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Nashville will participate in Earth Hour on Saturday, March 23, by turning off all non-essential lights from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Mayor Freddie O’Connell encourages residents to join the initiative, which aims to raise awareness about climate change and sustainability. Various organizations across the city, including Geodis Park, Nissan Stadium, and First Horizon Park, will also take part in the event.
Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell has announced a transit referendum for November, aiming to expand the city's transit system through dedicated tax dollars. The plan, titled "Choose How You Move," will focus on sidewalks, signals, safety, and service, with less emphasis on light rail and no proposed transit tunnel beneath downtown. This comes after the 2018 transit referendum failed, and the mayor is hoping to learn from past mistakes. The proposal is expected to cost over a billion dollars and will undergo a detailed plan review in late March. If successful, Nashville will join the few major U.S. cities with dedicated funding streams for transit.