transportation

Rand Paul Seeks to Cuts Corporate Tax, Fund Transportation

Kenny Colston — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:58:17 +0000

Through a single piece of legislation, Sen. Rand Paul is hoping to cut a corporate tax and get more revenue for transportation projects.

New Nonprofit Focuses on City Issues, Urbanism

Gabe Bullard — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:24:06 +0000

As the world's population becomes increasingly urbanized, a new nonprofit has been formed to make sure Louisville handles the changes appropriately.

GPS Could Make Transportation in JCPS More Efficient

Devin Katayama — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:41:22 +0000

Nearly 70,000 Jefferson County Public Schools students are taking the bus Tuesday for the first day of school, adding over 900 buses to the roads.

District officials expect some bus delays in the first week while drivers and parents figure out where students need to go after school, but they hope the new GPS-enabled buses will make transportation in the district more efficient.

TARC Gets Federal Grant for New Buses

Gabe Bullard — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:00:00 +0000

The Transit Authority of River City has received another federal grant to purchase new buses.

Most of the news about TARC involves cuts, since the authority's funding is tied to the city occupational tax.

But recently, TARC has won grants to replace aging vehicles. The latest award is for $4 million, which is enough to buy a dozen buses that more cleanly burn diesel fuel.

Previously, a grant was used to order 27 new buses, eleven of them hybrids.

In all, there are 210 buses in TARC's fleet. The new vehicles will be on the street next year.

Map Shows Density of Bike-Car Collisions

Gabe Bullard — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:32:02 +0000

After first finding an increase in bike-car collisions in Louisville between 2010 and 2011, the Map Grapher blog has (that's right) mapped collision density.

UofL Offering Car-Sharing Program in Fall

Devin Katayama — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:23:46 +0000

The University of Louisville has partnered with Enterprise to provide a car-sharing program that will offer faulty and students a low-cost transportation option next school year.

The company’s We-Car program will allow participants to pick up a Toyota Corolla for an hour, a day or a weekend, said John Drees, spokesman for the University of Louisville.

Want to Take a High-Speed Train to Atlanta?

Erica Peterson — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:52:43 +0000

A consulting firm says a high-speed passenger rail line that connects Louisville with Nashville, Atlanta and Jacksonville, Florida could be feasible.

According to consulting firm HNTB, there's enough demand for the line, which could cost anywhere from $11 billion to $43 billion.

According to the Florida Times-Union: