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Former Nashville mayor Megan Barry unpacks her administration, her family and her grief in new memoir

Cynthia Abrams

November 14, 2024

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This week, former Nashville mayor Megan Barry released her book, “It’s What You Do Next.” WPLN sat down with her to discuss it.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Megan Barry

‘Co-housing’ hasn’t taken off in Middle Tennessee, but it’s thriving 10 years later on this Nashville block

Cynthia Abrams

November 11, 2024

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As demand for housing rises and loneliness rates spike, some Nashvillians are looking to innovative living situations. One such arrangement is “co-housing.”

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Co-housing, Housing, Nashville housing

Nashville voters approved a major transportation upgrade. What comes next?

Cynthia Abrams

November 6, 2024

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While Nashville’s mayor is starting to move on his transit plan immediately, some changes will take more than a decade to implement.

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Freddie O'Connell, Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum

Nashville’s transit referendum passes with two-thirds approval

Cynthia Abrams

November 5, 2024

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The referendum is the city’s second attempt at establishing a dedicated source of funding for its transit system. If it passes, it will increase Nashville’s sales tax by a half-cent to fund $3.1 billion in transportation upgrades.

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Choose How You Move, Freddie O'Connell, mass transit, Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum, public transit, transit

This voter wants Harris to win — but didn’t vote for her

Cynthia Abrams

November 5, 2024

After Anna Rose Mahoney cast her ballot in East Nashville on Tuesday, she felt hopeful — and a bit anxious. Mahoney said she hopes to see Kamala Harris elected at the end of the night. However, she didn’t vote for her. Instead, Mahoney opted to vote third party, with the humanitarian conflict in Gaza at […]

Filed Under: Election Live Blog 2024, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections 2024, Gaza, Israel, Kamala Harris, voting

Here’s what Nashville voters are saying about the transit referendum

Cynthia Abrams

November 4, 2024

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Nashville’s transit referendum proposes a half-cent sales tax increase to fund $3 billion in major transportation upgrades.

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Early voting, election day, Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum

Where does the money for Nashville’s dueling transit campaigns come from?

Cynthia Abrams

November 1, 2024

As the future of Nashville’s transit system hangs in the balance, groups both for and against the referendum are making final efforts to persuade voters — and there’s a big gap in their capacity to get messages to voters.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: campaign finance, campaign finance reports, campaign fundraising, mass transit, Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum

You asked, we answered: Your guide to Nashville’s 2024 transit referendum

Cynthia AbramsandTony Gonzalez

October 29, 2024

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WPLN solicited questions from listeners about Nashville’s upcoming transit referendum. We’re back with answers on everything from zoning laws to airport connectivity to traffic signals.

Filed Under: Election in Depth 2024, Election Live Blog 2024, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bus service, metro, Nashville transit referendum, transit, transit referendum, WeGo, WeGo Star

NashVillager Podcast special edition: Nashville’s looming transit referendum

Cynthia Abrams

October 19, 2024

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What’s the latest on transit? This special episode of the NashVillager podcast takes you inside the transit referendum.

Filed Under: History, Metro, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections 2024, transit, transit referendum

Bus, bike or drive? How one multimodal Nashvillian makes that daily decision

Cynthia Abrams

October 18, 2024

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Nationally, Nashville ranks in the top five U.S. cities for people doing the most driving. But as we wrap up our “ridealong” series, we meet one multimodal resident to learn about his daily calculations of how to get to work.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, bus routes, bus service, Nashville transit referendum, Nolensville Pike, transit ridealong, WeGo

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