says he’s excited to apply neighborhood traffic-calming principals and methodology to higher-speed streets and intersections that require more intense interventions.

“Traffic calming is all about slowing vehicles down, and that’s the main goal of Vision Zero,” says Gentry. “If we can slow vehicles down, we can reduce the risk of serious injuries and deaths.

“And if mistakes are made, they’re not deadly,” he adds, echoing the Safe System Approach to street design recommended by the Vision Zero Plan.

Welcome, Cody!

Vision Zero Network
Bike Walk Knoxville

Massive Federal Grant Aims to Help Stitch the City Back Together Your Urban Connection

Smart Trips March Newsletter -

Smart Trips March Newsletter

Often, there's a smarter way to get around besides driving alone! Here are the six kinds of alternative transportation trips that qualify as Smart Trips. From biking to carpooling, every choice counts towards a greener future and earns you rewards!

Want to learn more about the Knoxville region's Mobility Plan and provide feedback? Attend one of the public meetings this month!

Meetings Information on events will be posted as we confirm dates/times, and summary notes will be provided upon completion. Click on the events below to view the summary details.

An interesting discussion of Morristown's raised sidewalks from CityLab!

The Town That Took Downtown Renewal to the Next Level Decades ago, business leaders in Morristown, Tennessee, came up with a radical infrastructure plan to rescue their struggling Main Street. Here’s how it worked out.

Our Kids Holiday Party with Muse Knoxville is tomorrow, Saturday, December 9th from 10am - Noon at Knoxville Station (301 E Church Ave)! Bring your kids to meet Santa and take photos (bring your own camera), kids activities and kids get a wrapped book (while supplies last). Buddy The Elf is going to make an appearance too! All activities are 🆓. Catch any bus that comes to Knoxville Station to attend!

We want to hear your thoughts about the rewards offered by Smart Trips! Take a moment to complete the survey and let your voice shape the future of our incentives program.
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7629214/Smart-Trips-Rewards-Revamp

Smart Trips December Newsletter -

Smart Trips December Newsletter

Your voice matters! The Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization has just released its 25-year mobility plan. Take a few minutes to share your insights and help shape the future of our region's transportation. Take the survey here!

We're getting started on updating our long-range transportation plan, Mobility Plan 2050! Based on input from regional residents, stakeholders, and elected officials, it will guide transportation decision-making in the region over the next two decades.

Take the survey to let us know what you want to see for the future of transportation in the Knoxville region! You can also leave comments on the interactive map that are tied to specific locations within the study area.

https://knoxmobility.org/feedback

Transportation noise pollution affects wildlife, even in our (mostly) pristine national parks.

Wildlife and the inescapable impact of road noise The ‘blab of the pave’ disrupts animals’ lives everywhere, even in national parks.

Making Connections - The Smoky Mountain Greenway This is "Making Connections - The Smoky Mountain Greenway" by Knoxville-Knox County Planning on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…

Your transit trip is about to get much easier!

We've been working hard all year to bring you MOBILE TICKETS!

Soon you will be able to PLAN your trip, PAY your fare, and SCAN your ticket, all from within the Transit app! Our official launch day is WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8th!

We'll have more information as we get closer to our official launch day!

Transit discussions have reached a pivotal moment this year, as we've been talking about the balance between free access and improving service quality. This Slate article delves into the very topic that's been making headlines lately in Knoxville: better or free?

The Foolish Change Cities Are Making to Buses A well-intentioned move may be undermining the entire project of public transit.

We are working with the City of Knoxville - Government on a federal grant aimed at reducing harmful emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants related to climate change, poor air quality, and public health issues. We will be sharing more information and hosting public events this fall, so stay tuned for more information!
The State of Tennessee also received funding and is working on
the Tennessee Volunteer Emission Reduction Strategy (TVERS). They will hold a meeting to discuss how they will utilize the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant at a public meeting on Oct. 16 at 5:00 pm at the East Tennessee History Center. Please attend to learn more and share feedback. An online survey is also available at www.tn.gov/environment/policy/tvers.html.