East Nashville Urban Design
@urbaneastnash.bsky.social
Primarily; Discussion of the urban fabric of East Nashville.
Also; Housing, Safe streets, Urban Planning, Economics, Walking & Biking, general observations of the built environment.
Proud 'Density Bro'
To support: https://www.patreon.com/DJS3
Also; Housing, Safe streets, Urban Planning, Economics, Walking & Biking, general observations of the built environment.
Proud 'Density Bro'
To support: https://www.patreon.com/DJS3
12/15/25 Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
YouTube video by Metro Nashville Network
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December 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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If I had to guess, I’d say it’s behind closed doors messaging from the state that they won’t tolerate conflict or competition with the golden boy’s pet project
December 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Excellent article on housing.
15-20 min read
15-20 min read
My first take on the Michael Green "$140,000 minimum wage" discourse.
open.substack.com/pub/kevinerd...
open.substack.com/pub/kevinerd...
Are we underestimating who is poor?
Michael Green has caused a bit of a dust-up with a piece that was picked up by the Free Press, and which he followed up on at his substack newsletter.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Excellent article on housing.
15-20 min read
15-20 min read
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
When a street is repaved existing ADA curb ramps MUST be upgraded to code. It's a Federal requirement.
So naturally DOT's the country-over, cook up strategies to avoid doing it. Los Angeles has been egregiously shirking its responsibility for a year. futureis.la/p/la-has-sto...
So naturally DOT's the country-over, cook up strategies to avoid doing it. Los Angeles has been egregiously shirking its responsibility for a year. futureis.la/p/la-has-sto...
LA has stopped repaving our streets
The reason why is probably illegal
futureis.la
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
When a street is repaved existing ADA curb ramps MUST be upgraded to code. It's a Federal requirement.
So naturally DOT's the country-over, cook up strategies to avoid doing it. Los Angeles has been egregiously shirking its responsibility for a year. futureis.la/p/la-has-sto...
So naturally DOT's the country-over, cook up strategies to avoid doing it. Los Angeles has been egregiously shirking its responsibility for a year. futureis.la/p/la-has-sto...
2025 Doofus of the Year
December 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
2025 Doofus of the Year
If you attend concerts frequently I recommend establishing an account on CashOrTrade. @cashortrade.org
It's a website where people buy, sell & trade tickets at face value.
The fees are around 10% in my experience.
I've bought & sold multiple times.
It's a website where people buy, sell & trade tickets at face value.
The fees are around 10% in my experience.
I've bought & sold multiple times.
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you attend concerts frequently I recommend establishing an account on CashOrTrade. @cashortrade.org
It's a website where people buy, sell & trade tickets at face value.
The fees are around 10% in my experience.
I've bought & sold multiple times.
It's a website where people buy, sell & trade tickets at face value.
The fees are around 10% in my experience.
I've bought & sold multiple times.
My WeGo bus stats for 2025
I must say I enjoy the bus. Good way to get around.
I must say I enjoy the bus. Good way to get around.
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My WeGo bus stats for 2025
I must say I enjoy the bus. Good way to get around.
I must say I enjoy the bus. Good way to get around.
Reposted by East Nashville Urban Design
Reposted by East Nashville Urban Design
We are in the early innings of people coming to grips with the real cost of building our cities almost exclusively for automobility
LA quietly stopped repaving all streets last July to avoid fulfilling its ADA obligations. The federal govt says when you repave a street, you have to update all the curb ramps. LA has tons of out of date curb ramps, so the rule makes repaving much more expensive. The city's solution: stop repaving!
LA has stopped repaving our streets
The reason why is probably illegal
futureis.la
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We are in the early innings of people coming to grips with the real cost of building our cities almost exclusively for automobility
Good podcast episode on Parking 🅿️ @usa.streetsblog.org @theoverheadwire.com @parkingreform.org @tonyjordan.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/04/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/04/t...
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Good podcast episode on Parking 🅿️ @usa.streetsblog.org @theoverheadwire.com @parkingreform.org @tonyjordan.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/04/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/04/t...
If anyone knows the answers 👇
For the East Bank ad hoc meeting at 3pm on Thursday, December 11th, 2025 in the Council Chambers
Does anyone know:
1) Is there public comment at this meeting?
2) Who are the groups & individuals invited?
Does anyone know:
1) Is there public comment at this meeting?
2) Who are the groups & individuals invited?
December 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If anyone knows the answers 👇
Reposted by East Nashville Urban Design
This is a really important thing about speed cameras. They actually do change driver behavior and force people to slow down. They should be an important tool in creating safer streets *along with* design changes.
When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is a really important thing about speed cameras. They actually do change driver behavior and force people to slow down. They should be an important tool in creating safer streets *along with* design changes.
Reposted by East Nashville Urban Design
When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
For the East Bank ad hoc meeting at 3pm on Thursday, December 11th, 2025 in the Council Chambers
Does anyone know:
1) Is there public comment at this meeting?
2) Who are the groups & individuals invited?
Does anyone know:
1) Is there public comment at this meeting?
2) Who are the groups & individuals invited?
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
For the East Bank ad hoc meeting at 3pm on Thursday, December 11th, 2025 in the Council Chambers
Does anyone know:
1) Is there public comment at this meeting?
2) Who are the groups & individuals invited?
Does anyone know:
1) Is there public comment at this meeting?
2) Who are the groups & individuals invited?
@newyorker.com Article about how stadiums 🏟️ have become luxury destinations.
It's long & there is nothing earth shattering within.
