Connect Downtown Project Releases Final Recommendations
Today the Connect Downtown Project Team released final recommendations for comprehensive multimodal improvements in Downtown Nashville. The planning project is a partnership between the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), WeGo Public Transit, The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and the Nashville Downtown Partnership. The Action Plan includes recommendations called “Big Moves” that are guided by the project’s six goals to make multimodal travel easier and safer in Downtown Nashville.
Connect Downtown is a 10-year action plan with projects, programs, and policy recommendations that will be delivered in three phases and are organized into five high-level “big moves”. The final recommendations include near-term quick wins as well as longer-term projects to improve mobility in the downtown core.
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The five “big moves” include:
- Manage Congestion: Upgrade signals, improve traffic operations, and better manage events to keep people moving and improve system resiliency;
- Improve Safety: Advance Vision Zero projects and programs to make downtown’s streets safer for people, especially downtown’s most vulnerable travelers;
- Move More People: Prioritize buses on key corridors and increase the amount of service to provide faster and more reliable trips throughout the region;
- Create Complete Networks: Develop safe, separated, and connected walking, rolling, biking, and scooting facilities to help people of all ages and abilities get into and around downtown;
- Maximize the Curb: Flex the uses of the curb throughout the day for deliveries, service vehicles, and passenger pick-up and drop-off to support local businesses and residents.
The Action Plan containing final recommendations will be considered by Metro Council on April 16th.
Connect Downtown has been a two-year collaboration between the Nashville Department of Transportation & Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), WeGo Public Transit, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), and the Nashville Downtown Partnership. The project team has developed an ambitious yet realistic plan to fund and implement projects and programs that serve the growing mobility needs of downtown, the city, and the region. More than 5,500 public comments and survey responses have been recorded since the project kick-off.
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