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Move carefully and fix things.
Nashville, Tennessee
#BlackFridayParking at Bellevue One in Nashville. Supposedly the one day a year that the shops would need all this mandated parking, and it's still massively overbuilt.
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Nashville story
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Nashville's OG "tall skinny"
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The US rent-to-income ratio is at its highest level since 1980.
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Extra naughty points to this NES driver parked in the bike lane. The driver put on the flashers after I took this photo, but still didn’t move.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Every day on the Commerce Street bike lanes. This is bad design, it enables bad behavior.
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A city that let's drivers park in bike lanes—during rush hour, of all times—is a city that doesn't take safety seriously.
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Yeah, the ride to the airport is NOT going to plan.
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Is this Transit Security car part of what CHYM is paying for? It's rolling alongside my bus like an escort.

Omg what if buses got flashing light escorts to get through traffic? Like they do for ambassadors and such. Working people who choose not to contribute to traffic are basically VIPs!
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A PSA campaign isn't a bad thing. I agree with the messages. They just haven't been shown to work.

I think our limited funds are better spent on physical infrastructure—concrete and steel—that have been proven to increase safety and improve driver behavior.
8/8
Source:
www.trb.org/publications...
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The only kinds of PSAs that actually work are ones directed at young children (who haven't solidified their habits yet) and campaigns that are coupled with another intervention, such as stepped-up enforcement, or preferably, new and safer road designs.

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October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The results are even worse for short-term campaigns, which is what most agencies have a budget for. A transportation agency can spend a hundreds of thousands of dollars and only reach a sliver of the population, and but those viewers aren't likely to change their behaviors.

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October 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We've all seen the PSAs on TV about drunk driving or distracted driving, safety agencies run them all the time. But do they work? The National Cooperative Highway Research Program found that they don't work, particularly when we already know what we are supposed to do.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Or these moves
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My bus stop still doesn't have a shelter or a place to sit, but it now has a button-activated light so the bus drivers can see me in the dark!

I know it's a little thing, but small improvements to service add up to a better experience. 👍
October 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
October 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I visited Alyssa's ghost bike this morning, it's been a year since the off-duty Knoxville PD officer killed her. TDOT has made no change to Highway 100, although I heard they are studying the corridor. But 100 is still massively overbuilt and dangerous.
September 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A public service announcement
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
(And I didn't get any splinters while sitting on the bench. 😜)
September 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My first experience at a bus stop with a new bench from To Nashville With Love, and it was great! This stop has needed one for a long time, and it was really nice to be able to rest for a moment.

www.tonashvillewithlove.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I can't believe Maná has never performed in Nashville before, but I'm glad I got to be there. It was a great show, they boys still sound great!
September 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I picked a terrible day to have a series of appointments along West End. This was comical before long. And it really revealed how one accident can scramble traffic all over town.
September 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Weekend bus service really needs more frequency, though. Almost a 2 hour wait for the next 3B is brutal.
September 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Very tired, but worth it, a great show!
September 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Sylvan Park, also home to NDOT's halfassed bike lanes that people can legally park during commutin hours. Because safety only counts if someone notices.
September 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM