[Nfbk] Fw: [glcb] New Express Monthly Passes Now On Sale

[Ronnie White]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael McCarty 
To: glcb at acb.org ; tweet at tweetyourmail.com 
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:45 AM
Subject: [glcb] New Express Monthly Passes Now On Sale


 

express-pass

 

New express monthly passes on sale now

 

TARC's new express fare increase goes into effect Thursday, July 1. TARC is offering a discounted monthly express-fare pass for $80 that will save express-route

commuters up to $30 a month over paying the cash fare of $2.50.

 

The new express passes can be purchased beginning today at the following TARC ticket outlets: 

 

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. Fifth Third Bank - all area locations 

. Union Station - 1000 W. Broadway 

. Nia Travel and Jobs Center - 2900 W. Broadway 

. Louisville Free Public Library - 3rd & York

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TARC express passes can also be 

ordered online.

 To order by mail, call 585-1234 to request a mail order envelope. 

 

There will be no express tickets for sale. However, two adult cash fare tickets can be used, or one adult cash fare ticket plus $1 cash. The tickets cost

$12.50 for a strip of 10.

 

Riders with Humana, University of Louisville and Metro Louisville IDs will have the additional express fare covered by their employer. 

 

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free trip

 Do you love the Downtown Trolleys? 

Now you can ride them free! 

 

If you work downtown, you may have noticed that the trolleys are fuller and more frequent. Thanks to funding from downtown business organizations, the Fourth

Street Trolley and the Main-Market are free for the summer with plans to make them free permanently.

 

The funding to run the trolleys fare-free for the summer is provided by:

 

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. The Downtown Development Corp. 

. The Kentucky International Convention Center 

. The Louisville Convention and Visitors Bureau 

. The Louisville Downtown Management District 

. Humana, Inc.

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Take a ride on the trolleys and pick up a "Destination Discount" coupon that will give you special deals at these participating stores and restaurants:

Yafa Café, J. Gumbo's, Another Place Sandwich Shop, Wolfgang Puck, Louisville Slugger Museum and Louisville Science Center. 

 

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Dump the Pump Day is Thursday, June 17 

 

Thursday is national Dump the Pump Day and TARC riders will receive a "Dump the Pump" sticker showing that they did their part to save money and conserve

energy.

 

According to the American Public Transportation Association, public transit plays a major role in reducing our nation's dependence on foreign oil. Here's

the facts:

 

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. Public transportation saves the U.S. the equivalent of 4.2 billion gallons of gasoline annually - more than three times the amount of gasoline refined

from the oil we import from Kuwait. 

. Public transportation use saves the equivalent of 900,000 automobile fill-ups every day. 

. According to the most recent Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) report on congestion, individuals who live in areas served by public transportation

save 398 million gallons of fuel annually.

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Please do your part to save on fuel consumption and Dump the Pump on Thursday.



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