Not sure how anyone can watch these first round CFP games - see JMU and Tulane get absolutely housed - and say, “yeah let’s have 4 more teams in this thing.” They’ll all be worse! They won’t have a chance to win! It’ll be dumb! Make it 8 good teams and be done with it, IMO

A potent combination

Applications are currently open for seats on the Vision Zero Advisory Committee to NDOT! An incredible group of volunteers that care so much about keeping their neighbors safe that it makes me wanna tear up 🥹 If that sounds like you, apply!!! www.nashville.gov/departments/...

A life threatening pedestrian crash occurred yesterday morning (12/16) on Haywood Lane just west of the I-24 ramps. This is the second serious pedestrian crash on Haywood near the I-24 ramps in the past 8 days. Let's take a look at what's going on at this location...

Love getting lapped on housing policy by… *checks notes* Bozeman, Montana

In a better world, me and all my homies would live on a 50’ x 100’ lot

The Inglewood Express never disappoints! Front door to downtown in 20 minutes. A nice little walk to warm things up, then I get to play on my phone for 15 minutes of chauffeured luxury 😊

The fact that Ben has no real authority over transportation spending and/or project management within the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County is a real bummer.

All Nashvillians, chanting in unison: "One more committee! One more committee!"

Nashville leaders could put these life saving revenue generators in every school zone in Davidson County if only they had the courage The safety of our children > the convenience of some people driving near schools

Sunday Scaries are over. we’re doing Sunday Sweeties: post something/somewhere/someone in Nashville that makes you happy

Are we sure CJ Stroud wasn’t replaced with a talentless body double at halftime?

For the next three hours, we are all Hoosiers

Ezra Klein says Americans can’t build great things anymore He’s clearly never been inside the Garden Conservatory at the Opry Convention Center and Hotel

All those folks foaming at the mouth about how “15 minute cities” were some conspiracy to take away our freedom of movement won’t bat an eye, but this is the REAL conspiracy. Policy on behalf of the American auto industry to chain us all to $40k machines just to get *anywhere* safely. Pathetic.

When you hear someone say we can’t do active or public transportation in the US, just know we are the global outlier - an aberrant society missing something that the rest of the world has already discovered or never forgot

Tonight's VZAC meeting is being called to order by Chair Peter Robison at 5:35 PM. Follow along for highlights from the discussion. CHYM Program Manager, Sabrina Sussman is here to update the committee on progress and plans for the near future! 🦞

Tonight we will convene the November meeting of the Vision Zero Advisory Committee at 5:30 pm. If you'd like to attend, find us in the Sonny West Conference Center at the Howard Office Building - we hold public comment near the top! Throw your most pressing traffic safety concerns in the comments!

Damn, this is sexy…

@iamstevenhale.bsky.social does it again! Great article that lays out the position of local safe streets advocates in plain language. These signs would be embarrassing even if the approach was sound. Unfortunately, asking people walking to be safe so people driving can be dangerous is contemptible!

It’s officially “check the weather before you get dressed” season in Middle Tennessee 🥰

I regret to inform you all, but Jaxson Dart absolutely has the juice. Still beyond belief that an NFL defense could give up 33 in a single quarter 🤯

It's Vision Zero Advisory Committee meeting night! Follow along on this thread for highlights. An agenda was not sent out ahead of time and the agenda presented by NDOT staff doesn't match our chair's agenda that he submitted two weeks ago, so who knows what we'll talk about this time! 🦞

@neilkornutick.bsky.social, would you like to get lunch with me and @wildman.bsky.social today?

A proper country would figure out some standard specifications for *municipal transit buses* in like a month. What are we doing here? These are super low volume products. There should be like 3 options, maximum!

When you really dig into the fatal / life threatening crashes that occur in Nashville, a surprising number are the result of left-turning movements onto and off of the major pikes. Many of the motorcycle crashes are cars turning left and not seeing the motorcycles at all or until it is too late.

