Transportation Issues
- Federal involvement required to build High Speed Rail (transport politic)
- Mass Transit struggles with high ridership amid falling revenue (WSJ)
- Stuttgart’s streetcars pull bike trailers along for the ride (Overhead Wire)
- Vice Pres. Biden defends Amtrak from ‘at the trough’ allegations (Overhead Wire)
- Portland, OR considering ‘Idaho Stop’ bike law for stoplights (Urban Velo)
- Infrastructure projects worth $100 million to benefit Fort Knox (Business First)
- CO2 emissions by transport type don’t include harmful land use patterns (hugeasscity)
- Some infrastructure-stimulus money going to build sprawl-inducing roads (NY Times)
- Two days left for bridges project agency decision (C-J)
- Green Convene takes on KY road plan, widening I-64 through the park (C-J)
- Virginia bans the cul-de-sac in new developments favoring through roads (WaPo)
Local News
- Bardstown Road’s Karma Cafe closing down (Lou HotBytes forum)
- Speakeasy Cinema to bring ‘cinema drafthouse’ to Louisville (Lou HotBytes forum)
- Slugger Field’s Browning’s tries again to open by May with new owners (C-J)
- Locust Grove gets a historic face-lift with new wallpaper, paint (C-J)
- Shawnee neighborhood safer thanks to ‘Weed and Seed’ program (Fox 41)
- Butchertown shotgun house safe for now, owners still trying for demolition (Butchertown NA)
- Carmichael’s best bookstore, GQ loves ear-X-tacy (C-J)
- Wiltshire on Market to hold art-filled opening reception March 28 (Consuming Lou)
- Downtown New Albany filling up with affordable upstairs lofts (N & T)
- Bank Street Brewhouse open in New Albany (C-J)
- New Albany planning ahead for Preservation Month with many events (Our History NA)
- Southwest Louisville gets a giant welcome banner (Business First)
- Barret Ave.’s Monkeywrench bridges the Highlands and Germantown (BFAO)
- Gill Holland’s water documentary on the Lou. Science Center IMAX this week (Ville-Voice)
Everything Else
- Raleigh new plan guides growth in a ‘post-sprawl world’ (R-D Indie Week via Planetizen)
- Clean coal technology is still off in the future (Page One)
