Mayor unveils Nashville’s transportation improvements

NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor Freddie O’Connell delivered on his promise to Nashvillians and unveiled the details of his transportation improvement program, Choose How You Move: An All-Access Pass to Sidewalks, Signals, Service, and Safety, which Nashville residents will vote on in November. & At an event at Southeast Community Center in Antioch, Mayor O’Connell unveiled the transportation improvements informed by Nashvillians, built to work for Nashvillians, and that deliver on something Nashvillians want. The program was built from ideas generated over a decade of transportation planning, weeks of community engagement, meetings with Metro Council members, and feedback from two citizen advisory committees. & “Ninety percent of Nashvillians told us through Imagine Nashville that they support investing in public transit and the Choose How You Move Program will get us where we want to go faster and safer, no matter how you’re moving,” Mayor Freddie O’Connell said. “This is the best opportunity we’ve ever had to build out our priority sidewalks, to synchronize signals so you’re spending less time at red lights, and to connect neighborhoods via a better transit system that doesn’t have to come downtown just to go somewhere else. This is about the sustainability of our workforce and...