The Local Arrangements Committee would like to invite you to sign up for our exciting technical tours!
We have three excellent tours available to choose from depending on your interests and availability. A detailed description of each tour can be found below.
The $5 payment for tours can be paid through the registration page or you can pay in person when you check in for the conference.
To reserve your space in a technical tour please use the link below. Please limit sign-ups to two tours since space is limited, thank you.
If you have any additional questions please contact our Technical Tours Coordinator here.
5-7-mile (1-hour) bike ride departing from Fourth Street Live (4th Street at Liberty Street; 2 blocks west of the Omni Hotel)
Hosted by Nate Keltch, Louisville Metro Public Works
Capacity 15 attendees
The bike tour will depart from Fourth Street Live to the Logan Street Market. This exciting tour of Louisville’s bicycle-friendly streets will showcase some of the city’s bicycle accommodations. If time permits, the tour will also include the Big Four Bridge, which is a converted railroad bridge over the Ohio River connecting Kentucky and Indiana for bicycles and pedestrians.
1-mile (20-minute) walk from Omni Hotel to Trimarc Traffic Operations Center (901 W. Main Street)
3 blocks north on 2nd Street; 7 blocks west on Main Street; Located under the 9th Street/I-64 ramps
Hosted by Todd Hood, Peraton Inc.
Capacity 6 attendees at a time.
TRIMARC (Traffic Response and Incident Management Assisting the River Cities) is a project of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) and was a part of the original initiative to deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to 75 of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. This project started in the late 1990s, focusing on 11 miles of I-65 in Louisville, Kentucky. The project has grown to provide Traffic Incident Management services to both the Louisville and Northern Kentucky areas, monitor the safety systems of the East End Tunnel in Louisville, and provide maintenance and repair to ITS devices across the Commonwealth.
From the TRIMARC Traffic Operations Center (TOC), operators and staff use an integrated system of ITS devices and software, to analyze traffic conditions and provide real-time information to motorists via dynamic messaging signs, the Notify Every Truck (NET) program, social media, and other means. TOC staff also prioritize Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) response, which TRIMARC provides during workweek rush hour periods, to assist disabled motorists free of charge.
1-hour bus ride from Omni Hotel through the I-Move Kentucky construction with a stop at Historic Union Station
Hosted by Carrie Butler, TARC Executive Director, and Chris Slone, KYTC Project Manager
Capacity 35 attendees
TARC currently provides transportation service to residents and visitors in Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana with a fleet of over 200 vehicles operating across 30 routes. In 2015, TARC introduced nine new all-electric, zero-emission ZeroBuses running circulator routes along Main Street and Market Street from 10th Street to Campbell Street in the Nu-Lu urban renewal district and along 4th Street from Main Street to Breckinridge Street. The busses replaced higher polluting old-fashioned trolleys. The ZeroBuses provided free wi-fi and were fare-free. In 2016, TARC added six more all-electric, zero-emission busses running along 4th Street between downtown and Iroquois Park and stopping at some of the city’s most popular destinations including Churchill Downs, The University of Louisville, and 4th Street Live. These six new busses increased TARC’s electric vehicle fleet to 15 making it the largest fleet east of the Rocky Mountains. In 2018, TARC rebranded its all-electric, zero-emission bus fleet to LouLift. TARC’s electric bus fleet can travel up to two hours and fully recharge in less than 10 minutes. In 2021, TARC took another big step unveiling the first 15 of its 47 new, more fuel-efficient, cleaner emission buses. The buses were purchased with part of the $20.3 million Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust.
Through I-Move Kentucky, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is taking an innovative approach to improving three busy interstates in Jefferson and Oldham counties that are vital to the region and Commonwealth. It will be the largest construction project in the state since the Ohio River Bridges Project. I-Move Kentucky is a $180 million investment that will widen and improve interstates and revamp congested interchanges to improve safety along Interstate 265 (Gene Snyder Freeway), Interstate 71, and Interstate 64.
I-Move Kentucky will improve safety and relieve congestion in three heavily traveled, freight corridors and address several of the state’s most significant transportation needs, based on the Commonwealth’s 2018 Strategic Highway Investment Formula for Tomorrow (SHIFT) ranking.
To expedite these projects and provide cost savings for design and construction, KYTC will use an innovative Design-Build Best Value approach. The design-build best value project will:
• Reduce construction time for these projects by years
• Provide greater value by allowing the state to address more needs with its available funding
• Allow better coordination of construction to minimize impacts on travelers
The project began in the fall of 2019 with a projected completion of late 2023.