We have a good bus system. The problem is they have reduced routes to a minimum. Where is this high speed system going? Why not a high speed rail system? Why not do like Atlanta go north, south and east west? I think it would relieve more traffic to run from Clarksville to Nashville, Columbia to Nashville, Dickson to Nashville, and Lebanon to Nashville. Would this not relieve more traffic this way and put more bus routes in the Davidson County to help even more? Most of our traffic problems are from the out lying towns. Would this not make less of a Nashville problem and more of a State and federal goverment burden to pay at lease a portion of this kind of a project?
Patient observer - 7 years ago
Old Nashville: No, I've had a lobotomy and don't trust government. Trump is doing a great job.
New Nashville: please, god, yes. I came here from a larger city and recognize we need it.
Kyle H - 7 years ago
Step 1: Implement a rapid dedicated bus line that has stops in West End, Midtown, the Gulch, Downtown Nashville, and East Nashville. Make it run every 10 minutes so those of us who work in the city and play in the city can quickly get to good dining options and meetings across town without paying to park. This should NOT go through the Music City Central and require multiple buses. As a Davidson County taxpayer, I would favor an increase to support this.
Step 2: Dedicate the shoulders for Express Buses for I-24 and I-65 that can bypass traffic get into the city. Drop off should align with Step 1. As a Davidson County taxpayer, I think surrounding counties (Rutherford, Williamson) should help fund these efforts.
Step 3: For I-40, please expand the hours for the Music City Star. I ride it daily but want to have evenings downtown and the weekends. Davidson and Wilson county should split the costs of the increases. Downtown Nashville restaurants, bars, music venues, etc. would see an increase in suburb visitors from people who can enjoy the city later without having to worry about driving or parking. (Side note: Bus routes mentioned in Step 1 would help ease the absurdity of the 93 BUS route that adds an extra 30 minutes to a daily commute and frequent delays to the train.)
Brent Terry - 7 years ago
I vote NO
1) Davidson Co. taxes are nearly twice the rate as Willison Co.
2) Davidson Co. is experiencing unprecedented growth
A) New construction
B) Remove old houses and replaced with larger houses
C) Remove two houses and build back 3 or more
D) Tremendous increases in property values
E) Large tall highrises where none existed before which contain many apartments, condos and offices.
Summary: All of this increases tax revenue for Davidson County. What is Davidson County doing with all of the additional revenue? I see no reason why taxes should be raised.
Helen Corey - 7 years ago
Teach drivers to use turn signals when making left & right turns. Also not to go through red lights. I know that's off topic but I moved to Nashville 10 yrs ago when driving was more mannerly & people didn't lay on their horn if you were a little slow getting your foot off the pedal when the light turned green. I voted no because I don't trust government control on expenses and on building a viable, cost efficient mass transit system. That said, Chicago (if you can avoid getting held up) & Washington DC have convenient mass transit.
Frankie Leftwich - 7 years ago
My answer is no as long as money is being spent on frivolous things like that pedestrian bridge when people need better and more bus schedules to go to and from work or just to get to the grocery store. Work to eventually get to electric buses and have more of them or less polluting buses.
Lil - 7 years ago
Mass transit?? The people who speed up and down the shortcuts thru our road and terrify our children and us don't even use the interstate. Why does our government think they would use transit. They won't even carpool!. Our road is 35 MPH. They drive like it is the interstate. Maybe if they made it mandatory for the people who work downtown then I might reconsider. That would keep them off our suburban streets
MJPrice - 7 years ago
Light rail to and from the "burbs like Franklin, Gallatin, Lebanon & Murfreesboro would ease traffic on expressways. As a transplant from Chicagoland, a METRA like rail system would be a great economic driver for the city..... maybe even a rail line to Clarksville!
