LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The city of Louisville now has its first transportation director.
On Tuesday Mayor Craig Greenberg announced the appointment of the city's first-ever Department of Transportation Director: Bill Bell.
Bell is the former executive director of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Highway Safety. Greenberg said the Louisville Department of Transportation will coordinate and communicate transportation efforts in the city.
"Bill brings a wealth of knowledge to this role, with a deep understanding of transportation planning, along with safe and sustainable mobility," Greenberg said in a written statement. "Together we will create a city where streets are safer, commutes are smoother and every neighborhood – no matter the ZIP code – gets the attention and investment it deserves."
During his time with KYTC, Bell led the Smart Government Initiatives program under Gov. Steve Beshear and in 2013 led KOHS in recording the lowest statewide highway fatality count since 1949, according to a news release from the city.
The appointment comes a little less than a year after Greenberg announced plans for the city to create its own transportation department.
The department will be housed in the city's department of public works and will work closely with TARC, the parks department and federal and state agencies.
City leaders said the department is modeled after other cities that have also adopted their own municipal department of transportation, including Nashville, Seattle and Chicago.
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