Transit and Mobility. It's Time
Transit and Mobility. It's Time
Transit and Mobility. It's Time
Our traffic is horrendous, even in times outside rush hour. Rather than focus on space-age solutions for which we don’t have a funding stream, I’d shift focus to repairing our highways, developing a more incentive-based ride-share and public transit program, in addition to geographical placed transit hubs surrounding Nashville, to include
Our traffic is horrendous, even in times outside rush hour. Rather than focus on space-age solutions for which we don’t have a funding stream, I’d shift focus to repairing our highways, developing a more incentive-based ride-share and public transit program, in addition to geographical placed transit hubs surrounding Nashville, to include Congestion Pricing. Car culture is deeply embedded into Nashville, which makes Congestion Pricing (CP) an extremely tough sell but also infinitely more influential and necessary.
Think of it this way.
Funding Nashville's transit system is like giving a scholarship to a high schooler who doesn't quite know their potential yet.
For Nashville, I consider Congestion Pricing superior to other car tolls/taxes because it only affects people commuting into downtown. This doesn't impede on healthcare access since Vanderbilt University Medical Center is outside the projected CP zone..
Here's my plan:
- For the first year, only implement Congestion Pricing from 6-9 AM. We can expand the hours later. We need to ease Nashville into it.
- Provide exemptions for all disabled folks and maybe everyone with a less than 25k household income
- Provide a discount to those who live within the Congestion Pricing zone (such as downtown) whereas you will get a 90% discount
- Provide a discount for those who drive electric/high-mpg vehicles
- Reduce the bus fare and make the bus free for public school students and seniors. This would help out low-income folks as well as encourage greater bus ridership.
This is a very realistic plan and can begin next year . . . not 5 years into tomorrow and the effect will be noticed immediate. Obviously, this is a simple realistic and successfulplan that has been very dominant in the U.K. and New York City. We can crerate a much more efficient plan for Nashville!
Support Law Enforcement
Transit and Mobility. It's Time
Transit and Mobility. It's Time
I’ve had the privilege to personally speak with several Metro Police officers. Our first responders and law enforcement are key to safety and preservation of Nashville tourism and residents. They should all be compensated with a fair and decent wage for the amazing duties they perform each and every day, and often with threat on their ow
I’ve had the privilege to personally speak with several Metro Police officers. Our first responders and law enforcement are key to safety and preservation of Nashville tourism and residents. They should all be compensated with a fair and decent wage for the amazing duties they perform each and every day, and often with threat on their own personal lives.
But, do you know what I hear most from them? They want to be supported. That’s their biggest request is a want to believe that our city and administration has their back while they have ours. It’s about building motivation and security within the departments themselves and not allowing politics to reduce their values to protect, for fear of ridicule by government bureaucracy. Remove unfair political gestures from these amazing men and women, and truly support Law Enforcement. We must ensure we give our first responders, and the public school teachers of our future leaders, the necessary resources they so much deserve.
New and Historic Development
Transit and Mobility. It's Time
New and Historic Development
Our most positive characteristic of Nashville is our charm that is Music City. Our historic architecture that is brick and mortar, artsy streets and downtown neighborhoods make us what we have been most famously known for around the world. In addition, as we grow, we have the most beautiful countryside for friends and neighbors to congreg
Our most positive characteristic of Nashville is our charm that is Music City. Our historic architecture that is brick and mortar, artsy streets and downtown neighborhoods make us what we have been most famously known for around the world. In addition, as we grow, we have the most beautiful countryside for friends and neighbors to congregate and call home. This is an important factor in running for mayor. To protect our heritage and our culture that is so unique to Nashville.
I’ve come to cherish Nashville’s roots as Music City, the Country Music Capital of the World. However, I see that image in jeopardy of being permanently tarnished by a flurry of mismanagement. For instance, the fastest growing investment market in the country is in jeopardy of diluting our Music City culture and unique downtown architectural atmosphere.
Despite amazing, and necessary growth, our city runs tremendous budget deficits, outsourcing typical revenue-producing services and duties to private industry to run lucrative contracts at the city’s long-term expense. I applaud industry’s innovation to bring positive change to Nashville, but I want to manage that change with a renewed emphasis on maintaining Nashville’s heritage, maintaining the architecture that is so important to us, and reverse those changes that detract from that, as well as detract from tourism.
I will re-focus city development on those projects that enhance our heritage, protecting the tourism industry, and all while operating within our revenue streams.