Via Scott Harrison at Nashville Business Journal
You can turn one page in transit officials’ yearlong process to develop a regional mass transit system.
Since April, Nashville’s Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee have been soliciting public input on the guiding principles for a strategic transit plan (a process called nMotion 2015).… Continue reading
When I first heard about the “Open Streets Nashville” day, I scratched my head and wondered exactly what it was.
I was told that it would be a day when the city would close certain streets to traffic (in this case 11th Avenue in the Gulch for a few hours this Saturday) and put on a family-friendly street party with a parade, mini-stages, and booths and tents, featuring games, music, food and other fun and fitness activities.
Via Jamie McGee at The Tennessean
When it comes to solving regional transportation problems, the biggest obstacle is, no doubt, funding.
But what transportation leaders — locally and nationally — urged at Cumberland Region Tomorrow’s Power of Ten Summit on transportation Thursday was to first focus on a well-developed, comprehensive plan.
Via Jamie McGee at The Tennessean
The need for transportation solutions has become a top priority for Nashville, and local nonprofit Cumberland Region Tomorrow is seeking to advance the conversation with a one-day summit focused on the issue.
The Power of Ten Summit, set for Thursday, gathers leaders from 10 Middle Tennessee counties — Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson.… Continue reading
First, in case you missed it, here is a link to this morning’s op-ed piece in the Tennessean which focuses on changing attitudes about transit, especially the “millennial” generation. It highlights the recent survey conducted by the Rockefeller Foundation and Transportation for America that collected attitudinal information about mobility and transit in ten American cities, including Nashville.… Continue reading