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What one Nashville teen learned from riding every city bus route before graduation

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While hundreds of students celebrated their commencement, one senior marked another achievement. Reagan Harkins finished riding every WeGo bus route.

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

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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.

Nashville’s transit referendum passes with two-thirds approval

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

From midnight movie outings to delivering supplies to the unhoused: One bus rider’s hopes for Nashville transit

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WPLN is tagging along with some of Nashville’s bus riders. Today, hear from an outspoken transit advocate who is thinking about what transit improvements could mean for him and his fellow users.

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

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This week, WPLN is reporting directly from the bus. Today, hear from one Green Hills resident who put in a concerted effort to learn to use public transit.

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