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

Cynthia Abrams

April 19, 2024

Mayor Freddie O’Connell unveiled new details of his transit improvement proposal on Friday.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Freddie O'Connell, mass transit, metro, Nashville transit referendum, public transit, public transportation, transit funding, transit referendum, Transit tax, transportation

$10M for 24 capital projects: Nashville participatory budgeting winners released

Cynthia Abrams

February 29, 2024

Results from Nashville’s participatory budgeting process have been released. Ranging from million-dollar park improvements to increased library resources to funding for historical tours on Jefferson Street, 24 projects have been selected.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: American Rescue Plan, ARP, capital projects, metro, participatory budgeting

Breaking down Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s $514M capital spending plan

Cynthia Abrams

January 28, 2024

WeGo bus fleet Nashville

The plan’s top investments include education and city maintenance — such as upgrades to fire stations, libraries and greenways. It also devotes around $39 million to transit needs and $25 million toward early investments into the East Bank development.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Capital spending plan, East Bank, Freddie O'Connell, metro, Metro Government, MNPD, MNPS, MTA, NDOT, WeGo

With major infrastructure costs and mounting concerns from Indigenous leaders, here’s where the East Bank development stands

Cynthia Abrams

January 24, 2024

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This week, city officials offered a rare glimpse into planning for the East Bank development. 

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Mendes, East Bank, East Bank Development, Indigenous, Indigenous history, Indigenous rights, metro, Nissan Stadium, Tennessee Titans, Titans stadium

hubNashville launched 7 years ago. Here’s how Metro’s customer service system has evolved over time.

Cynthia Abrams

January 21, 2024

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Metro customer services hinges largely on hubNashville, a system where residents can place a huge range of requests. Its usage has tripled in the past five years.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: customer service, Freddie O'Connell, hubNashville, Mayor O'Connell, metro, Metro Government, Nashville

Metro loosened its criteria for cold weather sheltering. Here’s the impact of a 4-degree change.

Cynthia Abrams

January 12, 2024

Frigid temperatures are headed for Middle Tennessee this weekend. And with lows expected to reach the single digits next week, the region will face some of the coldest temperatures it’s seen all year.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Cold weather, Cold weather shelter, Emergency shelter, extreme shelter, Extreme weather, metro, Office of Homeless Services, winter weather

Nashville sued the state four times last year. Here’s where those lawsuits stand today.

Cynthia Abrams

January 4, 2024

The state approved at least seven preemption laws. The city filed lawsuits against four: an attempt to reduce the size of Metro Council by half, the undoing of a charter referendum pertaining to the fairgrounds racetrack demolition and overhauls of the Airport and Sports Authority boards.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Airport Authority, Bristol Motor Speedway, Fairgrounds racetrack, metro, Metro Government, Nashville, Preemption, Preemption bills, Sports Authority, state legislature, Tennessee

After a dramatic 2023 for Nashville’s city government, what’s next in 2024?

Cynthia Abrams

December 28, 2023

As 2023 nears its end, WPLN is looking back at some of its biggest stories of the last year. And, for Nashville’s city government, there is no shortage of pivotal moments — many of which will ripple into the new year, with the new administration.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, 2023 Year In Review, East Bank, Freddie O'Connell, Mayoral Race 2023, metro, Metro Government, Nissan Stadium, state legislature, Tennessee Titans, Titans

As Nashville reshapes Cayce homes into mixed-income housing, concern among some residents persists

Cynthia Abrams

December 15, 2023

Nashville’s public housing agency broke ground Thursday on the latest stage of the Cayce Transformation plan.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Cayce Homes, Freddie O'Connell, James A. Cayce Homes, MDHA, metro, Public housing, Renters, Subsidized housing

Nashville’s new transit center in North Nashville is driving an array of WeGo bus service changes

Cynthia Abrams

December 1, 2023

Nashville’s public transit agency, WeGo, is proposing a host of changes for spring 2024. Across the city, eight bus lines will see updates to their routes and frequency. That’s tied, in large part, to the anticipated opening of a new transit center in North Nashville.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bus routes, metro, MTA, NNTC, North Nashville Transit Center, public transit, transit, WeGo

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