Plans and Projects
TARC Tomorrow: Planning today for a better journey tomorrow
TARC is developing a long-range plan for the future of public transit and mobility in the Louisville region–we call this TARC Tomorrow. Our plan includes six “Big Ideas” that provide the framework for TARC to move forward. To learn more click here.
TARC Strategic Plan 2023
TARC recognizes the value and impact that a high-quality transportation system can deliver to our community. A new strategic plan affords the opportunity for members of our leadership team to explore what TARC can be for our community, how we make improvements and changes, and how we should measure our progress toward goals. TARC’s 2023 Strategic Plan is both ambitious and actionable. No strategic plan should be an easy reach, and TARC is accepting the Challenge to Change.
To learn more click here.
Title VI Plan 2022
TARC puts forth every effort to ensure nondiscriminatory transit transportation in support of our goals to provide a safe, secure, and reliable transit system that ensures the efficient mobility of people, thereby enhancing both the quality of life and the economic vitality of the communities TARC serves.
As set forth by the Title VI and its nondiscrimination authorities TARC is committed to do the following:
- Ensure that the level and quality of transit service and transit amenities are provided without regard to race, color, or national origin
- Identify and address, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects, including social and economic effects of programs and activities on minority populations and low-income populations
- Promote the full and fair participation of all affected populations in transit decision making
- Prevent the denial, reduction, or delay in benefits related to programs and activities that benefit minority populations or low-income populations
- Ensure meaningful access to programs and activities by persons with limited English proficiency
Micro Mobility Transit Study
The Micro Mobility Transit Study evaluates how the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) can use Mobility on Demand (MOD) strategies to offer customers improved quality of service and extend the reach of its network to suburban areas where fixed route service is currently limited or absent.
This study explores and evaluates innovative transportation options to improve connections between TARC’s fixed-route bus network and the suburban and exurban destinations in Louisville Metro and surrounding counties. To learn more click here.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE): Federal
Fiscal Year Goals for 2023, 2024, and 2025
FTA recipients, such as TARC, expected to award more than $250,000 in FTA funds in prime contracts (excluding transit vehicle purchases) in a Federal fiscal year are required to set a three-year goal for DBE participation in accordance to 49 C.F.R. § 26.45(a); click here to read TARC’s fiscal year goals for 2023, 2024, and 2025.
TARC Comprehensive Operations Analysis (COA)
A healthy transit network is critical not only for the riders who depend on that service every day, but also to foster the continued growth and change that communities experience.
The focus of this COA project is to evaluate the current system and develop a range of improvements to help meet the changing transit needs in the greater Louisville region. It examines existing transit services and identifies opportunities for improving system efficiency and effectiveness. It is a planning level tool used to develop potential near-term operational changes to help deliver more effective and useful service to the community. To learn more click here.
Transit Design Standards Manual
As the local public transit provider in the Louisville region, the Transit Authority of River City (TARC), has developed the Transit Design Standards Manual to encourage the coordination of local development and transit service. This manual serves as a reference to help local jurisdictions and the development community to accommodate transit within their development plans.
Although TARC deals primarily with transit needs within the public right-of-way, the agency encourages property owners and developers to consider the transportation needs of the site’s users when locating and designing buildings and amenities within a new or redeveloped site.
By providing the infrastructure, access routes, facilities, and amenities, a new development can help to make public transit an attractive and efficient mode of travel within the community. To learn more click here.
