Monday News Roundup

We had a couple of good guesses for our last sidewalk photo, but none pinned down the exact location (I was stumped too!) which was taken on Riedling Drive near Hillcrest Avenue. Here’s a new photo ready for your guesses.

Local News

• Downtown developers say now is the time to buy a condo (Fox 41)
• Master plan approved for Old Clarksville Historic District (N & T)
• Bonds approved to pay for three years worth of construction projects (C-J)
• Roadside advertising benches causing quite a stir (CART, Whas11, Mojo)
• St. Matthews issues controversial license for liquor stores on Shelbyville Rd. (C-J)
• There’s still time to check out a new local play, It Came From Indiana (Consuming Lou)
• Taking a look around the Hertz-Starks Building (Transy Gentleman, Unusual KY)
• Cool flickr photos of the day: here and here and here and here.

Transportation

• Hybrid buses catching on as they become more affordable (NY Times)
• Considering pedestrians and jaywalking in the city (CF Big-D, Pedestrianist)
• Should cyclists be reimbursed for the infrastructure they don’t use? (Pedalaround)
• Parking changes in Arlington could be a sign of things to come (WaPo via Twitter)
• Work begins again on River Road’s Harrods Creek Bridge (C-J, Wave 3)
• Proposed ordinance targets ‘excessively idling’ vehicles (Fox 41)
• Cultural and economic changes cited as fewer Americans use cars (NY Times)
• Freight rail CEO on the future of passenger and freight rail (Railway Age via Twitter)
• Infrastructure presenting problems for river traffic, too (N & T)

Everything Else

• Price of construction materials again beginning to creep upward (Biz First)
• Auto-oriented fringe built up beyond what market can support (New Republic)
• Environmental activists draw attention to carbon emissions (C-J, WFPL, Fox 41)
• While a new Pew poll finds climate change skeptics growing (Grist)
• One Boston suburb ditches the lawnmower for a herd of goats (TreeHugger)