Newsletter, Fall 2008
"The Trains on the Brain Issue"
Friday: Ride aboard the Music City Star!
You are invited to join us for a ride on Nashville's Music City Star commuter rail system on September 26th. This fun & informative trip includes tickets both for the train itself, and for a charter bus leaving from Louisville. For travel details, see this page. Read more...
TARC-riding marathon on World Car Free Day raises Awareness, Money
Tim Darst celebrated World Car Free Day (September 22) by riding 200 miles on Transit Authority of River City (TARC) buses to highlight the need for expanded transit options for the citizens of Louisville Metro. Mr. Darst raised over $2000 with all proceeds going to Family Scholar House (formerly Project Women).
Family Scholar House is a collaborative organization that provides housing to single parents who are experiencing homelessness and supports them in obtaining a baccalaureate degree, thereby enabling them to break the cycle of poverty for themselves and their children. The World Car Free Day funds will be used to purchase TARC passes for those single parents to attend school. Read media coverage...
CART Members Help Run Futuristic Transit System!
Historic inspection of system by Jefferson, Hardin, and Meade county officials to occur on November 8th. Thanks to the generous contributions of CART members and other concerned citizens, we now have enough money to run an inspection train and inspection bus along the Dixie Highway corridor. For three glorious hours, Louisville will have something resembling a commuter train system along Dixie Highway, out to Fort Knox, and south to Elizabethtown.
This day will not have been possible without the generous contributions of the following entitites:
- All our donors! Thank you!
- The Paducah & Louisville Railroad, for operating the train and providing the crews
- Miller Transportation, for giving us a great deal on charter motor coaches
- Louisville Metro Council for agreeing to match private donations 1:1
- The city councils of Muldraugh, West Point, Vine Grove, Radcliff, and Elizabethtown
- Meade and Hardin Counties
- Project leader John Owen for dusting off the old KIRA plan, and sticking to his vision
- Our friends out at TARC, TACK, and KIPDA for advice and support
Zap Electric Cars to be Manufactured in Kentucky
photo courtesy wacky archives - there's more in...
Louisville needs watermelon-shaped bus shelters!
Local News
- CART Defers TARC Ballot Initiative
- Louisville Community Walkability Plan Released
- Bicycling For Louisville Bike Classes Start Next Week
- Long C-J piece on Transit and TARC
- NRDC: Kentuckians spending 6.7% of their income on gasoline
- Metro: Take the 2 Mile Bicycle Challenge!
- C-J: K&I Bike/Ped Bridge Negotiations
National
- Atlanta Decides On Big City Transit
- Evolution of Streets from Playgrounds to Highways
- Effects of the oil shock on New York congestion