Biking in Louisville
- Bike Summit II draws 270 cycling enthusiasts to day-long event (FatLip)
- Proves better than expected, but too much emphasis on recreation (crankedmag)
- Downtown bike commuting facility in the works (C-J)
- Will have showers, lockers, and maybe a coffee shop (Wave 3)
- Seeks $1.3 million in Federal funds for the project (WHAS 11)
- But some complain it will only help the ‘biking elite’ (Valley Report)
Other Transportation Issues
- Bikes and transit: a match made in heaven (StreetsBlog)
- Don’t transform the auto-industry, change auto-culture (NY RoB via Planetizen)
- Is Indiana worried bridge funding is in jeopardy? (C-J)
- Amendment to keep existing funding in place introduced (N & T)
Stimulus Bill
- $787 Billion stimulus bill makes it through the House (Business First)
- School modernization a big loser in the stimulus bill (Huff Post)
- So is art; and some say its just ‘stupid economics’ (Bloomberg via Planetizen)
- And transit didn’t fare all that well either (StreetsBlog)
- Causing a pro-transit Dem. to vote no (Transit Politic)
- But High Speed Rail (HSR) came away with a big win (CNN)
- A vision of the stimulus from an architect’s point of view (Arch Record)
- And a stimulus bill highlights reel over here (AP via StreetsBlog)
- But be careful of infrastructure spending ‘run amok’ (Economist)
Local News
- Want to know the construction schedule for the arena? (Mortenson)
- Rainbow Blossom to open store at Bardstown and Gardiner (Consuming Lou)
- New Albany restaurant Ninny’s to close (N & T forum via NA Confidential)
- Southern Indiana Greenway expected to make progress this year (N & T)
- Ice Storm 2009: ice helped out groundwater levels (WFPL)
Everything Else
- Understanding real urban density (hugeasscity via StreetsBlog)
- More on the OMA-designed Beijing TVCC fire (Guardian)
- These underground tunnels are just cool (Architect’s Newspaper)
