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Move carefully and fix things.
Nashville, Tennessee
Move carefully and fix things.
Nashville, Tennessee
B1M does Titans propoganda.
Not included in the price, the ~$10B infrastricture cost to build out the East Bank to support the TIF mechanism.
Nice try, B1M, but even a cleverly designed private subsidy is still a private subsidy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5myl...
Not included in the price, the ~$10B infrastricture cost to build out the East Bank to support the TIF mechanism.
Nice try, B1M, but even a cleverly designed private subsidy is still a private subsidy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5myl...
This Stadium is Dividing America
YouTube video by The B1M
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
B1M does Titans propoganda.
Not included in the price, the ~$10B infrastricture cost to build out the East Bank to support the TIF mechanism.
Nice try, B1M, but even a cleverly designed private subsidy is still a private subsidy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5myl...
Not included in the price, the ~$10B infrastricture cost to build out the East Bank to support the TIF mechanism.
Nice try, B1M, but even a cleverly designed private subsidy is still a private subsidy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5myl...
#BlackFridayParking at Bellevue One in Nashville. Supposedly the one day a year that the shops would need all this mandated parking, and it's still massively overbuilt.
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#BlackFridayParking at Bellevue One in Nashville. Supposedly the one day a year that the shops would need all this mandated parking, and it's still massively overbuilt.
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The Metro Nashville Airport Authority rakes in $113 million per year in parking revenue. Someone explain to me the incentive they have for people to arrive via a bus? It’s going to take political will to prioritize this.
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Metro Nashville Airport Authority rakes in $113 million per year in parking revenue. Someone explain to me the incentive they have for people to arrive via a bus? It’s going to take political will to prioritize this.
This, for most American cities.
Bottom line: The next commissioner needs to be willing to move aside staffers who are unwilling to be change-agents and to empower all the bright (often young) players who embrace the future.
Former DOT Boss: Here's What Mayor Mamdani Needs as Transportation Commish - Streetsblog New York City
Bottom line: The next commissioner needs to be willing to move aside staffers who are unwilling to be change-agents and to empower all the bright (often young) players who embrace the future.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This, for most American cities.
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Boring Company president appears ‘flippant’ on Nashville’s water, geology and construction safety, official warns
wpln.org/post/boring-...
wpln.org/post/boring-...
Boring Company president appears ‘flippant’ on Nashville’s water, geology and construction safety, official warns
The Boring Company president Steve Davis repeated boastful assertions about a planned tunnel system underneath Nashville for nearly two hours during a
wpln.org
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Boring Company president appears ‘flippant’ on Nashville’s water, geology and construction safety, official warns
wpln.org/post/boring-...
wpln.org/post/boring-...
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We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We’ve 100% lost the war on using phones while driving and it’s the worst.
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MNAA CEO is concerned about adding buses because of how much traffic goes to the airport but the great thing about mode shift is that better bus service would actually reduce the number of vehicle trips to BNA because you can fit way more people on a bus than an uber
- Make every bus free
- Increase Rte 18 frequency to every 10 minutes.
- If you take bus to airport, pay $10 at airport bay before disembarking, in order to maintain headways.
- If going from airport, pay $10 when boarding
- install luggage racks on these buses (no-brainer)
- profit
- Increase Rte 18 frequency to every 10 minutes.
- If you take bus to airport, pay $10 at airport bay before disembarking, in order to maintain headways.
- If going from airport, pay $10 when boarding
- install luggage racks on these buses (no-brainer)
- profit
You know how we could solve the alleged fraud concerns with Journey Passes AND avoid confrontation with folks unhappy with their inability to qualify?
Say it with me, folks: FARE-FREE BUSES!
It’s that easy. We’re making it difficult for no good reason.
fox17.com/news/local/w...
Say it with me, folks: FARE-FREE BUSES!
It’s that easy. We’re making it difficult for no good reason.
fox17.com/news/local/w...
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
MNAA CEO is concerned about adding buses because of how much traffic goes to the airport but the great thing about mode shift is that better bus service would actually reduce the number of vehicle trips to BNA because you can fit way more people on a bus than an uber
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Why isn't the city buying this, making it the SoBro transit hub, and leasing a portion of bays to Greyhound/Flixbus/whoever
www.bizjournals.com/nashville/ne...
www.bizjournals.com/nashville/ne...
Developer seeks investors to buy downtown's Greyhound site, future development eyed - Nashville Business Journal
An out-of-town firm is eyeing high-rises for the prime Pie Town property.
www.bizjournals.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Why isn't the city buying this, making it the SoBro transit hub, and leasing a portion of bays to Greyhound/Flixbus/whoever
www.bizjournals.com/nashville/ne...
www.bizjournals.com/nashville/ne...
