Free ride: The city-parish will offer free shuttle bus service to the Baton Rouge River Center for the BizTech Expo Wednesday and Thursday. Once River Center parking garages are full, drivers will be directed to South Boulevard, where they can park under the Interstate 10 Bridge, near the Pastime. Buses will regularly go between the parking area and the River Center. City-parish officials say they expect 400 to 500 cars to park under the bridge.
Norway tops list:A new United Nations development index finds that Norway is the best country in the world to live in, while the U.S. ranked 13th. The index was based on factors such as gross domestic product per capita, education and life expectancy. Australia, Iceland and Canada rounded out the top four, the U.S. finished between Finland and Austria. Niger, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone held down the bottom three spots. The U.N. notes that human development has improved by 15% since 1980.
