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Nashville Loses Out on Federal Transit Grant, Adding to Agency's Budget Woes

WeGo Public Transit did not receive a grant to build a transit center, and transit advocates say it’s a sobering setback in light of the agency’s other budget challenges.

November 22, 2019 - News Channel 5 Nashville

WeGo Public Transit

A New Transit Hub Pitched in Nashville

The city of Nashville is trying to get back on track with some of the projects proposed in the 2016 nMotion plan—even without the massive pot of transit tax money it could have won at the ballot box.

July 28, 2019 - Streetsblog USA

The Transit Agency formerly known as the Nashville MTA

Transit Gets a New Look, Name in Nashville

The rebranding of Nashville MTA comes only a few months after voters rejected a tax referendum that would paid for a $5.4 billion transit plan.

July 17, 2018 - Nashville Business Journal

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Nashville Could Be a National Example for Transit—If They Don't Screw Up

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry resigned from office earlier this month. The question now becomes whether an ambitious transit investment plan she supported can survive her exit.

March 15, 2018 - Ethan A. Greene

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Mayor Throws Support Behind Nashville's $5.2 Billion Transit Plan

The speculation about a planned transit investment program in Nashville began in August, and now the mayor is throwing full support behind a referendum that would raise four kinds of taxes to pay for a $5.2 billion in transit investments.

October 18, 2017 - Tennessean

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Five Corridors of High Capacity Transit Coming to Nashville

A 25-year regional transit plan, which includes five corridors for light rail or bus rapid transit lines, is taking shape in Nashville,

August 15, 2017 - Tennessean

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Nashville Mulls Funding Ideas for its $6 Billion Regional Transit Plan

The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee adopted the most comprehensive and expansive version of the nMotion plan. Now they have to fund all those big ideas.

November 11, 2016 - The Tennessean

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