But one interesting fact is that the US has 24 Million Millionaires.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It's long & there is nothing earth shattering within.
But one interesting fact is that the US has 24 Million Millionaires.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How the Sports Stadium Went Luxe
Is the race to create ever more lavish spectator offerings in America’s largest venues changing the fan experience?
www.newyorker.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
@newyorker.com Article about how stadiums 🏟️ have become luxury destinations.
It's long & there is nothing earth shattering within.
But one interesting fact is that the US has 24 Million Millionaires.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It's long & there is nothing earth shattering within.
But one interesting fact is that the US has 24 Million Millionaires.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Italian bollards at the Louisville Omni Hotel
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Italian bollards at the Louisville Omni Hotel
Men Only: Is this soap or lotion?
Found next to the sink in a hotel bathroom
Found next to the sink in a hotel bathroom
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Men Only: Is this soap or lotion?
Found next to the sink in a hotel bathroom
Found next to the sink in a hotel bathroom
Couple nights ago around 6pm I heard screeching tires over the sound of my TV.
I went outside & a car was off the road into someone's yard & a woman was screaming.
She ended up being alright & the driver who hit her stopped & walked over to her car.
I cleaned up the remnants today.
I went outside & a car was off the road into someone's yard & a woman was screaming.
She ended up being alright & the driver who hit her stopped & walked over to her car.
I cleaned up the remnants today.
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Couple nights ago around 6pm I heard screeching tires over the sound of my TV.
I went outside & a car was off the road into someone's yard & a woman was screaming.
She ended up being alright & the driver who hit her stopped & walked over to her car.
I cleaned up the remnants today.
I went outside & a car was off the road into someone's yard & a woman was screaming.
She ended up being alright & the driver who hit her stopped & walked over to her car.
I cleaned up the remnants today.
Latest on $11M in Fed funds for SPOKES ??
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@kemcdonell.bsky.social
@careyrogers.bsky.social
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@walkbikenashville.bsky.social
@jeguth.bsky.social
@kemcdonell.bsky.social
@careyrogers.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Latest on $11M in Fed funds for SPOKES ??
@johnwesssley.bsky.social
@walkbikenashville.bsky.social
@jeguth.bsky.social
@kemcdonell.bsky.social
@careyrogers.bsky.social
@johnwesssley.bsky.social
@walkbikenashville.bsky.social
@jeguth.bsky.social
@kemcdonell.bsky.social
@careyrogers.bsky.social
ADU / DADU legalization in Nashville.
1. Does this mean that I can now have 3 total housing units on my R6 lot? Two full-sized units originally allowed under R6 +1 ?
2. Can my ADU be attached? Ie; if I own a 3,000 4/4 house, can I install a door and make an ADU out of a 1Br/1BA area in the house?
1. Does this mean that I can now have 3 total housing units on my R6 lot? Two full-sized units originally allowed under R6 +1 ?
2. Can my ADU be attached? Ie; if I own a 3,000 4/4 house, can I install a door and make an ADU out of a 1Br/1BA area in the house?
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
ADU / DADU legalization in Nashville.
1. Does this mean that I can now have 3 total housing units on my R6 lot? Two full-sized units originally allowed under R6 +1 ?
2. Can my ADU be attached? Ie; if I own a 3,000 4/4 house, can I install a door and make an ADU out of a 1Br/1BA area in the house?
1. Does this mean that I can now have 3 total housing units on my R6 lot? Two full-sized units originally allowed under R6 +1 ?
2. Can my ADU be attached? Ie; if I own a 3,000 4/4 house, can I install a door and make an ADU out of a 1Br/1BA area in the house?
Had a dream 😴 I was on a Men's League hockey 🏒 team that was coached by Kris Knoblauch.
@jspencersharpe.bsky.social was also on the team.
@jspencersharpe.bsky.social was also on the team.
December 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Had a dream 😴 I was on a Men's League hockey 🏒 team that was coached by Kris Knoblauch.
@jspencersharpe.bsky.social was also on the team.
@jspencersharpe.bsky.social was also on the team.
NDOT already hacked down all the white flex posts in this picture. The bases of the flex posts are still screwed into the pavement. The yellow center flex posts & cushions remain.
Traffic Calming:
I have been waiting years for NDOT to deploy a design like this.
No speed cushions*, just flex posts on all 3 lines.
It creates a visual (& physical) pinch point which slows down drivers.
It was working when I took these photos.
*Speed cushions are also deployed nearby.
I have been waiting years for NDOT to deploy a design like this.
No speed cushions*, just flex posts on all 3 lines.
It creates a visual (& physical) pinch point which slows down drivers.
It was working when I took these photos.
*Speed cushions are also deployed nearby.
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
NDOT already hacked down all the white flex posts in this picture. The bases of the flex posts are still screwed into the pavement. The yellow center flex posts & cushions remain.
Nashville's Hottest Club is
Golden Prawn #3 🦐
Golden Prawn #3 🦐
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Nashville's Hottest Club is
Golden Prawn #3 🦐
Golden Prawn #3 🦐
'Work on' by people in jeans & hard hats or work on by people on a laptop? 🦺 💻
"Since the scope of work has expanded, Metro is planning to develop the street in sections:
Their goal for late spring 2026 is to work on the portion between Fifth Street and Eastland Avenue, where upgrades were planned pre-CHYM."
Their goal for late spring 2026 is to work on the portion between Fifth Street and Eastland Avenue, where upgrades were planned pre-CHYM."
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
'Work on' by people in jeans & hard hats or work on by people on a laptop? 🦺 💻