Halloween on Hillcrest is back! Skip the parking nightmares and ride TARC to Louisville’s spookiest street. Route 8 → Frankfort Ave. & Hillcrest Ave. (Regular Fare) Hillcrest Ave. will be closed to vehicles on Halloween night, so TARC is the easiest (and safest) way to get there. Hillcrest Admission: Free all month! On Halloween night, entry will be ticketed (still free) and managed by Louisville Metro Police at both ends of Hillcrest. Trick-or-treating: Oct. 31 | 5–9 p.m. Plan your trip → Google Maps

Tired of the ever-rising cost of gasoline, costly repairs, and hefty automobile payments? Louisville households could save a whopping $11,963 a year by choosing public transportation over owning and operating a car! That’s more money in your pocket and less money down the drain. Keep your hard-earned dollars for the things that matter most! Let TARC Drive and start saving today Source: AAA’s 2026 Your Driving Costs study estimates the average annual cost to own and operate a new vehicle at $12,863 vs $900 for TARC

🍂 Fall Fun Is Just a TARC Ride Away! 🚌 Skip the parking hassle and enjoy fall in Louisville! 🎃🍁 🍂 Hayride in Shawnee Park – Oct. 25 Free hayrides, kids’ activities & food trucks. 🚌 Route #1 🎃 Halloween on Hillcrest – Through Oct. 30 Explore spooky decorations along Hillcrest Avenue. 🚌 Route #8 🎃 Shelby Park Pumpkin Patch – Oct. 16 Free pumpkins, live music, games & food trucks. 🚌 Route #3 ✨ Jack’s Lantern Trail – Through Nov. 1 See thousands of glowing pumpkins—and your ticket includes a FREE TARC ride! 🚌 Route #4 🍁 Plan your trip at ridetarc.org or use the Transit app. Ride easy. Enjoy fall. Leave the driving to us! 🚌🍂

🚌 Public transit is public transit — whether it’s got ergonomic seats or bales of hay. 🚜The tractor at Olmsted’s Hayride in Shawnee Park is calling your name. -Oct. 25, 2-5pm -FREE fall festival -Hayrides -Games -Food and drinks TARC is the best way to get you there. The Bardstown/Broadway Route 1 drops you off at the park entrance. From buses to tractors, if it moves people, we’re all on board.

TARC TO THE ST. JAMES COURT ART SHOW Skip the traffic jam and take TARC to Louisville’s St. James Court Art Show, Friday, Oct. 2, through Sunday, Oct. 4. Park at the Brown Hotel Garage, 658 S. Third St., for $15 and enjoy convenient round-trip service to the show, with buses running every 15 minutes. Buses leave the garage beginning at 10 a.m. Friday through Sunday. Look for the “TARC Boarding Here” sign near the garage. Buses drop off at First and Magnolia. For the return trip, board at Second and Magnolia. Last departures are 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

ATTENTION: DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER ALERT AND DIRECTION FROM FESTIVAL PROMOTERS TO SHELTER IN PLACE, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO THE LOUDER THAN LIFE EVENT FOR 9/18 HAVE BEEN PAUSED; SERVICE WILL RESUME ONCE THE ALERT HAS BEEN LIFTED. FOR UPDATES VISIT: facebook.com/louderthanlifef…

💳 Save on your TARC fare! 🚌 Looking for an easy way to pay? MyTARC Cards are available online, or you can purchase convenient mobile tickets through Token Transit. 💰 Want to save even more? A 30-day pass is the best value and can save you up to $60 per month compared with paying individual fares. Plan ahead, save money, and ride TARC all month long! Thank you for riding TARC! 💙

⚡🤘 FESTIVAL RIDERS, ARE YOU READY?! 🤘⚡ The road to Louder Than Life (Sept 17–20) just got louder, faster, and heavier — thanks to TARC + PARC. 🔥 Forget traffic. Forget outrageous parking fees and save your energy for the pit. Here’s the setlist: 🎸 Park downtown at the PARC garage (115 W Jefferson) — just $20 🎸 That price covers roundtrip TARC rides for your whole crew 🎸 Hop on the #4 bus at 1st & Liberty — rolling every 15–20 minutes 🎸 Straight shot to the festival gates (Phillips Lane & Freedom Way) 🎸 After the pit, catch the #4 back downtown ‘til midnight Your ticket to great music starts downtown!

