TARC to hold 4/22, 4/23, and 4/24 Open House Meetings on TARC 2025 redesign proposals

April 21, 2025

Deadline to provide feedback on proposals is Wednesday, April 30

Louisville, KY (April 21, 2025) – As the TARC 2025 draft plan comment phase winds down, Louisville residents will have three opportunities this week to get their questions answered by TARC staff and speak up before the feedback phase closes on April 30.   

Public Meeting Schedule

Community members are invited to attend one of the following open house meetings to learn more and submit their comments:

• Tuesday, April 22, 4 – 6:30 p.m. at Union Station, 1000 West Broadway (RSVP)
• Wednesday, April 23, 4 – 6:30 p.m. at United Crescent Hill Ministries, 150 State St (RSVP)
• Thursday, April 24, 4 – 6:30 p.m. at Shively City Hall, 3920 Dixie Highway (RSVP)

Residents can stop by the open houses at any point during the scheduled times and will be able to talk to TARC staffers. The survey is also available to take at ridetarc.org (RideTarc.org/TARC2025).

TARC 2025

The TARC 2025 process was launched in 2024 to ensure long-term sustainability for Louisville transit in the face of historic financial challenges and a looming deficit.

TARC released draft proposals in early March, for a new TARC at different price points, including both short and long-term options for the community to provide feedback on. The proposals were designed after an extensive first phase in August and September 2024, when the TARC 2025 team made over 160 presentations on TARC’s challenges and potential choices and received more than 2,800 survey responses.

Overview of the proposals
TARC 2025 was launched in 2024 as a key strategy to address TARC’s projected fiscal cliff – then forecast to hit in the second half of 2026. 

TARC’s strategic cost savings measures over the last year – including two rounds of service cuts in the last six months – has bought the region more time to make a decision and allowed TARC to provide additional options in the draft plans.

For the TARC network over the next several years, there are two primary proposals: 

• The Limited Plan would provide significantly reduced service compared to today, but at a level TARC is confident existing revenues can support over the next decade. This is a barebones plan that TARC hopes to not have to implement. Fortunately, thanks to the recent cost cutting measures, TARC projects that this plan would only have to be implemented as a last resort if no additional funding is identified or no additional service reductions are made by 2028.
  
• The Enhanced Plan would see slightly reduced service levels from today but with a redesigned network that would provide better access to jobs than the current network – as well as better coverage and connectivity than the Limited Plan. It will also provide service to all JCPS magnet high schools. While the Enhanced Plan provides better service than the Limited Plan, TARC could not maintain it indefinitely without additional funding. If TARC were to implement the Enhanced Plan in the Summer of 2026, it would buy the region time until 2029 to determine if more investment is needed in transit. After that, if no more funding were available, TARC would need to cut service again by Summer 2030.

While the Enhanced Plan is a slight reduction in overall service levels from today, it would provide better overall workforce access to jobs and provide morning and afternoon service to all JCPS magnet high schools. It would also restore coverage to areas like Jeffersontown and Cane Run Road that would not have any service in the proposed Limited Plan.

The TARC 2025 proposals also include a Growth Plan that shows what transit could look like in future years if additional investment is prioritized. 

Community members interested in learning more can go to RideTarc.org/TARC2025 to review details on all of the plans. They are encouraged to take the updated TARC 2025 survey to weigh in on their thoughts. A full listing of public events for TARC 2025 is available at: RideTarc.org/events/list