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Regional Symposium on Implementing Transit

To help build a better understanding of the necessary steps to turn plans into action, in October 2012 the Nashville Area MPO and its regional partners hosted an educational event designed to help stakeholders more deeply explore the nuts-and-bolts of a modernized vision for mass transit.

 

About the MPO

The Nashville Area MPO leads in the development of the region's long-range transportation plan and short-range transportation improvement program through a partnership among the U.S. DOT, Tennessee DOT, local elected leadership, local planning and public works directors, the business community, and citizens across the Nashville region.

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News & Notes

• February 25, 2013
• NashvilleNext Launches Speaker SeriesThe community-driven process for preparing Nashville's 2040 General Plan will host a series of Monday-evening presentations by nationally-recognized experts on planning and sustainability, to continue through early May. Each program also includes: the release of a Background Report(s) on Middle Tenn. growth+prosperity issues; and an appearance by a local artist, in cooperation with the Metro-Nashville Arts Commission. Are you "n"? Read the Background Reports, or learn more about the Speaker Series (including a video archive of presentations).

• February 5, 2013
• NashvilleNext Kicks Off Countywide Plan with Free Event on Feb. 16Residents, business owners, and community leaders are invited to participate in the launch event for a 3-year project to develop Nashville's 2040 General Plan. Join Mayor Karl Dean and former Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening, president of Smart Growth America's Leadership Institute, at the Downtown Public Library from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 16, to hear how you can help guide community decisions over the next 25 years.

• January 30, 2013
• IBM Identifies Ways Nashville Region Can Improve Transportation, Economic Growth A recent IBM study, as commissioned by the Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee, offers an analysis of greater-Nashville's transportation networks and ways to accelerate a move to faster, safer, more reliable transportation for the region's citizens. Recommended strategies in IBM's reportinclude new express bus and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes, a universal fare card for regional transit, and improved access to Nashville International Airport.