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Curious Nashville: Will traffic ever improve at Bell Road, one of Nashville’s most baffling interstate exits?

Hallie Graham

April 6, 2022

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Traffic is not really a new story in Nashville, but Rusti Keen says Exit 59 on Interstate 24 is “particularly insane.” So, she came to Curious Nashville with a question.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, Features, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Curious Nashville, transportation

Why more Nashvillians are turning to e-bikes to get around

Paige Pfleger

March 9, 2022

Bikes with electric motors, or e-bikes, have been controversial. But last year, Nashville began allowing them on the city’s greenways, with a speed limit of 15 miles an hour.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: BCycle, cycling, e-bikes, ebikes, greenways, transportation, Walk Bike Nashville

A Tennessee trucker says a new federal program training teens to drive big rigs won’t address deeper staffing and safety issues

Alexis Marshall

January 25, 2022

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Trade groups like the American Trucking Associations say the Department of Transportation’s new pilot program will provide a staffing boost. But Lyndon Johnson, who lives in Hilham, Tenn. says “there are bigger fish to fry in the industry right now.”

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: labor shortage, transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation

Nashville has banned alcohol on open-air party buses, so some operators are turning to plexiglass

Damon MitchellandTony Gonzalez

December 1, 2021

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A new ordinance banning open containers of alcohol on unenclosed party vehicles is forcing party vehicle operators to shake up the way they’ve been running their businesses.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: downtown Nashville, tourism, transportation

Amazon To Fund 800 Affordable Units Along WeGo’s Busiest Transit Lines

Damon MitchellandTony Gonzalez

June 16, 2021

Amazon says it is upping its commitment to funding affordable housing in Nashville.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: bus service, transportation, WeGo

Nashville Begins Swapping Signs To Lower Speed Limits In Residential Neighborhoods

Paige Pfleger

March 23, 2021

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Over the next six months, Metro Public Works will swap out 2,500 speed limit signs across Nashville’s neighborhoods as the max speed falls from 30 mph to 25 mph to help address safety concerns.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: transportation

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