Choose How You Move
Coverage of Choose How You Move in the Nexus archive.
- July 22: Choose How You Move Positions; Early Voting Totals
The Choose How You Move transportation program is hiring senior engineering and corridor management roles as it progresses. Early voting for August primaries reached 10,805 ballots, with Tuesday being the busiest day. Vanderbilt football coach Clark Lea has not yet decided on a replacement for starting quarterback Diego Pavia.
- ‘A Nashville for Nashvillians’: Mayor O’Connell Launches Reelection Campaign With Familiar Themes
Mayor Freddie O’Connell launched his 2027 reelection campaign in Nashville, emphasizing transportation funding, affordable housing, and city parks. Supporters including Lisa Sherman Luna and Ethan Link highlighted his collaborative approach, while challengers like Metro Councilmember Joy Styles and activist Lou Wilbanks are emerging. O’Connell’s campaign has raised over $433,000 as of January.
- Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell launches re-election campaign
Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell has launched his re-election campaign with a community kickoff event. His campaign highlights his 'Choose How You Move' transportation plan and ongoing work in the Metro area. Joy Styles, a Metro Council member for District 32, has also announced her candidacy. The mayoral election is scheduled for 2027.
- 🔴 LIVE | Nashville mayor highlights transportation improvement during weekly roundtable
Mayor Freddie O’Connell is discussing transportation improvements in Nashville, including a 2024 bill and his 'Choose How You Move' campaign. The focus is on enhancing safety for all modes of transportation in the Metro Nashville area.
- Pedestrian Safety Gains Mix With Frustration as Nashville Breaks Ground on First ‘Complete Street’
Nashville broke ground on its first 'Complete Street' project in Wedgewood-Houston, funded by the voter-approved CHYM program, aiming to improve pedestrian safety with features like protected bike lanes and enhanced sidewalks. The initiative follows a spike in pedestrian deaths this year, with advocates expressing frustration over slow progress despite the project's potential to reduce crashes by up to 70 percent.
- NDOT adds sidewalks through 'Summer of Sidewalks' project
NDOT is adding 10 sidewalks over nine months through the 'Summer of Sidewalks' project as part of the mayor’s Choose How You Move initiative.
- June 29: Extreme Heat Warning for Nashville; Nolensville Pike Overhaul
An extreme heat warning is in effect for Middle Tennessee until June 30, with heat indices reaching 110 degrees. Metro is conducting heat patrols, and residents are advised to stay in air-conditioned spaces. The Choose How You Move program is advancing an overhaul of Nolensville Pike, including transit lanes and safety improvements. A class-action lawsuit challenging a Tennessee law targeting noncitizens was dismissed by a federal judge.
- Nashville’s Nolensville Pike to become city’s first ‘All-Access Corridor’
Nashville is redesigning a 9-mile stretch of Nolensville Pike as its first 'All-Access Corridor' under the Choose How You Move program, featuring bus-only lanes, smart traffic signals, sidewalks, and bikeway connections. The project aims to improve transit reliability, safety, and pedestrian access, with Route 52 identified as a critical transit route for a diverse community.
- Safety concerns remain as Nashville advances major transportation projects
Nashville is advancing major transportation projects, including the 'Choose How You Move' plans, but some local leaders have raised safety concerns.
- NDOT begins Jefferson Street safety project to protect pedestrians
NDOT has initiated a safety project on Jefferson Street as part of the 'Choose How You Move' plan. The project includes safer crosswalks, new sidewalks, improved bike access, and measures to reduce traffic speed.