CART will hold it's quarterly meeting on March 19th at 6pm at the Clifton Center (directions). 

We will discuss renaming CART. 

The speaker will be Dr. Ted Grossardt, of the Community Transportation Innovation Academy and the Transportation Systems Management Graduate Certificate Program at the Kentucky Transportation Center.  He will discuss exciting new advances in public participation technology.

This meeting is free and open to the public.

All of CART's Car Free Guides to Louisville Neighborhoods are now online!  Many are still in print in dead-tree edition - check with your local neighborhood group.

• Car Free Guide to the Highlands (2009) pdf
• Car Free Guide to Clifton (2007) pdf
• Car Free Guide to St Matthews (2005) pdf
• Car Free Guide to Deer Park (2003) web

CART regularly makes claims that leave the public going "huh?".  That's because we're reading the wonky research that's recommending no new roads, higher gas taxes, increased investment in rail, and increased investment in public transit.  So here is our bibliography:

When you become a member of CART, you are making an important contribution to the health, safety, beauty and sustainability of our community.

Members receive the following benefits:

The Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation is a community service organization serving Kentucky and Southern Indiana. CART was founded in 1992 and is a vocal force in transportation planning for Louisville and Kentucky.

the 10 Commandments issue

• Nina Walfoort to speak at quarterly meeting
• World Car Free Day preperations
• TARC News
• Lexington Area Sierra Club
• Car Free Guide to Clifton
• Ohio River Bridges, again
• Underestimating Costs in Public Works Projects: Error or Lie?
• Safe Routes To School is a winning issue
• China passes USA in CO₂ emissions
• Vatican issues 10 commandments for drivers

Why Be Car-Free?

A car-free life can be a carefree life. Life without searching for parking spots, pumping the gas, waiting in traffic, getting speeding/parking tickets, and avoiding car repair/breakdowns can be less stressful and healthier. You don't have to be totally car-free to enjoy the benefits either. Being car-free for just one day can still make a difference. Imagine if everyone was car-free for just one day each week. That would be a 14% reduction in the pollution we create.

Transportation investments affect most aspects of our lives: Land use, Air Quality, Accessibility and Livability are the most obvious areas of impact. The oil consumed by transportation - over 13 million barrels a day - is impacting our global climate and bringing us into international conflict. The immanent peak of world oil production signals a radical shift in world energy economics which will cripple those economies which have not prepared by implementing conservation and alternative energy strategies. The United States is the industrial economy most vulnerable to these energy resource depletions.

Download PDF (6 pages, 400kB)

Contents:

• Light Rail and a New Transportation vision for Metro Louisville
• Overview of Highways and Transit: Leveling the Playing Field in Federal Transportation Policy from the Brookings Institution.
• TARC's New Buses Address Air and Noise Pollution
• First Major TARC Survey
• Report finds 'Fix it First': Public Transportation are Key to Job Creation
• Next Stop Clifton - Imagining Louisville's Transit system in 2525