GLSC April Program - Representatives from Transit Authority of River City (TARC)

Please join us Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the United Crescent Hill Ministries building, 150 State St., 40206, as we welcome representatives from Transit Authority of River City (TARC). Founded in 1974, after purchasing the privately-owned Louisville Transit Company, the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) is the only public transit system in the Louisville-Southern Indiana metro area. With a fleet of over 220 buses, 33 which are hybrid-electric and 15 that are all-electric, an average 4.8 million individuals ride TARC annually with buses traveling 6.57 million miles a year. Additionally, TARC’s ADA paratransit services performed an average of 312,000 trips this past year.

TARC connects our community to jobs, schools, medical appointments, shopping, entertainment, and to each other. Today, TARC is facing historic financial challenges and a looming deficit. Action must be taken now to ensure the system’s long-term sustainability. TARC 2025: Moving Forward Together is a key strategy to address this challenge and better meet our shared priorities. It is also an important opportunity to redesign Louisville’s transit network to update and innovate service to better match the current and future needs of the Louisville region. Through this year-long initiative, TARC is working directly with the community to develop strategies for an updated transit network that will better meet the region’s needs and priorities within the reality of the funding TARC expects to receive over the next 5-10 years. 

Public input drives TARC 2025. After hearing priorities from the community during the TARC 2025 Concepts Phase last summer, the TARC 2025 team has drafted three different proposals for a new TARC at three different price points and associated service levels. Community feedback during the draft plan will help to guide TARC in making any changes to each proposal. TARC will be gathering community feedback from March 4 – April 30. TARC 2025 will reshape public transit in the Louisville region! Sierra Club members have a role in this process. Please join us April 15, 2025,  to learn more and to provide critical community input.

Hope you can make it! Register here to attend:

Note: This will be a hybrid meeting, that is, both in-person and virtual. Once you hit the "RSVP" button, two things will happen:

(1)  You'll be taken to a Zoom meeting registration page. We hope you’ll attend in person, but if you want the option of attending virtually, then please complete the Zoom registration form (this secondary registration enhances security).

(2)  You’ll receive a confirmation email that will also contain the Zoom registration link.