This week the Transportation Lady focuses on Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month: It all seems pointless, really, since Frankfort took it upon itself to kill Kentucky’s helmet law.

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A Louisville man is accused of assault after police say he intentionally struck a bicyclist with his vehicle. [WDRB] The Louisville Metro Council will not rush to buy the century-old Colonial Gardens site in southern Louisville, as Mayor Greg Fischer recently proposed. [C-J/AKN] Pre-construction is underway in Indiana for the new Downtown bridge that will [...]

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Greg Fischer needs to rethink his strategy because this abandoned properties bill is solid. Just because the city could take over vacant properties doesn’t mean it would have to. [C-J/AKN] Sounds like Mellwood/Story Ave on the average afternoon. Chinese officials say they have fished out 900 dead pigs from a Shanghai river that is a [...]

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We’re closer and closer to hitting our goal and launching our new project. You can help. [Support Our New Project!] The U.S. Justice Department and an anti-abortion protester have settled a lawsuit alleging that he illegally grabbed and pushed a volunteer escort outside a women’s health clinic in Louisville. [WDRB] A public transportation advocacy group [...]

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We’re closer and closer to hitting our goal and launching our new project. Consider helping make that happen. [Support Our New Project!] Another public forum was held Saturday on the Ohio River Bridges Project, and tolls were again the big issue for people with concerns about the plan to build two new bridges connecting Kentucky [...]

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The Ohio River Bridges Debacle buttcramps are meeting today to ignore the wishes of the public. [C-J/AKN] Another day, another cyclist has been killed in Louisville. Tomorrow, it will probably be a pedestrian. Possibility City. [WDRB] Before you roll your eyes at Lexington over this story, remember that Louisville’s downtown only has an arena and [...]

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Why, yes, it’s beyond strange for us to care about anybody who relies upon public transportation to get around. So it’s even more weird for us to remind you of Greg Fischer’s bike thingy on the 14th. Thankfully, it’s on a Sunday when most people don’t have to work. But in case you do? Roads [...]

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A group opposed to the Ohio River Bridges Project is asking a judge to force Kentucky and Indiana to stop spending money on the plan until a federal lawsuit challenging the project is resolved. [C-J/AKN] The “Roll Out” fitness event on the University of Louisville’s campus was designed to encourage those with disabilities that they [...]

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A new preservation program is focusing on saving Louisville’s shotgun houses. [WDRB] You can’t even ride a bike in Louisville these days without some road rage nut from Bardstown hitting you. [C-J/AKN] A Louisville man allegedly told his cousin he planned to take the fall for his stepson’s murder, instead of his teenage son taking [...]

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Why on earth are your taxpayer dollars paying for Greg Fischer, Jerry Abramson and Jim King to get involved in the WDRB/Time Warner Cable dispute? [Business First] Something all of these paywall stories neglect to address when comparing the Courier-Journal to the New York Times: the Courier-Journal is not the New York Times and will [...]

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