Transportation Issues
- Solving ‘transit-in-traffic’ problems with ‘transit priority’ (StreetsBlog)
- DOT Sec. LaHood is a ‘full partner’ of biking advocates (StreetsBlog)
- TARC investing in more hybrid buses with stimulus funds (C-J)
- And they’re building a LEED-certified maintenance facility, too (Ville-Voice)
- Visionary vs. status quo transportation on the waterfront (Valley Report)
- Traffic congestion in Louisville down 39% in 2008 (8664.org)
- Help ensure stimulus spending doesn’t turn into ‘highway boondoggle’ (StreetsBlog)
Local News
- Mayor delivered State of the City: full speech ahead (Ville-Voice)
- $12.3 million in Federal funds going to 16 local projects (Business First)
- 20 Waterfront Park swinging benches are the nation’s first ‘Swing Garden’ (C-J)
- Local firms among America’s top PR firms (Business First)
- Bellarmine University to start new School of Communication (Ville-Voice)
- New albany council member votes ‘yes’ to brother’s project (NA Confidential)
- NA redevelopment commission releases plans for fixing neighborhoods (N & T)
- End negativity in New Albany with ‘I love NA’ campaign (Voice of the People)
- Scandalized Housing & Human Services dept. making improvements (C-J)
Everything Else
- The up-side of the foreclosure crisis: consumers win (Lou Homes Blog)
- Study: urban housing growth gaining on suburbs nationally (USA Today via Planetizen)
- February retail sales better than expected (Business First)
