Mayor Freddie O'Connell announces next wave of Choose How You Move investments set to improve transportation options citywide

Mayor Freddie O'Connell announced today more than $100 million in Choose How You Move capital projects to improve sidewalks, signals, service, and safety citywide - with a focus on changes that will directly improve daily travel for all Nashvillians.
This investment includes breaking ground on new sidewalks, installing more smart signals to keep all people moving, and early work on three key corridors that hundreds of thousands of Nashvillians use daily.

"When 66 percent of Nashvillians came together to vote for a better transportation future, they were asking us to improve how we get around town," Mayor Freddie O'Connell said. "These investments will make our roads safer and easier to use whether you choose to drive, ride, roll, or walk. We are putting plans into action."

This latest round of projects puts tax dollars to work for Nashvillians. Chief Program Officer Sabrina Sussman and her team have devised an implementation plan with the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), WeGo Public Transit, and partner agencies that make both rapid improvements and prioritize transformational work on Nashville's busiest corridors. This round of funding advances work on Nolensville Pike - one of the city's most critical north to south routes - and Gallatin Pike, which will see upgrades from downtown to Madison.

"I am proud of the partnerships that allow us to advance priority projects all across the county," Sussman said. "Because many of our busiest streets have not seen significant investment in a half century, our work will take time, but we're coupling that re-design work with targeted improvements to sidewalks, signals, and transit service that will immediately pay dividends for Nashvillians."

Sidewalks

$31.4 million

Design and construction of 17 sidewalk projects across more than 10 neighborhoods, improving safe and accessible transit connections to major transit routes in high-traffic areas.

Signals

$32.4 million

Expansion of the fiber network necessary to support future smart corridors across Davidson County, and smart signal installations at 115 intersections that read traffic patterns, adjust to maximize flow, keep buses on schedule, enhance safety of vulnerable users, and synchronize with other traffic signals on the street.

Service

$23.6 million

Key investments to enable WeGo service expansion, including new buses, upgraded stops and shelters, improvements in airport transit rider experience, and planning for a new operations and maintenance facility to support continued expansion of transit service frequency and new bus routes.

Safety

$13.4 million

Safety and security upgrades for the new Transit Safety Division within MNPD and reconstruction of Edgehill/Chestnut Street and Church Street/Elliston Place to improve safe connectivity to major transit routes for all users-whether they walk, bike, roll or drive. The funding also supports planning and design for downtown multi-use lanes at Union, 7th, and Demonbreun for bicyclists and scooter riders connecting to transit.

The $104 million in capital investment also includes $3.2 million for work on several Choose How You Move All-Access Corridors. These are Nashville's busiest transit routes which will be upgraded and modernized to make it safer and easier to move around the city. The funding will advance planning and design for Nolensville Pike and Gallatin/Main Street. It will also advance a curbside bus lane pilot on West End Avenue which was one of 11 foundational projects partially funded in Spring 2025.

Money for these improvements is collected from the half-cent surcharge voters approved as part of the Choose How You Move transportation improvement program in 2024. Collections began February 1, 2025, and surpassed estimates for fiscal year 2025, collecting $68 million by July 1. This marks the second round of capital improvements since voter approval less than a year ago. The first 11 foundational projects were announced in March.

Nashvillians are encouraged to sign up for occasional email updates on Choose How You Move at Nashville.gov/transit.