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Nashville joins lawsuit against Trump administration over transit funding

Cynthia Abrams

March 20, 2025

Metro has joined a federal lawsuit attempting to halt the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze on various community programs — which, for Nashville, puts $14 million in transit and infrastructure projects at risk.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, electric vehicles, federal funding, federal funding freeze, Metro Schools, Nashville transit referendum, Wally Dietz

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

NashVillager Podcast: Biking in Nashville

Alexis Marshall

May 6, 2024

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How would Mayor O’Connell’s transit proposal affect bike infrastructure in Nashville? Plus your local newscast for May 6, 2024.

Filed Under: Metro, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, Freddie O'Connell, mass transit, transit

Affordable housing, bike safety and the arts dominate funding requests during Nashville Metro Council’s pre-budget public comment period

Cynthia Abrams

February 8, 2024

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Given an invite to share thoughts about Nashville’s spending priorities, residents turned out for Tuesday night’s Metro Council meeting.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, bike lanes, budget, Capital spending plan, city budgeting, infrastructure, Metro Arts, Metro budget, Metro Government, Nashville Metro Council, pedestrian deaths, sidewalks

The future of cycling in Nashville

Rose Gilbert

September 30, 2022

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Riding a bike is good for your health and an eco-friendly alternative to driving. However, cycling in Nashville can be dangerous or downright in impossible. We’ll hear from people who want to make the city more bike friendly.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: bike lanes, cycling

Walkers and cyclists have complained for years about Nashville builders blocking paths. Now the city is about to require better access.

Caroline Eggers

August 19, 2022

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Nashville will now require construction projects that block right-of-ways for more than seven days to construct a temporary walkway.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, construction, development, sidewalks

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