Kevin sinn - 7 years ago
We need more traffic lanes on interstates. all interstates go down to 2 Lanes in Nashville anybody with common sense would know that two lanes going through Nashville his not wide enough Tennessee in general has not upgraded its interstates in since they have been built
Travis - 7 years ago
Anything the cyrrent mayor is involved with I am against. Anyone who supports illegal immigrants and Muslims is an enwmy of the country and needs to be fired from public office
Rob - 7 years ago
We could just start with fixing the pot holes. Then work in rebuilding 440 and then I40 west. I am sick and tired of this crap. I have had two busted windows, three bent rims, and had to have 4 sets of tires in the last two years because of the poor conditions of the roads.
TlS - 7 years ago
To have people support mass transit is to have people understand what that means. Look to Los Angeles a place of mass gridlock is now resolving their issues with a once under used maligned Subway. Look to Seattle that has integrated Trains, Light Rail, Ferries and Two transit systems that have coordinated passes and in turn use double decker buses. The largest city in the US, NYC, is realizing that without a well established system the economic affects to a city are massive. Understanding how the commute affects economic growth is one issue, the other is the lack of understanding/exposure and experience of how a transit system can can contribute to a better quality of life with people not sitting idle for hours or adding hours to the work day. It lends to the environment and lessens air and noise pollution. The other option is density and changing the way the city builds home and in turn means sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes. Rather than expansive lawns and suburbs having smaller homes and more on narrow lots. These are things that the Nashvillian are not willing to do in order to make the City more urban and progressive. There is that deadly word - progress. You live in the past you die there.
Moi - 7 years ago
Higher taxes for higher crime? No thanks! I even seen mass transit put in and watched crime rates skyrocket.
Lyric J - 7 years ago
Nashville isn't that big for a mass transit system. Improving the current system with better drivers should do it. If the transit stretches out to other parts of the city like; Franklin...Clarksville...Gallatin... Lebanon... Columbia... Murfreesboro then it may be worth it. Will this mass transit be like the Marta in ATL??
Lyric J - 7 years ago
Nashville isn't that big for a mass transit system. Improving the current system with better drivers should do it. If the transit stretches out to other parts of the city like; Franklin...Clarksville...Gallatin... Lebanon... Columbia then it may be worth it. Will this mass transit be like the Marta in ATL??
We have a good bus system. The problem is they have reduced routes to a minimum. Where is this high speed system going? Why not a high speed rail system? Why not do like Atlanta go north, south and east west? I think it would relieve more traffic to run from Clarksville to Nashville, Columbia to Nashville, Dickson to Nashville, and Lebanon to Nashville. Would this not relieve more traffic this way and put more bus routes in the Davidson County to help even more? Most of our traffic problems are from the out lying towns. Would this not make less of a Nashville problem and more of a State and federal goverment burden to pay at lease a portion of this kind of a project?
Old Nashville: No, I've had a lobotomy and don't trust government. Trump is doing a great job.
New Nashville: please, god, yes. I came here from a larger city and recognize we need it.
Step 1: Implement a rapid dedicated bus line that has stops in West End, Midtown, the Gulch, Downtown Nashville, and East Nashville. Make it run every 10 minutes so those of us who work in the city and play in the city can quickly get to good dining options and meetings across town without paying to park. This should NOT go through the Music City Central and require multiple buses. As a Davidson County taxpayer, I would favor an increase to support this.
Step 2: Dedicate the shoulders for Express Buses for I-24 and I-65 that can bypass traffic get into the city. Drop off should align with Step 1. As a Davidson County taxpayer, I think surrounding counties (Rutherford, Williamson) should help fund these efforts.
Step 3: For I-40, please expand the hours for the Music City Star. I ride it daily but want to have evenings downtown and the weekends. Davidson and Wilson county should split the costs of the increases. Downtown Nashville restaurants, bars, music venues, etc. would see an increase in suburb visitors from people who can enjoy the city later without having to worry about driving or parking. (Side note: Bus routes mentioned in Step 1 would help ease the absurdity of the 93 BUS route that adds an extra 30 minutes to a daily commute and frequent delays to the train.)
