Thursday, December 6, 2012

River Ridge Commerce Park to Soon Be Serviced by TARC


Beginning Jan. 21, employees of Amazon.com and other companies at the River Ridge Commerce Center will have weekday TARC service to the site on IN 62 in Jeffersonville.

TARC is extending an existing cross-river route to provide three morning and four afternoon trips to River Ridge. Route #71, will now travel from Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, through downtown New Albany, downtown Louisville and Jeffersonville en route to River Ridge.

All River Ridge trips will service the TARC stop in the parking lot at Meijer at Allison Lane and Indiana 62 in Jeffersonville with connections to Route #82, which operates only in Southern Indiana.

In addition, TARC is addressing workforce needs by adding two Saturday trips – one morning and one afternoon - on Route #82 to the Jeffersonville Towne Center off Veterans Parkway where Accent Marketing is located. Those trips will begin Sat., Jan. 26. On weekdays beginning Jan. 21, an early afternoon and evening trip serving Accent Marketing will also be added.

Plus TARC will make slight adjustments to schedules in January on these other routes: Rt. #18-Preston-18th Street, Rt. #31-Shelbyville Road; and Rt. #78x-Bluegrass express. In addition, on Rt. #18 TARC will add two morning trips to the Valley Village neighborhood in southwest Louisville off Dixie Highway. Those schedule adjustments also take effect on Mon. Jan. 21.

For a map on the Amazon/River Ridge extension, to go http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/News/December_2012/RiverRidge%20extension_map.pdf.

Summary of TARC service changes

Route #18-Preston-18th Street: TARC will add two morning trips to the Valley Village neighborhood in southwest Louisville off Dixie Highway. On weekdays only, bus arrival times will be adjusted slightly on trips operating to and from Okolona and Outer Loop, and on early morning trips to Fern Valley Road. These changes occur primarily on westbound trips.  For details, go to http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/Rt_18pocket%20large(2).pdf.

Route #31-Shelbyville Road: In response to passenger requests, four morning weekday trips will arrive five minutes earlier at 4th Street and Broadway in downtown Louisville. Those trips now arrive at 7:20, 7:50, 8:20 and 8:50. All trips will continue to 5th and Market streets.  For details, http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/Rt_31_61pocket(1).pdf.

Route #71-Jeffersonville-Louisville-New Albany: This route will be extended to provide three morning and four afternoon weekday trips serving River Ridge Commerce Center including the Amazon.com Inc. site, on IN 62 in Jeffersonville. All River Ridge/Amazon trips will service a TARC stop in the parking lot at Meijer at Allison Lane and IN 62 with transfer connections to Rt. #82. Stops will be added to Patrol Road, Centennial Boulevard and Middle Road on the Rt. #71 extension to River Ridge. Some bus arrival and departure times will change by 5-10 minutes on weekdays. The last westbound trip from the Meijer will depart seven minutes later to accommodate Meijer employees whose shifts end at 10 p.m. For details,  http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/Rt_71pocket(1).pdf.

Route #78x-Bluegrass Express: The eastbound trip from 3rd and Chestnut at 6:18 a.m. will leave five minutes earlier. The 7:23 a.m. and 7:53 a.m. trips departing Southeast Christian Church will leave six minutes earlier to allow for heavy traffic on I-64. For details, http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/Rt_78pocket.pdf.

Route #82-New Albany-Clarksville-Jeffersonville: Beginning Jan. 26 TARC will add two Saturday trips – one morning and one afternoon – to the Accent Marketing complex in the Jeffersonville Towne Center off Veterans Parkway. A weekday early afternoon and evening trip will also be added serving Accent Marketing on Jan. 21. Weekday trip times will change by 5-15 minutes to provide for transfer connections with Rt. #71 trips to River Ridge. For details, http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/Rt_82pocket.pdf.

-Photo and information provided by TARC

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