NE Corridor Public Meetings

The Nashville Area Metropolitan MPO will hold five public workshops in November for the Northeast Corridor Mobility Study in the communities of East Nashville, Madison-Rivergate, Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, and Gallatin. The study is a regional planning effort to analyze future development scenarios and transportation improvements between these communities. Mass transit alternatives that include Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail Transit and Commuter Rail are being recommended to move forward for detailed analysis to determine a preferred alternative. Citizens will have an opportunity to provide input on these alternatives. All workshops start @ 5:30 pm. The following is the schedule and locations. More info please visit the MPO website. Please come out and support mass transit options in Middle TN.

November 9, 2009	5:30 PM - Hendersonville Corridor Workshop Hendersonville Public Library 140 Saundersville Rd Hendersonville, TN 37075
November 11, 2009	5:30 PM - Goodlettsville Corridor Workshop Goodlettsville City Hall 105 South Main St Goodlettsville, TN 37072
November 12, 2009	5:30 PM - Gallatin Corridor Workshop Sumner County Administration Building Chambers 355 N. Belvedere Gallatin, TN 37066
November 16, 2009	5:30 PM - Madison Corridor Workshop Madison Senior Center 301 Madison St Madison, TN 37116
November 17, 2009	5:30 PM - Nashville Corridor Workshop East Park Community Center 700 Woodland St Nashville, TN 37206

The PBS program NOW recently had a segment called "Stimulus Roadblock?". The segment discussed mass transit's successes and roadblocks it faces in the United States. The majority of the segment was devoted to the successes and difficulties of the Charlotte LRT system. Like the NOW segment we posted earlier, it is worth taking the time to watch. I was glad to see that it stressed the importance of designing the cities along transit corridors so that they work together and the need to plan proactively for the certain future growth of our urban areas. Transit alone is not the answer, but it is a piece of the economic success of our region.

-Brian

A Few Transit Options (slideshow)

-Brian