Transportation Issues
- Bike Summit II held in a building with insufficient bike racks, and other highlights (Fuck Gas)
- Editor of AutoWeek calls on car-companies to build light rail systems (Overhead Wire)
- Stimulus bill compromise could include $8 Billion for high speed rail (Transport Politic)
Local News
- Mayor delivers pre-State of the City address (C-J)
- Meeting to discuss West Market Street set for next Wed. (C-J)
- Smoldering laundry causes evacuation at the Kentucky Towers (C-J)
- Neighborhood revitalization require goals and grassroots action (NA Confidential)
- Stimulus funding could turn New Albany’s eyesores into ‘viable real estate’ (N & T)
- Support for a publicly owned owned power company (Valley Report)
- Jewish Hospital is among top-100 hospital employers (Imagine Louisville)
Everything Else
- High-density living is good for the environment (DC Examiner via Planetizen)
- We’re officially jealous: we want the Delta Queen Hotel in Louisville (WHAS 11)
- But sadly, the boat will be permanently docked in Chattanooga (Official Site)
- Residential real estate currently offering great deals (Lou Homes)
- Retail surprise: Jan. results better than expected (Business First)
- Richard Florida discusses the look of post-Crash America (Atlantic via Archinect)
- Mass exodus from Dubai leaves thousands of abandoned cars (Times via Archinect)
- As many flee to avoid debtors prison in the slow economy (NY Times)