MNPD illegally parked in the bike lane and sidewalk on Demonbreun, endangering everyone so officers can stand next to their cars and control the traffic signals

@nashvilledot.bsky.social @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @angienashville.bsky.social @quinevanssegall.bsky.social

Wag the dog…

How touching.

When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

SB 1782 – HB 1712 was introduced by two representatives from Williamson County, Senator Jack Johnson and Representative Lee Reeves. The amended bill would allow local governments to ban class 1 and class 2 e-bikes and does ban class 3 unless a local government specifically allows them.

Checking out another infrastructure solve. @seanforfive.com @benvaught.bsky.social and @jspencersharpe.bsky.social are just out of frame having a great time.

Walmart.com will sell you an electric balance bike for a three year old for only $169.99. A mini-motorcycle for all the kindergarten races!

They’ll be in the street. The new law allows them in bike lanes and on the shoulder. Bikes lanes are often blocked and they’ll go around into the street just like bike riders.

Monday, February 23, 2026 the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge will be under construction for repairs. The closure will be in place for at least 90 days. The North sidewalk will remain open for people walking. Bikers will need to dismount to cross the bridge. mailchi.mp/nashville/bi...

I wonder if any of them read EO 45 "Green and Complete Streets Policy"? www.nashville.gov/departments/...

That someone should be in the office of @freddieoconnell.bsky.social with CHYM and not under the thumb of NDOT. There is no one in the administration responsible for safe streets except engineers who put cars first.

@nashvilledot.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Is anybody willing to look at CSP for the estimate on the Opry mills connector? I’m too lazy.

Here’s the hard truth: Nashville will never be a Vision Zero city if we solely ascribe to “national standards and practices.” We wont get there through cautious incrementalism. Nashville could be a leader of Vision Zero, but it’s quite clear that we lack the leadership and gumption to do just that.

seeing a lot of pearl clutching over the VA map from people who stole Nashville's congressional seat just a few years ago

Does this meet requirements of Open Meetings Act?

One thing that is on my mind this morning: There is a dangerous counterfactual attack on e-bikes all across the US right now and there are no bike companies or bike orgs pushing back with clear storytelling to combat it. A multi-billion dollar industry without a clear comms strategy.

Anyone know where the flex posts on Davidson went? There were a few down after the ice but apparently an NDOT truck came through today and removed all of these (while parked in the bike lane 🙃). I'm all in if they're replacing them with something better, but this is a bad spot to leave unprotected.

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My public comment for the Metro budget is that we should zero out whatever cursed line item NDOT is using to remove downtown mobility lanes with no public engagement, before we get a ghastly story like this

This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it. Spread this one far and wide.

It’s occurred to me that the class system in Nashville is no longer bourgeoisie and proletariat. It those with electric power and those without. As a member of the latter I say “all power to the powerless!”

At this point we have statements from IBEW, SEIU, and the TN AFL-CIO confirming that the rumors of union avoidance in recovery efforts are FALSE. People are justifiably pissed. Misleading them will not help us recover.

We’ve joined the great unwashed masses without power but at least I was in the shower when they shut off. The entire street is out except the house on the corner next door. Any advice from those of you have more experience? How do you microwave dinner without electricity?

This is cancel culture if I ever saw it. Unfortunately, it’s my alma mater and my wife is an alum of the law school where she was a student of Bill and Hillary Clinton. All the MAGA states are regressing to the authoritarianism of our racist past.

Traffic and Parking heard an update on the library garage. They are working to reopen some of the parking levels. @seanforfive.bsky.social is concerned about stranded cars.

She doesn’t appear to be interested in football.

The ICE shooting in Minnesota seems to have spurred the game show host to publicly — and bluntly — share his opinion.

I’m not sure Nashville is committed enough to micromobility to even discuss this but hope springs eternal. @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @angienashville.bsky.social @quinevanssegall.bsky.social @seanforfive.bsky.social

Good work commissioners!

I think I want one.

He worked on bicycle and pedestrian projects. Socialism!

The BPAC Annual Report is here! Highlights: - Nashville built 5.9 miles of sidewalk, 2.6 miles of bikeway, and 1.1 miles of greenway in 2025 - 0 miles of concrete-protected bikeways were built this year, and 0.15 miles of bikeway were removed Recommendations: build more sidewalks and bikeways.

Beautiful day for a ride in Shelby Bottoms. I hear the weather might be different tomorrow.

For some strange reason I thought a former President of @walkbikenashville.bsky.social who became Mayor would stop things like this.

Viva la Cuba

Socialism.

"'I built 180 of these, from Portland to Alaska to Miami, and I’ve never had this certification problem,' Evan Madden told THE CITY. 'New York City has been the most difficult to have a permit approved for.'" www.thecity.nyc/2023/02/27/p...

"An urbanist out there often uses the phrase, ‘well it's better than nothing’ [for painted bike-lanes] and I say ‘no, it can often be worse than nothing’ because it fails. And then everyone says ‘see, I told you bike-lanes don't work in our city’ & then you don't get a chance to do it right again."

Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run crash on Nolensville Pike

The Traffic and Parking Commission just adjourned after only 20 minutes. This kind of behavior by Metro boards should not be encouraged. @neilkornutick.bsky.social

"A 2018 pilot project in Washington, D.C. saw dramatic reductions in conflicts, including a 97 per cent decrease in vehicle-to-vehicle conflicts and a 92 per cent drop in failures to yield to pedestrians." 🙌🙌