Results
What immediate mobility challenges are you facing today?
- Nashville is a car-centric city- a car is the best way to get from Point A to Point B
- Lack of regional access (commuting to jobs)
- Weekday only availability
- Trevecca area lacks access to grocery stores (Lafayette to Murfreesboro Pike)
- Lack of signage
- There is only one main transit center connection (WeGo Central)
- Supportive groups not being listened to in the past
- Roadies (NSC group) speak about issues to the people who can make changes but are not being made. (NSC/WeGo)
- Inability to access better resources (to better doctors, for example) because bus routes have been changed or removed
- Physical accessibility
- Safety (Busing with a stroller, kids, and groceries is hard)
- Workforce access transportation
- We can’t get to our job without transit
- Lack of bus time reliability/ consistency
- When the bus arrives/leaves late OR early, it can be extremely inconvenient.
What are the top 3 mobility infrastructure projects that you think are critical to Nashville’s structure/quality of life and would support?
- Sidewalks
- Community Transit Centers
- Bus Rapid Transit
- Route #3, West End, Demontbreun
- Complete Streets
- Light Rail
- Route #3, West End, Demontbreun, Any road/ corridor that takes you in + out of the city)
- Nolensville Pike, Broadway, Charlotte Pike
- Route #3, West End, Demontbreun, Any road/ corridor that takes you in + out of the city)
- Better lighting on crosswalks
What immediate mobility challenges are you facing today?
- It was more comprehensive and more frequent (Including frequency of stops)
- If there was specific programming for families
- EX: One specific day that transit takes moms/kids to grocery stores
- If the stops were dignified, not ditches
What amenities/resources (or a better word) would you like to have more efficient access to?
- Stores
- Jobs
- “Third Spaces” (parks, social spaces, pools)
What questions should we be asking?
- How realistic are some of the ideas that have been given?
- How do you change the negative social stigma/perception that mass transit/buses are dangerous, dirty, etc.?
- Take ideas from previous meetings to the next ones to ask whether they agree
- What would Nashville look like if it was optional to have a car?