Final recommendations made for downtown Nashville mobility project

Kori Johnson
·2 min read

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Improvements to mobility could be on the way for downtown Nashville.

Metro Council is set to consider final recommendations to transform the way you get around the area.

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For the last several months, transportation officials have been working to find solutions to improve mobility in the downtown area, often riddled with congestion, especially during rush hour. The Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), WeGo Public Transit, and the Nashville Downtown Partnership are working together to find ways to make travel easier and faster through the Connect Downtown Project, a 10-year action plan with projects, programs, and recommendations.

District 19 Councilman Jacob Kupin told News 2 he has been in consistent contact with his constituents who live in the area about the changes they could see.

“We’ve had a lot of growth; we’ve been the number one city for a while and there’s been a lot of effort from council and the mayor and the departments to manage that growth well,” said Kupin. “The core is so essential to that because movement through the core is one of the key blocks in the transit system as it currently stands. I’m very excited for the residents and in fairly constant communication with them and mobility is one of those challenges I hear quite a bit about.”

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The Connect Downtown Project team recently released final recommendations for the comprehensive improvement plan. The recommendations are called “big moves” and there are five of them:

  • Manage Congestion

  • Improve Safety

  • Move More People

  • Create Complete Networks

  • Maximize the Curb

The plan is set to happen in three phases, with the action plan on the final recommendations set to be considered by Metro Council Tuesday, April 16. Kupin said he’s optimistic the project will benefit the downtown area in the long run.

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“From where I’m standing, some of these are changes. We’re going to see how they’re implemented and if new challenges do arise based on how this plan starts to roll out, we can kind of address those as they come up,” said Kupin.

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