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#31 Sloan

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Posted 06 April 2018 - 09:58 AM

 

 

Light rail vs. buses debated in Nashville transit referendum fight

When then-Nashville Mayor Karl Dean in 2011 proposed buses on dedicated lanes along West End Avenue and Broadway, he argued a streetcar on rail was too expensive and not as flexible.  

The buses, he argued, would have similar ridership.

But now, light rail is at the center of Nashville’s latest transit discussion four years after the bus rapid transit plan called the Amp died.

 

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It looks to me like this plan is Houston redux.  Houston had an ambitious plan that voters could not swallow, so planners went the incremental way which citizens found palatable. I think Nashville should do the same.  Set up a New Jersey Transit Riverline-style light rail line so citizens can get used to the concept, and then expand from there.  Sloan



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Posted 06 April 2018 - 04:33 PM

NJ TRANSIT's prime example of incremental openings is HBLRT.   RiverLINE opened all at once.   HBLRT had several grand openings over the course of 11 years from 2000 to 2011 as the system pushed further.

 

Houston, when they first proposed the system, had 5 color-designated lines.   Only the southern portion of the Red Line opened in its first phase, followed after many years by the northern half.  Then after some delays, the Purple and Green Lines opened, but the outermost portion of the Green was postponed another two years to allow a bridge to be built over freight railroad tracks.   Funding is still unresolved over the Blue Line, which would run east-west intersecting with the Red Line, and the Gold Line, which is to serve the busy northwest area of the metropolitan area near the Galleria Mall and hook into the Blue Line.

 

Back to Nashville, I agree a starter line probably should be first, and then it can grow as people begin to appreciate its benefits.  That, and more Music City Star commuter rail lines for longer distance travels to join the current eastern line to Lebanon should make a comprehensive transportation system that would have lines act as feeders to each other.



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Posted 29 April 2018 - 07:48 PM

Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 4/26/18:

 


 

Nashville early voting surpasses 59,000 for transit referendum

 

 

Early voting in Nashville's local primary election and historic transit referendum ended Thursday with 59,289 people casting votes over the past two weeks — higher turnout than some expected but matching what election officials saw coming.

 

 

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Posted 29 April 2018 - 07:50 PM

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Is Nashville dense enough for a light rail transit system?

 

 

Advocates for Nashville’s transit referendum cite a lot of statistics to support a $5.4 billion investment in light rail, buses and other improvements. 

 

 

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Posted 03 May 2018 - 01:34 PM

NASHVILLE — Voters overwhelmingly rejected a plan to pay for a $5.4 billion mass transit system that called for a new light rail system, expanded bus routes, and the building of a downtown underground tunnel, according to U.S. News and World Report.

Voters were being asked to increase taxes to pay for a 26 mile new light rail system on five major corridors, upgrades to the city bus system, and the tunnel downtown. An increase in sales tax, along with a hike in hotel, business, and rental car taxes would have paid for the system, but while the capital costs of the project was $5.4 billion, the total cost was about $9 billion with added debt and maintenance costs. For the full story, click here.

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Posted 12 June 2018 - 07:20 PM

Heartland Institute, 6/12/18:

 


Nashville, Tennessee Voters Reject Light-Rail Proposal

 

 

Nashville, Tennessee voters rejected a ballot proposal that would have increased several taxes to pay for a new, 26-mile-long, light-rail public transit system and electric-powered buses for the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority.

 

 

 

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