Louisville Metro Mayor's Healthy Hometown Hike, Bike and Paddle is Monday

Louisville Metro is hosting their annual Subway Fresh Fit Hike, Bike and Paddle event on Monday on the Great Lawn of Waterfront Park.

Booths open at 8:30 a.m. along with a DJ, stage activities, live entertainment, signups for door prizes, free t-shirts for participants, children's activities and food and drinks.

There will be a design warm up led by Fierece Fitness at 9:05 a.m. and Mayor Greg Fischer will welcome the crowd at 10 a.m. before the races begin.

Participants of all ages can chose to bike one to 16 miles and there will be turnarounds and water stops long the ride.

There will also be a 5K walking loops at begins at Waterfront Park and there are longer walk options.

Participants can also paddle 3 miles from Waterfront Park to Towhead Island and Beargrass Creek.

Hand cyclers, wheelchairs, dogs on leashes, strollers and wagons are welcomed.

There will also be live performances by Corey Brumback and Stacey King at noon and The St. James Hotel at 1 p.m.

For more information, go to http://www.bikebikeandpaddle.org/ or email specialevents@louisvilleky.gov.

TARC announces teen summer passes, new route along Louisville Loop

The Transit Authority of River City (TARC) has Summer Youth Pass for $30. The passes provide unlimited rides for anyone aged 6-17 on TARC bus routes all summer long. It is a great way for young people to access jobs and destinations throughout Greater Louisville while building self confidence and self reliance, important skills for lifelong success.

Passes can be purchased at the following locations:

• Union Station. 1000 W. Broadway
• Nia Center, 2900 W. Broadway
• All Fifth Third banks
• Louisville Free Public Library, Third and York streets

Online at http://www.ridetarc.org/

By mail by sending a check or money order for $30, with your name, address and phone number, to: SUMMER YOUTH PASS; c/o TARC cashier; 1000 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY 40203

In addition, TARC's "Loop to the Loop" bus route began Saturday connecting neighborhoods near downtown and western Louisville with the Louisville Loop recreational trail and other Metro Parks.


For a schedule and map of TARC's Loop to the Loop weekend and holiday route,  go to http://www.ridetarc.org/EditorUpload/file/Loop%20Schedule%20cropped.pdf. The schedule also includes new service on weekends and holidays to Riverview Park on the Louisville Loop via regular buses on Rt. #63-Crums Lane.

The TARC "Loop to the Loop" route is funded through the Communities Putting Prevention to Work federal grant that Louisville Metro received last year to further the work of the Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement. The route and Riverview Park TARC trips will last for up to a year with $313,000 in grant funds. Regular bus fare of $1.50 will be charged and bus-fare passes will be accepted.

Spring 2011 KIPDA Horizons Newsletter Available

The Fall 2010/Winter 2011 Horizons Newsletter is available on the KIPDA website at http://www.kipda.org/files/PDF/Transportation_Division/Newsletters/KIPDA_Transportation_Newsletter_-_Spring_2011.pdf/

 

In this issue you will find information about:

 

• Progress on the ARRA Projects
• Ticket to Ride's Ridership Survey
• An update on the Big Four Bridge
• New TPC members, leaders

 
 

 

 

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 5 Now Has Facebook Page

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s District 5 Office has joined the rapidly growing number of government agencies (including KIPDA) with a presence on the social networking site Facebook. The District 5 page, available at www.facebook.com/KYTCDistrict5, provides access to highway information in the district’s 8-county service area.


A Facebook account is not required to view the page, but Facebook members who “like” the District 5 page will have updates automatically sent to their Facebook home pages. Visitors can view the District 5 page on their home computers, as well as on Internet-enabled “smart phones” such as BlackBerry, iPhone and Android.

“This is yet another way to allow us to communicate important information to drivers in our area,” said Matt Bullock, Chief District Engineer. “We can use this popular social networking site to provide updates on highway conditions and other basic information on construction and maintenance efforts that may impact the daily commute or cross-country travel through the region.”

The district regularly provides traffic advisories to news media, school transportation officials, police, fire departments, and other emergency agencies via e-mail. Some regular commuters have asked to receive those detailed notices. However, Bullock said basic highway information can be conveyed more quickly through Facebook.

District 5 covers the counties of Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble. Headquartered in Louisville, the district’s 315 employees are responsible for about 2,400 miles of highway across the eight-county region.

In addition to the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/KYTCDistrict5, information on highway conditions across Kentucky is available at http://www.511.ky.gov/ or by dialing 511 from any phone in Kentucky. Links to highway information in surrounding states are available on the http://www.511.ky.gov/ website.

KIPDA's Facebook page can be found at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Kentuckiana-Regional-Planning-Development-Agency-Transportation-Division/72956795818.