I vote NO
1) Davidson Co. taxes are nearly twice the rate as Willison Co.
2) Davidson Co. is experiencing unprecedented growth
A) New construction
B) Remove old houses and replaced with larger houses
C) Remove two houses and build back 3 or more
D) Tremendous increases in property values
E) Large tall highrises where none existed before which contain many apartments, condos and offices.
Summary: All of this increases tax revenue for Davidson County. What is Davidson County doing with all of the additional revenue? I see no reason why taxes should be raised.
Teach drivers to use turn signals when making left & right turns. Also not to go through red lights. I know that's off topic but I moved to Nashville 10 yrs ago when driving was more mannerly & people didn't lay on their horn if you were a little slow getting your foot off the pedal when the light turned green. I voted no because I don't trust government control on expenses and on building a viable, cost efficient mass transit system. That said, Chicago (if you can avoid getting held up) & Washington DC have convenient mass transit.
My answer is no as long as money is being spent on frivolous things like that pedestrian bridge when people need better and more bus schedules to go to and from work or just to get to the grocery store. Work to eventually get to electric buses and have more of them or less polluting buses.
Mass transit?? The people who speed up and down the shortcuts thru our road and terrify our children and us don't even use the interstate. Why does our government think they would use transit. They won't even carpool!. Our road is 35 MPH. They drive like it is the interstate. Maybe if they made it mandatory for the people who work downtown then I might reconsider. That would keep them off our suburban streets
Light rail to and from the "burbs like Franklin, Gallatin, Lebanon & Murfreesboro would ease traffic on expressways. As a transplant from Chicagoland, a METRA like rail system would be a great economic driver for the city..... maybe even a rail line to Clarksville!
We need more traffic lanes on interstates. all interstates go down to 2 Lanes in Nashville anybody with common sense would know that two lanes going through Nashville his not wide enough Tennessee in general has not upgraded its interstates in since they have been built
Anything the cyrrent mayor is involved with I am against. Anyone who supports illegal immigrants and Muslims is an enwmy of the country and needs to be fired from public office
We could just start with fixing the pot holes. Then work in rebuilding 440 and then I40 west. I am sick and tired of this crap. I have had two busted windows, three bent rims, and had to have 4 sets of tires in the last two years because of the poor conditions of the roads.
To have people support mass transit is to have people understand what that means. Look to Los Angeles a place of mass gridlock is now resolving their issues with a once under used maligned Subway. Look to Seattle that has integrated Trains, Light Rail, Ferries and Two transit systems that have coordinated passes and in turn use double decker buses. The largest city in the US, NYC, is realizing that without a well established system the economic affects to a city are massive. Understanding how the commute affects economic growth is one issue, the other is the lack of understanding/exposure and experience of how a transit system can can contribute to a better quality of life with people not sitting idle for hours or adding hours to the work day. It lends to the environment and lessens air and noise pollution. The other option is density and changing the way the city builds home and in turn means sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes. Rather than expansive lawns and suburbs having smaller homes and more on narrow lots. These are things that the Nashvillian are not willing to do in order to make the City more urban and progressive. There is that deadly word - progress. You live in the past you die there.
Higher taxes for higher crime? No thanks! I even seen mass transit put in and watched crime rates skyrocket.
Nashville isn't that big for a mass transit system. Improving the current system with better drivers should do it. If the transit stretches out to other parts of the city like; Franklin...Clarksville...Gallatin... Lebanon... Columbia... Murfreesboro then it may be worth it. Will this mass transit be like the Marta in ATL??
Nashville isn't that big for a mass transit system. Improving the current system with better drivers should do it. If the transit stretches out to other parts of the city like; Franklin...Clarksville...Gallatin... Lebanon... Columbia then it may be worth it. Will this mass transit be like the Marta in ATL??