LOUISVILLE -- An open house at TARC headquarters on Dec. 13 is designed to gather ideas and suggestions from the public on how TARC serves Louisville-area residents and ways it can improve.
TARC is developing short and long-range plans that will form the future of transit in the Louisville area. The plans will impact policies and practices of TARC’s partner agencies—including Louisville Metro, KIPDA, KYTC, INDOT, and other local entities--and the entire region.
The December open house is part of TARC’s short- and long-range plan and will include evaluations of TARC’s ridership numbers, popular routes, vehicles, staffing, and more. The goal will be to determine ways the transit service can better support riders, employers, schools and the multi-county communities it serves. A wide range of improvement alternatives will be considered in the final report.
“TARC has served the Louisville community for decades, and we want to make sure we’re offering the right services at the right times in the right places,” said Ferdinand Risco, interim executive director of TARC. “I’m excited to hear directly from the people who depend on TARC to get to school, work, and home and learn what we can do to make TARC the transportation choice for even more riders.”
More than 80 percent of TARC trips are to work or to school. TARC serves more than 12.5 million customers who ride almost 14 million miles annually. The system operates 41 routes in five counties in Kentucky and southern Indiana.
Again, the open house is on Thursday, Dec. 13, 5 to 7 p.m. at TARC Headquarters, located at 1000 W. Broadway.
