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transportation

Nashville’s transit plan is nearly 100 pages. Here are 3 things you might have overlooked.

Cynthia Abrams

April 27, 2024

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New transit centers, park-and-ride facilities and possible housing developments are also part of Nashville’s proposal.

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

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

NashVillager Podcast: March 25, 2024

Nina Cardona

March 25, 2024

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With Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s transit referendum on the way, we take a look at the city’s fraught history with transit plans. Plus the morning newscast and taking stock of how school security has changed since the Covenant School shooting. 

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast Tagged With: history, Nashville transit referendum, rail, transportation

Potholes from last month’s major winter storm are still causing problems on Tennessee roads

Miriam Kramer

February 13, 2024

The Tennessee Department of Transportation said in an update Tuesday that it has patched 50% more pothole in January 2024 than it did during the previous two Januaries.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: potholes, TDOT, transportation

Off the Wagon Tours are off Nashville’s streets. How are other party bus companies responding to new regulations?

Char Daston

December 21, 2023

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Earlier this month, judge David Briley fined Carney of Off the Wagon Tours $1500 for operating his wagons full of partiers, pulled by John Deere tractors, through Downtown Nashville without a license. Carney also faces 40 days in jail for continuing his tours after the judge ordered him to stop.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: downtown, NDOT, party buses, transportainment, transportation

Police are searching for hit-and-run drivers after a deadly month for Nashville pedestrians

Char Daston

November 9, 2023

The 2700-block of Dickerson Pike. Jeffrey Tidwell, a pedestrian, was struck and killed here on November 9th, 2023. The road features 4 lanes and no sidewalks.

Nashville has had five deadly hit-and-run crash in as many weeks.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: crosswalks, pedestrian deaths, sidewalks, transportation

Roads rule in Tennessee, from state funding to Tennesseans’ transit preferences

Cynthia Abrams

September 8, 2023

Tennesseans are driving more than ever — in fact, a lot more than residents in most other states. And, according to a new report from nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank ThinkTennessee, that’s not necessarily a good thing.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: cars, driving, federal agencies, federal funding, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, IMPROVE Act, Nashville transit referendum, think tank, ThinkTennessee, transit, transit agencies, transit funding, transit referendum, transit study, transportation, transportation systems

Nashville’s mayoral finalists both say they’ll pursue a transit referendum. Here’s what they envision.

Cynthia Abrams

August 26, 2023

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Among the biggest cities in the U.S., Nashville stands apart because it lacks a dedicated tax to fund transit. Establishing one would likely mean a ballot referendum, put forth by the mayor and decided on by voters. Both mayoral finalists have said they plan to do this.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Alice Rolli, Freddie O'Connell, mass transit, Mayor's race 2023, mayoral race, metro, Nashville mayor, Nashville mayoral race, Nashville transit referendum, public transit, referendum, transit, transit referendum, transportation, transportation system

Climate priorities of Nashville’s next mayor — with some context

Caroline Eggers

August 24, 2023

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In three weeks, the mayoral election may decide whether Nashville takes significant climate action.

Filed Under: Environment, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, infrastructure, Mayoral Race 2023, transportation

Public transit — mayoral candidates respond to a WPLN listener’s question

Cynthia Abrams

August 2, 2023

WPLN asked Nashville’s mayoral candidates questions from listeners. Here’s what they had to say on public transportation.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: cars, mayor, Mayor's race 2023, mayoral candidates, Mayoral election, Mayoral Race 2023, Nashville mayoral race, Nashville transit referendum, public transit, public transportation, rail network, traffic, traffic fatalities, train, transit, transportation, WeGo

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