Continuing coverage: Nashville mass transit referendum

In 2024, Nashville voters faced a major decision: Whether to increase the local sales tax they pay and dedicate a portion of those revenues to a $3.1 billion expansion of mass transit services, along with new sidewalk and traffic signal infrastructure.

WPLN’s Metro Reporter Cynthia Abrams delivered dozens of explanatory stories over the course of five months leading up to the vote. This selection showcases how the reporting unpacks the complicated proposal, and in a timely way that allowed voters to get informed well before polls opened.

There was significant emphasis on the clarity of the digital writing, especially the Q&A answering questions from our audience, and Abrams also helped guide episodes of our daily talk show.

Ultimately, Nashville voters did support this transit plan. It passed overwhelmingly on Nov. 5, which also provided another moment to highlight the explanatory stories that were still relevant to our community.

The links below will take you to the full stories, and we have included the audio of the radio stories on this page for ease of listening.

Faster buses, more sidewalks, and new transit centers: Details of Nashville’s transit improvement plan revealed

Nashville’s transit plan is nearly 100 pages. Here are 3 things you might have overlooked.

A transit tax could help Nashville access over a billion federal dollars. Will voters think that’s worth it?

Nashville’s proposed transit sales tax could burden low-income residents. Here’s how the city would try to offset the impact.

Here’s how Nashville’s 2024 transit referendum compares to what voters rejected in 2018

What Nashville’s bus rapid transit could look like

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

What does it take to learn Nashville’s bus system? One bus riding evangelist shares what expanded transit would mean for her

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

Nashville’s transit referendum passes with two-thirds approval

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