It can be a daily frustration in some Nashville neighborhoods: a freight train grinds to a halt and blocks the road. The frustration prompted a question to our Curious Nashville project.
Tell us about the public transportation that you’d like to see in Nashville
This Is Nashville is planning a future episode about what it’s like to live and work in Nashville when you don’t have a vehicle or are unable to drive.
Nashville’s debris-filled bike lanes get their own sweeper
Nashville has a new piece of street-cleaning equipment that’s drawing surprise and delight from bicyclists — a lane sweeper that’s designed to fit within the city’s narrow protected bike lanes recently ran its first trial routes.
Curious Nashville: Will traffic ever improve at Bell Road, one of Nashville’s most baffling interstate exits?
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.
Why more Nashvillians are turning to e-bikes to get around
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.
A Tennessee trucker says a new federal program training teens to drive big rigs won’t address deeper staffing and safety issues
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.”
Nashville has banned alcohol on open-air party buses, so some operators are turning to plexiglass
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.
Amazon To Fund 800 Affordable Units Along WeGo’s Busiest Transit Lines
Amazon says it is upping its commitment to funding affordable housing in Nashville.
Nashville Begins Swapping Signs To Lower Speed Limits In Residential Neighborhoods
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.
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