<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 5px 0px; "><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TARC Seeks Input on Proposed Service Changes</span></font></h1><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>March 4, 2013</strong> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TARC is seeking public comment on proposed changes that include restructuring five Louisville routes for improved service in some areas and cost savings in others. Any changes would take effect on June 9. <a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/News/March_2013/RiderAlert_June13.pdf" title="Click here for detailed descriptions and maps of the proposed route changes.">Click here for detailed descriptions and maps of the proposed route changes.</a> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/News/March_2013/RiderAlert_Enlarged%20Version.pdf" title="Rider Alert - Enlarged Version">Rider Alert - Enlarged Version</a> </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“These proposals are designed to improve overall service as much as possible while saving on costs and minimizing negative impacts to passengers,” said J. Barry Barker, TARC Executive Director. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The proposals include the merger of 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. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“We encourage public feedback on all the proposals and will carefully consider comments before any decisions are final,” Barker said. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>PUBLIC MEETINGS AND COMMENT THROUGH MARCH 22: </strong> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; "><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Tues., March 19</strong> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong> </strong> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong> </strong> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Wed., March 20</strong> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong> </strong> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong> </strong> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Thurs., March 21</strong> </span></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>11 a.m. – 1 p.m.</strong><br>Nia Center<br>2900 West Broadway</span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>11 a.m. – 1 p.m.</strong><br>St. Elizabeth Church<br>1016 East Burnett Avenue</span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>11 a.m. – 1 p.m.</strong><br>LFPL Main Branch<br>301 York Street</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>5 p.m. – 7 p.m.</strong><br>McDowell Center<br>8412 Westport Road</span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>5 p.m. – 7 p.m.</strong><br>LFPL Southwest Branch<br>10375 Dixie Highway</span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td><td colspan="1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong>Other ways to get information and comment:</strong> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Email:<a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/contact-us/" title=" info@ridetarc.org"> info@ridetarc.org</a> • Phone: <a href="tel:502/561-5112">502/561-5112</a> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ridetarc" title="www.twitter.com/ridetarc">www.twitter.com/ridetarc</a> • Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ridetarc" title="http://www.facebook.com/ridetarc">http://www.facebook.com/ridetarc</a> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mail: TARC, Union Station, 1000 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY 40203 </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">For more information and to sign up for TARC’s e-news service, visit <a href="http://www.ridetarc.org">www.ridetarc.org</a>. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The proposals were designed so TARC options would remain available to passengers impacted by the changes. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The proposals would result in an estimated savings of $1.8 million a year. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TARC proposes merging <a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/25Map_JUN2013PublicHearings_Color.pdf" title="Route#25-Oak Street with Route #55-Westport Road">Route#25-Oak Street with Route #55-Westport Road</a>, 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. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TARC would provide more frequent and direct service between the airport and downtown on <a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/02Map_JUN2013PublicHearings_Color.pdf" title="Route #2-Second Street">Route #2-Second Street</a>, which would no longer travel south of the airport to UPS Worldport. The UPS facility would be on <a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/18Map_JUN2013PublicHearings_Color.pdf" title="Route #18-Preston-18th Street">Route #18-Preston-18th Street</a>, which travels Dixie and Preston Highways. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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. <a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/27Map2_JUN2013PublicHearings_Color.pdf" title="Route #27-Hill Street">Route #27-Hill Street</a> 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. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Based on an analysis of ridership, TARC is proposing the elimination of the loop around the Louisville Medical Center on the <a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/04Map_JUN2013PublicHearings_Color.pdf" title="Route #4-Fourth Street">Route #4-Fourth Street</a> route. 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. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TARC also proposes 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. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/News/March_2013/RiderAlert_June13.pdf" title="Click here for detaileddescriptions and maps of the proposed route changes. ">Click here for detailed descriptions and maps of the proposed route changes. </a> </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.ridetarc.org/uploadedFiles/News/March_2013/RiderAlert_Enlarged%20Version.pdf" title="Rider Alert - Enlarged Version">Rider Alert - Enlarged Version</a> </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p></body></html>