[Nfbk] TARC Holding MoveLouisville Workshops

[Kevin Pearl]

Your input needed: TARC holding series of MoveLouisville workshops Jan. 13-17

Transit Authority of River City is holding a week-long series of Design Open Houses at TARC headquarters, Union Station Lobby, 1000 W. Broadway downtown.

Louisville Metro residents are invited to submit their transportation ideas, observations, and solutions during a series of workshops/presentations and open-house events the week of Jan. 13.

City officials are developing a 30-year multi-modal transportation plan – Move Louisville Strategic Multimodal Transportation Plan – meant to create greater mobility between places where people live, work, shop, eat and relax.

Attendees will have the first opportunity to talk with experts, give their input, and get a glimpse behind the curtain of transportation planning, according to a news release.

Dates and times for the Design Open House workshops:

· Monday, Jan. 13 – 6 p.m. (Initial Launch Presentation)
· Tuesday, Jan. 14 – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Open House)
· Wednesday, Jan. 15 – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Open House)
· Thursday, Jan. 16 – 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Open House)
· Thursday, Jan. 16 – 5:30 p.m. (Wrap-up Presentation )
· Friday, Jan. 17 – 9 a.m. (Wrap-up Presentation – repeat)

The city received a $600,000 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 2012 Transportation, Community and System Preservation Grant Program to refine its transportation plan.

The city matched the federal grant with $125,000, and partnered with TARC, which contributed $25,000, to help fund the total local match for MoveLouisville.

Development of the plan, which includes several opportunities for public input, began in November 2013 and will take about 10 months.

About MoveLouisville (description from website):

Move Louisville is a long-range strategic multi-modal transportation plan that will focus on creating greater mobility between the places where people live, work, shop and enjoy leisure time in Louisville.

Growing out of the city’s 25-year plan Vision Louisville, Move Louisville will consider travel by foot, bicycle, transit, paratransit and automobile, and will be folded into both regional and statewide transportation plans.

Project goals:

• Provide Connectivity Choices
• Protect Safety And Health
• Promote Economic Growth
• Maintain Fiscal Responsibility
• Assure Environmental Sustainability
• Enhance Neighborhoods


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