TARC Announces Proposed Changes, Eliminations and Public Meetings

TARC is making service improvements and cuts and want to hear from you!

 

Proposed changes include restructuring of five Louisville routes for improved service in some areas and cost savings in others. Changes would take effect on June 9. The proposed changes would merge two routes to create a cross-town link between west and east Louisville, more frequent and direct service between downtown and the Louisville International Airport and the elimination of a loop to the downtown Medical Center on the Fourth Street route due to low ridership.

There will be several information meetings and are the dates and times for those meetings.

 

Tues., March 1911 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Nia Center, 2900 W. Broadway5-7 p.m.: McDowell Center, 8412 Westport Road

Wed., March 2011 a.m. - 1 p.m.: St. Elizabeth Church, 1016 E. Burnett Ave.5-7 p.m. - Louisville Free Public Library, Southwest Branch, 10375 Dixie Highway

Thur., March 21

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Louisville Free Public Library, Main Branch, 301 York St.

These proposed changes will save an estimated $1.8 million a year.

Here are the details of these changes:

• Merge route#25-Oak Street with route #55-Westport Road, resulting in direct service between residential areas of west Louisville to job sites in east Louisville. The Westport Road route would no longer travel to downtown, but frequent connections to other TARC routes accessing downtown would be available. This proposed change would also increase service on weekdays and bring new Sunday and holiday service to Westport Road.
• More frequent and direct service between the airport and downtown on Route #2-Second Street, which would no longer travel south of the airport to UPS Worldport. The UPS facility would be on Route #18-Preston-18th Street, which travels Dixie and Preston Highways.
• The Second Street route would no longer travel on Preston Street, instead making a more direct link to downtown primarily on Third and Second streets. Route #27-Hill Street would be realigned to cover the area of Preston now served by the Second Street route. The Hill Street route would no longer travel on Burnett and Shelby streets and Delor and Texas avenues.
• Due to low ridership, the loop around the Louisville Medical Center on the Route #4-Fourth Street route has been proposed for elimination. North of Central Avenue on the route, bus arrival times of every 10 minutes would be maintained from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. TARC would reduce service to every 15 minutes from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• Reducing frequency from every 15 minutes to every 20 minutes from 7-9 p.m. on Dixie and Preston Highways (Route #18). Buses would still arrive every 15 minutes from 6 a.m. - 7 p.m. except south of Park Place Mall on Dixie Highway where buses would arrive at stops every 30 minutes from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

For detailed descriptions and maps of these changes, go to http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/News/March_2013/RiderAlert_June13.pdf.