⚽ We’re helping make futsal more accessible in Louisville! The new mini-pitch at Beechmont Community Center is located along TARC Route #4, with stops at 3rd St. and Wellington. Thanks to Louisville Parks and Recreation, there’s now a new elevated space for the community to gather, compete and enjoy futsal. Grab your ball, hop on Route #4 and get ready to play! ⚽🔥

🎡🚌 Take TARC to the LAST DAY of the Kentucky State Fair! Don’t let the fair end without one more funnel cake, one more ride and one more walk through the midway. 🤠🎢 Leave the parking behind and let TARC get you to the fair. Route #3 takes you right to the fairgrounds at the Preston Highway & Hart Avenue stop. One last day. One more trip. Make it count—and Take TARC! 🚌🎡

🚌🎤 When you’re #1, you ride the #1! Louisville’s own Jack Harlow is coming home for shows at Old Forester’s Paristown Hall on August 29 & 31—and TARC Route #1 is ready to get you there! Skip the parking hassle, hop on Route #1, and ride right into the heart of Paristown for a night of music, hometown pride and Jack Harlow.

It'll be a beautiful night for Louisville Bats baseball! ⚾️ Plus: 🍺Happy Hour 🎸Live Music😀Pat Kelsey Bobblehead🍹Margarita Madness Skip the parking hassle, save on gas, and ride TARC. Coming from St. Matthews? Hop on the #8 at any bus stop along Frankfort Ave or Shelbyville Rd. Pro tip: park near the Wing Stop on Sears Ave and be at the ballpark in just 20 minutes. Buses leave at 6:10 PM and 6:40 PM—both get you there before the first pitch. 🎟️ Don’t forget—TARC riders get 20% off tickets! Heading home? Catch the return bus right in front of Bob Dylan’s The Last Refuge at 9:10 or 10:10 PM. Easy in, easy out.

🚌Public transit is public transit — whether it’s got windows or not 🚜 The tractor train at the Kentucky State Fair is calling your name, and TARC is the best way to get you there. From buses to tractors, if it moves people, we’re all on board. Route #3 drops you off right at the Fair entrance at the Preston Highway & Hart Avenue stop.

🍰 Welcome to NuLu, Magnolia Bakery! 🚌 We’re excited to welcome Magnolia Bakery to Louisville and especially proud to see this iconic bakery opening right along TARC’s Route #8 in NuLu. Great businesses make great neighborhoods, and having Magnolia Bakery directly on a TARC route means residents, visitors, and workers have another great destination they can easily reach without getting behind the wheel. So, welcome to Louisville, Magnolia Bakery! We’re glad you’re here — and we’ll see you on Route #8. 🚌🍰🎉

The Kentucky State Fair is calling, and so are the corn dogs! 🌭🎡 Ride TARC and roll straight to all the fried food, rides, and fun without the stress of parking. Grab your MyTARC Card at area Kroger stores or Union Station, hop on Route #3 to Gate 6, and let the bus be your ticket to fair-day magic! 🚌✨

📢 TARC Call Center Hours Are Changing Starting Sunday, August 30, TARC’s Call Center will have new standard operating hours: 🕗 Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. As TARC works to manage costs and make the most of our resources, we’ve adjusted Call Center hours based on call volume and rider demand. This allows us to better align staffing with the times riders most frequently need assistance. 🚌 Need real-time bus information? You can check your bus’s location and estimated arrival time anytime through the Transit app or Google Maps. We appreciate your understanding as we continue working to make the best use of TARC’s resources and maintain the service our community depends on. Thank you for riding TARC! 💙

🚌 Goss Avenue, TARC has entered the chat! Goss Avenue is officially on the TARC map! 🎉 Our new service along Goss Ave. is connecting more of the neighborhood to jobs, businesses, shopping, restaurants, and everything else Germantown has to offer. And judging by the feedback we’ve been hearing… Goss Avenue LOVES TARC too! 💙🚌 More places to go. More ways to get there. More Louisville connected. Welcome to the TARC network, Goss Avenue! – at Parkway Village, KY