The esteemed Vision Zero Advisory Committee has been called to order by the honorable Chair Robison! This meeting has been appropriately noticed, so we're all systems go to make recommendations to improve roadway safety outcomes in Davidson County. Follow along here for highlights! 🦞

On the bus watching all these people drive by in their cars alone. Can’t even play on their phones the whole time. Sad really

Tonight!

There are moments in your life where you are able to slow down and recognize that you’re in the right place, with the right people, as the best version of yourself. Rolling in the Critical Mass ride this afternoon was one of those moments. Joy is precious these days and I found it there in spades

7.5+ more innings of baseball with the boys. It had been 6 days since I had a real conversation with another adult besides my wife. Can’t recommend getting together and tossing a ball around enough. The power of The Ball brings unites us across all boundaries. 12/10

With housing costs on the rise, and the city expected to again fall woefully short of building the number of units needed in the next decade, Nashville officials are pushing a series of localized and countywide zoning changes. In some cases, neighborhoods are pushing back.

The journey to the mega meeting begins with a brisk 7 minute walk to the bus stop on a beautiful afternoon!

PSA: If you work or live downtown, getting a BCycle membership *at least* triples your reasonably accessible food option range. Cummins Station to McDougal's Chicken is a 20 minute walk one way. BCycle got me there in 7. Absolutely shattered my perception of where I can eat lunch. This is freedom!

@nashfatalcrash.com now also has an option to view all non-fatal pedestrian crashes from data.nashville.gov. All 2,690 of them.

NIMBYs everywhere believe that “being included in the decision making process” means getting their way, and that any process that does not produce the results they wanted is unfair and illegitimate.

Worth repeating that this is Nashville’s HIGHEST RIDERSHIP bus route. It is not like some far flung suburban connector. We are wasting huge amounts of time and money by delaying bus lanes in downtown. #paintthetownred

want better service to the airport or any of the dozen new routes proposed in CHYM sooner? ask your council member and mayor why the Connect Downtown quick build bus lanes, which were supposed to be implemented in less than a year, are still not a reality

The fact that this can be spontaneously converted into tour bus parking is a pretty strong argument for the “center turn lanes on bridges are superfluous” camp

7 more innings tonight and the vibes are still immaculate! Really wish we could recruit the catcher from the other team to be on our team. @jeguth.bsky.social was dealing some of the filthiest stuff I’ve ever had the good fortune to glove. Baseball can cure you - come on out and give it a try

It is my deeply held belief that there are 2 ways to prevent displacement of existing residents in a desirable location: 1. Build more houses 2. Deliberately make the place less desirable to live in Only one of those options can possibly result in a higher quality of life for existing residents!

people need to take more responsibility for “we literally made it illegal for teenagers to hang out outside of the house or school”

Today! 1:00 PM at Frankie Pierce Park. Come take a lap of the @walkbikenashville.bsky.social Open Streets Summer Series with all of your friends on bikes, and any wheel-centric human-powered movement! Wear Sunscreen, bring water, look out for one another!

Good video featuring some WeGo Youth Action Team members exploring what a more activated WeGo Plaza could look like. youtu.be/puKGPTOjNyI?...

I played 9 innings of baseball today and it was so good Shocked more of you aren’t getting in on this

In each of the past three years, more than 100 people have died in car crashes on Nashville roads. The city has committed to getting that number to zero, but advocates say it's not moving fast enough. Story: @iamstevenhale.bsky.social

USDOT Secretary Duffy has issued an order to all state DOTs to compile & submit to FHWA a list of the most dangerous non-interstate arterials in their state which will receive safety improvements by end of FY26. NDOT should absolutely be helping TDOT make the list! ops.fhwa.dot.gov/memorandum/G...

Hey y'all! It's time for another Vision Zero Advisory Committee meeting right now! Follow along for highlights here 🦞

This is an incredibly tragic crash... The driver who behaved badly survives (with criminal charges), and someone who was following the rules of the road, just trying to get somewhere was brutally wrecked and killed Predicating our entire society on automobility was a grave mistake