Transportation Issues
- Japan’s High Speed Bullet Trains To Reach 310 MPH by 2025 (LA Times via Planetizen)
- Sidewalks in St. Matthews stretch of Shelbyville Rd. to be built soon (C-J)
- More on the stimulus funded Seneca Loop pedestrian and bike lane (C-J)
- Learning from ‘highway-grade’ streets built well over capacity (How We Drive via StreetsBlog)
Local News
- Cordish can use public money slated for Starks Building on 4th Street Live (C-J)
- But should we be giving more public money for another sports bar? (Ville-Voice)
- New Albany’s stone wharf was once bustling, not just a ruin (Our History NA)
- Derby City Espresso more a ‘fantastic’ living room than a place of business (BFAO)
- GQ Magazine claims Louisville isn’t a ‘first rate food town’ (Lou HotBytes forum)
- Metro Parks plans to double the number of splash parks to replace pools (Business First)
- Newburg library under construction after a 40-year wait (Fox 41)
Everything Else
- New Indiana government buildings could all be ‘green’ if law passes (C-J)
- Are newspapers waging war on architects? Two big ones say ‘ditch the architect’ (Archinect)
- Historic preservation of 1970s architecture: the ‘decade style forgot’ (Times via Archinect)
- Livable suburb of Utrecht, Netherlands should be a global model (TC Streets via StreetsBlog)
- Lessons from a failed New Urbanist suburb by Norton Commons designer (Posted Toronto via PZ)
- Can’t finance your mega-project? Get a loan from the unions who will build it (ChiTrib via Archinect)
- Mario takes on the city and finds pedestrian life a little troubling (Boing Boing)
There's a sidewalk that ain't broken!
Yeah, this is probably one of the nicest sidewalks in the city, so we had to show it off.