Nashville's OG "tall skinny"
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Nashville's OG "tall skinny"
Biking to work was definitely a good move today. Lovely weather, and I skipped all the CMA traffic. Today I think it was much faster to bike 12 miles than driving or taking the bus.
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Biking to work was definitely a good move today. Lovely weather, and I skipped all the CMA traffic. Today I think it was much faster to bike 12 miles than driving or taking the bus.
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I think these reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of Vision Zero:
-not everyone *can* look both ways. If it’s not safe for the vision impaired, it’s not a Vision Zero design
-people are *going to* be distracted and make mistakes. Vision Zero designs have to accommodate that.
-not everyone *can* look both ways. If it’s not safe for the vision impaired, it’s not a Vision Zero design
-people are *going to* be distracted and make mistakes. Vision Zero designs have to accommodate that.
Update: this is not what we meant
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I think these reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of Vision Zero:
-not everyone *can* look both ways. If it’s not safe for the vision impaired, it’s not a Vision Zero design
-people are *going to* be distracted and make mistakes. Vision Zero designs have to accommodate that.
-not everyone *can* look both ways. If it’s not safe for the vision impaired, it’s not a Vision Zero design
-people are *going to* be distracted and make mistakes. Vision Zero designs have to accommodate that.
"Despite local, state, and federal safety campaigns, such as the global Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities, such deaths are up 20% in the U.S. from a decade ago, from 32,744 in 2014 to an estimated 39,345 in 2024, according to data from [NHTSA]."
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
‘They Don’t Return Home’: Cities Across US Fail To Curb Traffic Deaths - KFF Health News
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston reported more traffic fatalities than homicides last year. Despite local, state, and federal safety initiatives, such as Vision Zero, traffic deaths across the ...
kffhealthnews.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"Despite local, state, and federal safety campaigns, such as the global Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities, such deaths are up 20% in the U.S. from a decade ago, from 32,744 in 2014 to an estimated 39,345 in 2024, according to data from [NHTSA]."
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
The US rent-to-income ratio is at its highest level since 1980.
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The US rent-to-income ratio is at its highest level since 1980.
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Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
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There are huge differences in death rates from road injuries, even across high-income countries
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There are huge differences in death rates from road injuries, even across high-income countries
While we're on the subject, I noticed that the cheaper coffee that used to be under $4 at my local Aldi is now about $6.50. What is that, a 63% increase in three months?
BREAKING: President Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices.
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
While we're on the subject, I noticed that the cheaper coffee that used to be under $4 at my local Aldi is now about $6.50. What is that, a 63% increase in three months?
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If you've gotta put a sign out, it's an indication you probably just need to remove the buttons and make the walk signal automatic.
Otherwise it's just a weird fetish.
Otherwise it's just a weird fetish.
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you've gotta put a sign out, it's an indication you probably just need to remove the buttons and make the walk signal automatic.
Otherwise it's just a weird fetish.
Otherwise it's just a weird fetish.
Every day on the Commerce Street bike lanes. This is bad design, it enables bad behavior.
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Every day on the Commerce Street bike lanes. This is bad design, it enables bad behavior.
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An interesting dynamic in the apartment rental market:
Rents in the cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are dropping wildly!
But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments.
Building new luxury apartments keeps the cheap ones cheap!
Via @jayparsons.bsky.social on Twitter
Rents in the cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are dropping wildly!
But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments.
Building new luxury apartments keeps the cheap ones cheap!
Via @jayparsons.bsky.social on Twitter
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
An interesting dynamic in the apartment rental market:
Rents in the cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are dropping wildly!
But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments.
Building new luxury apartments keeps the cheap ones cheap!
Via @jayparsons.bsky.social on Twitter
Rents in the cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are dropping wildly!
But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments.
Building new luxury apartments keeps the cheap ones cheap!
Via @jayparsons.bsky.social on Twitter
After biking home in the dark this week, I give Central Standard Time for Nashville one out of five stars. Do not recommend.
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
After biking home in the dark this week, I give Central Standard Time for Nashville one out of five stars. Do not recommend.
A city that let's drivers park in bike lanes—during rush hour, of all times—is a city that doesn't take safety seriously.
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A city that let's drivers park in bike lanes—during rush hour, of all times—is a city that doesn't take safety seriously.
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We had free bus fares yesterday for a Titans home game. There was no outcry that we “took a benefit away”
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We had free bus fares yesterday for a Titans home game. There was no outcry that we “took a benefit away”
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(and Nashville should be on Eastern Time, and I will absolutely die on that hill)
November 2, 2025 at 4:56 AM
(and Nashville should be on Eastern Time, and I will absolutely die on that hill)
It is not an exaggeration to say that this is the biggest news my household has received all year.
This isn’t just about bells and buses – it's how we set our students up for success. We’re launching a robust period of public engagement to review school start and stop times.
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It is not an exaggeration to say that this is the biggest news my household has received all year.