License-issuing activity temporarily suspended in Oldham, Jefferson

Installation of software and cameras for Kentucky’s new driver’s license will require a one-day suspension of license-issuing activity in three Jefferson County Circuit Court Clerk’s offices and the Oldham County Circuit Court Clerk's offices this week and next week. Dates for the installation are:

• October 24 - Oldham County
• October 29 – Outer Loop
• October 30 – Middletown
• October 31 – West Louisville

Other operations of the Circuit Clerk’s office are not affected, and the office will be open all day. Driver’s licensing operations will resume the following day, and the new license will be available to these residents.

“The new licenses are the manifestation of Kentucky’s efforts to improve the level of service provided to our customers, in addition to securing a credential Kentuckians use each day,” said Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) Department of Vehicle Regulation Commissioner Tom Zawacki.

The new license has multiple layers of security features, all linked to each other, so counterfeiters must compromise multiple technologies – not just one.

Features include:

• Digital watermark imperceptible to the human eye

• Bank note-level fine line printing

• Improved dual-side lamination for greater tamper resistance and durability

• Hologram with single-color, ultraviolet “ghost” image

Starting in the fall, new licenses will also feature “veteran” and “organ donor” designations. Customers are not required to obtain new licenses before current licenses expire, and the process for obtaining or renewing a license will not change. The cost remains $20.

We want to hear from you!

The Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA) is the metropolitan transportation planning organization for the five county region including Jefferson, Bullitt and Oldham counties in Kentucky and Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana. Our responsibilities include producing a long range transportation plan document, the Horizon 2030 Metropolitan Transportation Plan with projects listed through the year 2030, as well as a short range planning program, the FY 2011 – FY 2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) that identifies planned federal funding expenditures through 2015.


Changes have been proposed for these documents and we would like to get your feedback. The Horizon 2030 Metropolitan Transportation Plan remains financially reasonable and the TIP remains fiscally constrained with the proposed changes. In addition, the projects have been reviewed by the Interagency Consultation Group for the regional emissions analysis. An air quality conformity report and documentation of the analysis are included in amendment packet, which can be found at http://www.kipda.org/Transportation/Drafts.aspx.

We invite you to review the project information and submit comments to the following address by November 1, 2012.

TIP & Plan Amendment

KIPDA

11520 Commonwealth Drive

Louisville, KY 40299

Email comments to: kipda.trans@ky.gov

In addition, you may review the documents and ask questions in person during a public open house held at the following time and location:


Monday, October 29, 2012

4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

St. Matthews Branch Public Library

3940 Grandview Avenue

St. Matthews, Kentucky 40207

For additional information, call Josh Suiter at 502-266-6084

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, anyone in need of assistance should contact KIPDA with the requirements at the telephone numbers or address listed above.

TARC offering service to St. James Art Fair

The Transit Authority of River City is offering public transportation from downtown Louisville to the St. James Court Art Show during the art show, which runs Friday through Sunday.


TARC buses will leave PARC’s Brown Hotel garage (Third Street and Broadway) every 15 minutes from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. They will run every 10 minutes from 9:30 a.m. to 6:10 p.m. tomorrow and 9:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m. Sunday. Passengers will be dropped off at Second and Hill streets for a short walk to the art show. The cost is $6 per carload, which covers parking and bus service. Patrons will be issues a pass before boarding to guarantee them return service to the garage.

In addition, fair-goers can use fare-free trolleys downtown. The Fourth Street trolley connect visitors with the First Friday Trolley Hop on Main and Market streets, Fourth Street Live and other downtown entertainment venues on Friday.

Riders can also board buses two and from the art fair at any stop along the route including an additional stop at Second Street and Breckenridge and another at Second Street and Hill. The cost is $1.75. Routes 2, 4 and 27 serve stops near the festival area.

For more information, call 585-1234, www.ridetarc.org or on TARC’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

Lane closures tonight on Watterson West

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 5 Office announced that westbound Interstate 264 (Watterson Expressway) will be reduced to one lane between I-65 and Dixie Highway beginning at 10 p.m. today (October 3) until 5:30 a.m. tomorrow (October 4) to allow for pavement repairs.


For more information, call 511 or go to www.511.ky.gov. Information is also available on the district’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/KYTCDistrict 5.

Bike to Work on Friday!

Louisville Metro's Bike Louisville is encouraging you to bike to work this Friday.

A group will meet at Seneca Park to bike into the downtown area. Meet at the basketball courts at 7:15 a.m.  
Bring lights and bright/reflective clothing as it's not fully light outside at 7:15. If you don't have lights, Bike Louisville has a limited supply to hand out.

The group will then meet after work at 5:00 p.m. at 4th Street Live (by the escalators) to bike back to Seneca.

For more information, email john.eisinger@louisvilleky.gov.