Evening News Roundup

Transportation Issues

• Gill Holland gets some common transportation sense printed in the C-J (Ville-Voice)
• Transit ridership hit 52-year high in 2008 (NY Times)
• Videos of five train lines in Tokyo, Japan (TreeHugger)
• But we don’t need trains, just fancy cars with wi-fi (the transport politic)
• Bikers still face an upward PR battle on city streets (NY Times)

Stimulus & Recession

• Do we need a second, larger stimulus bill? (the transport politic)
• Louisville ‘doesn’t do stupid things’, will weather recession well (Wave 3)
• Stimulus funds will help rebuild Iroquois homes public housing (Fox 41)

Openings & Closings

• Original cheeseburger restaurant Kaelin’s may be closed for a while (C-J)
• Resulting in ‘the saddest cats imaginable’ (FatLip)
• But Jockamo’s Pizza Pub is back open in Germantown (Germantown NA)
• And a new pub, Harley’s House of Brew, set to open on East Main Street (C-J)
• And even Slugger Field’s Browning’s will open under new management in April (C-J)

Local News

• New Albany talks development in and around downtown (N & T)
• Louisville’s preserved Main Street is better than bulldozing and starting over (H-L)
• (All New) Butchertown Art Fair set for May 17 (Butchertown NA)
• New Albany will learn from Newport on the Levee tomorrow (NA Confidential)
• Another ‘cool grocery store’ found on Brownsboro Road (A Pretty Pickle)
• 2,000 glass artists will be in town for convention this June (C-J)
• Jeffersonville Town Center stalled by economy (N & T)

Bye-bye Buried Power Lines

• So, you’re saying we won’t be burying our power lines? (C-J)
• Sure, a coastal, hurricane-prone, floodable city will have power issues (C-J)
• Take a look at that price tag, and stop asking for buried lines (C-J)

Everything Else

• First LEED Certified KFC opens in Massachusetts (Business First)
• ‘Dead malls’ making way for lifestyle-centers (Sust. Industries via Planetizen)