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.
NashVillager Podcast: Nashville transit plan in action
What was public transit like way back when? Plus, the local news for March 17, 2025.
Smart signals, a new transit center and security upgrades: First projects out of Nashville’s transit referendum take shape
The first 11 transit and infrastructure projects to come out of the city’s transit overhaul have been announced.
Nashville wins transit referendum lawsuit. Sales tax will increase on Feb. 1.
Nashville had already been working to implement its transit overhaul, but that work had been happening as a lawsuit challenging the project’s legality headed to trial.
How Metro Nashville and community organizations are moving forward on transit
Just over a month after Nashville voters approved a new tax to fund transit, Metro is taking steps towards executing those upgrades. But the city isn’t the only player taking action.
NashVillager Podcast: Signals change
How will tweaks to traffic signals improve Nashville’s transit system?
Nashville voters approved a major transportation upgrade. What comes next?
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
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
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?
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.
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