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Nashville transit referendum

Nashville voters will soon decide whether to dedicate a portion of sales taxes revenues to transportation and transit across Davidson County. A ballot measure — voters simply choose "for" or "against" the proposal — appears on the ballot on Nov. 5. There's also an arly voting period from Oct. 16 to 31.

WPLN's ongoing coverage breaks down what's in the plan and some of the key questions in front of voters.

We recommend starting with these stories:

  • Faster buses, more sidewalks, and new transit centers: Details of Nashville’s transit improvement plan
  • Here’s exactly what voters will read on the ballot.
  • Nashville’s proposed transit sales tax could burden low-income residents. Here’s how the city would try to offset the impact.
  • How Nashville’s 2024 referendum compares to what voters rejected in 2018
  • Answers to your referendum questions

Nashville transit funding changed fundamentally in 2025. Here’s what is in motion.

By Cynthia Abrams

December 28, 2025

WeGo bus fleet Nashville
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Nashville began putting more tax dollars into transit in 2025. Here’s what residents are seeing first.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: 2025 Year In Review, Choose How You Move, Freddie O'Connell, Journey Pass, Nashville transit referendum, Sabrina Sussman, The Boring Company, tunnel

As the shutdown hits wallets, some Nashvillians push for a freeze on bus fares

By Cynthia Abrams

November 6, 2025

Dozens of local organizations have signed onto a request for fares to freeze until SNAP benefits resume.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Choose How You Move, Freddie O'Connell, Nashville transit referendum

Free bus fares are coming to Nashville low-income residents

By Cynthia Abrams

October 16, 2025

The program, an initiative between WeGo and the mayor’s office, called “Journey Pass,” is the latest update to be funded by the city’s new transit tax.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Choose How You Move, Kendra Abkowitz, Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum, public transit, WeGo

Report suggests how Metro can make quick progress on long-standing street safety issues

By Cynthia Abrams

June 4, 2025

Local advocacy group Walk Bike Nashville released their “State of Our Streets” report Tuesday. It details what the group sees as wins and failures of city government.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bike lanes, Nashville transit referendum, pedestrian deaths, Sabrina Sussman, sidewalks, Walk Bike Nashville

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

By Cynthia Abrams

May 18, 2025

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

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bus service, Freddie O'Connell, mass transit, mayor freddie o'connell, Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum, Reagan Harkins

Most Nashville homes aren’t within walking distance of transit. A new report says zoning reform could add homes and change that.

By Cynthia Abrams

April 22, 2025

home construction Whites Creek

As Nashville struggles to house its ever-growing population, a new report has proposed a solution: zoning reforms.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: growth and development, Nashville Metro Council, Nashville transit referendum, NEST, rezoning, The Urban Institute, zoning

Nashville joins lawsuit against Trump administration over transit funding

By 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

NashVillager Podcast: Nashville transit plan in action

By Nina Cardona

March 18, 2025

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What was public transit like way back when? Plus, the local news for March 17, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville transit referendum, public transit

Smart signals, a new transit center and security upgrades: First projects out of Nashville’s transit referendum take shape

By Cynthia Abrams

March 7, 2025

Nashville Access Ride bus

The first 11 transit and infrastructure projects to come out of the city’s transit overhaul have been announced.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville transit, Nashville transit referendum, sales tax, transit

Nashville wins transit referendum lawsuit. Sales tax will increase on Feb. 1.

By Cynthia Abrams

January 13, 2025

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.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: IMPROVE Act, Nashville transit referendum, transportation

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