"Nashville Mayor Proposes Transit Referendum for Fall Vote"
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.