Planning for the Future

TRANSPORTATION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR REGION'S GROWTH and QUALITY OF LIFE

Our transportation system, with its vast network of roads, bus routes, rail lines, sidewalks, and bicycle lanes, is the backbone of our region.  Coordinated planning of that system is critical to the continued growth of our local and regional economies. Planning also is important to ensure that as the system grows to manage the traffic congestion caused by economic development, it does it in a way that is sensitive to our region's valuable natural and community resources.

The Nashville Area MPO is the federally-designated transportation planning agency responsible for identifying future transportation needs and then developing and evaluating proposed solutions to maximize the effectiveness of system investments throughout Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson and parts of Maury and Robertson counties.

Through the Nashville Area MPO, local partners develop and manage the region’s 25-year long range transportation plan and 4-year transportation improvement program to prioritize transportation needs for federal and state funding.

As a public agency, the Nashville Area MPO encourages members of the public to participate in the development of regional transportation plans and programs and in meetings of the Executive Board and its Technical Coordinating Committee.

Find out more about the Nashville Area MPO, its membership, and why it has an important role in our region.

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The Planning Department does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, color, national origin, religion or disability in access to, or operation of, its programs, services, and activities, or in its hiring or employment practices. For ADA inquiries, contact Josie Bass, ADA Compliance Coordinator, at 862-7150 or e-mail her at josie.bass@nashville.gov. For Title VI inquiries contact Shirley Sims-Saldana or Denise Hopgood of Human Relations at 880-3370. For all employment-related inquiries call 862-6640.