Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Nashville

Two Nashville Residents Ask: Should Landowners Fund Sidewalks?

By Kea Wilson | Nov 9, 2020 | No Comments

A lawsuit from a right-wing advocacy group is challenging the Music City's sidewalk laws — and offering a stark reminder of the need to expand the ways we fund basic walking infrastructure in our cities.

Study: Transit Is Failing Night Shift Workers

By Kea Wilson | Oct 9, 2020 | No Comments

Mass transit is a lifeline to opportunity for low income Americans. But most of them live in neighborhoods that are poorly served by buses and trains — especially at night.

Op-Ed: Learning from Nashville’s Transit Failure

By Ben Fried | Jan 27, 2020 | No Comments

Ballot measures can expand and improve transit. But if Nashville is any example, it can backfire. Here are some lessons all cities can learn.

New Urban Mobility's Harriet Tregoning is optimistic about the spread of micromobilty in cities across the country.

Q&A: Micromobility’s Future With Harriet Tregoning

By Aaron Short | Dec 16, 2019 | No Comments

"Cities can provide more infrastructure that’s safe," the director of the New Urban Mobility Alliance says.

Senator Marsha Blackburn called transit-lovers "socialists" three days before tweeting praise for a new grant for rapid bus route in Memphis she helped secure. Image: Gage Skidmore

Tennessee Senator Reverses Herself on Transit

By Aaron Short | Nov 11, 2019 | No Comments

Marsha Marsha Marsha. Transit isn't just for "socialists"!

Atlanta's mayor imposed an overnight curfew on e-scooters after the fourth traffic fatality this year.

Atlanta Bans E-Scooters at Night After Drivers Kill Four Riders

By Aaron Short | Aug 12, 2019 | 12 Comments

Drivers, however, still may use city streets at all hours — even though motor-vehicle crashes killed 115 people in Fulton County, which encompasses most of Atlanta, in 2017.

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