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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...

New Pink Door Express could have less dancing, more food (Consuming Lou) More on WHY Louisville's move down Bardstown Road (Consuming Lou) St. Matthews' new Molly Malone's could open by summer (C-J) Louisville government won't join 2,100 cities & participate in 'Earth...

Congratulations go to Germantown, Schnitzelburg, Paristown and Crescent Hill, Clifton, Clifton Heights for winning epic BS Neighborhood Derby Round One battles (Official results below). These teams will go up against the winners of today's match-up. On one side, we have...

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...

The BS Neighborhood Derby 2009 is still marching on, but we can now say Old Louisville with 87 percent of the vote and Butchertown-NULU with 72 percent are our definitive Round 1 victors over Shippingport-Portland and St. Matthews respectively. There's...

We're dusting off the old Art Car Friday posting, at least for this week. We spotted this hatchback Honda in Clarksville this week and couldn't resist putting it online. Besides the giant Union Jack on the hood, there's a...

WHY Louisville store moving to increase space by almost 7x (Business First) Architect has vision for transforming New Albany's waterfront (C-J) Jeffersonville selects designer for Big Four pedestrian bridge approach (C-J) St. Matthews winning awards: for its Walmart (C-J) 800 gallons of freshly...

The first two BS Neighborhood Derby Round One winners have been finalized. Both number 1 seeds, the Highlands and Downtown, advance to the second round of our neighborhood challenge. They were formidable opponents and the suburban town centers (Anchorage,...

Transportation Issues Stimulus rail funding could help U.S. catch up to other countries (Miller McCune via Planetizen) DOT Sec. LaHood 'committed to more livable, sustainable communities' (StreetsBlog) More Free bike safety, shared road classes available for cyclists & motorists (Consuming Lou) GM CEO...