Louisiana Considered: Bike routes in the works in New Orleans and Baton Rouge

By Karl Lengel,

Aubry Procell

Published January 5, 2022 at 1:52 PM CST

A bike path runs parallel to the Mississippi River on the levee in Baton Rouge. Photo taken Nov. 14, 2021.

Karl Lengel hosted this Wednesday’s episode of Louisiana Considered.
RoadWork NOLA Mobility and Safety Outreach Manager David Lee Simmons and Healthy Community Services Founder and Executive Director Angela Chalk join us to talk about the City's collaboration with the NOLA Complete Streets Coalition on Moving New Orleans Bikes, which aims to expand transportation options in New Orleans and make the City’s streets more accessible to cyclists, pedestrians and transit riders.
WWNO/WRKF reporter Aubry Procell reports on a Capital Region Planning Commission project to link bike paths in five parishes, creating an ambitious Baton Rouge metro area bike and pedestrian path network.

Louisiana Considered

Karl Lengel

Karl Lengel has worked in the lively arts as an actor, announcer, manager, director, administrator and teacher. In broadcast, he has accumulated over two decades of on-air experience and is currently WWNO’s anchor for NPR’s “All Things Considered” and a host for “Louisiana Considered”. He holds a BS in Professional Management from Nova Southeastern University and an MFA in Film and Theatre from the University of New Orleans.

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Aubry Procell

Aubry is a reporter, producer and operations assistant in Baton Rouge.

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