[ UPDATE ]  Here’s a few additional new stories that surfaced today:

• Louisville’s artsy bike racks in the national spotlight again (USA Today)
• Louisville to Paducah commuter rail line considered (C-J)
• Motorist crashes into restaurant at 5th & Chestnut (Fox 41)
• Metro Council still concerned about Center City (Fox 41)
• Auto makers want more money from Washington (NY Times)
• Obama may host an environmental & energy ‘listening tour’ (Grist)

Here’s the news story of the ‘drive-through’ restaurant.

Transportation

• California passes high speed rail ballot measure (StreetsBlog)
• New ‘exploding’ bike lock aims to fight theft (TreeHugger)
• Beshear to give ‘emergency’ road funding across state (Business First)
• YPAL discusses transportation (Fox 41) [ we were there, will report later today ]
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• Big box lifespan short: Target building anew in St. Matthews (Business First)
• Metro Council to learn of Cordish’s concessions today (C-J)
• Business leaders rally for Center City project (Business First)
• Demand the project back ‘on the front burner’ (Fox 41)
• Tout the benefits beyond the Water Co. block (WFPL)

• Local entrepreneur helping bring new business to Louisville (C-J)
• Louisville’s riverboats looking to bring in more cash (C-J)
• Pegasus Pins looking to bring in more cash, too (Business First)
• President Elect Obama and changing America’s urban policies (Huffington Post)