NDOT Announces Summer 2022 Neighborhood Traffic Calming Project Selections

The Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) is announcing 24 newly selected neighborhood traffic calming projects to begin in the coming weeks. The selected projects were chosen by NDOT from neighborhoods that submitted applications during recent open application windows. Residents will now proceed with a collaborative community-led design process to enhance safety and quality of life on their neighborhood streets, in line with Nashville's commitment to being a Vision Zero city.

"Traffic calming initiatives are one of the many ways we are creating safer neighborhoods across Nashville," said Nashville Mayor John Cooper. "Metro is deeply committed to increasing transportation safety for everyone and I'm grateful for NDOT's work making these selected projects happen for our communities."

NDOT opens two traffic calming application periods per year-one in the winter and one in the summer. Neighborhoods can submit completed applications during each of these multi-week time periods. Once the application window has closed, NDOT begins data collection on each of the submitted neighborhood streets to determine how they score. NDOT announced 49 projects in 2021 and plans to select around 50 projects in 2022. In addition to the Neighborhood Street Traffic Calming Program, NDOT recently released Metro Nashville's Vision Zero Action Plan to address traffic safety across Davidson County. The department will be releasing a companion implementation plan this summer that will identify specific projects, programs, and policies in alignment with Vision Zero's five E's: Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Evaluation, and Enforcement.

"We know how popular this program is and we know why," said NDOT Assistant Chief Engineer Jason Oldham. "Our neighborhood streets are where we spend much of our time, and we want them to be safe. Staff is working hard to deliver traffic calming projects across all of Nashville, in partnership with residents and neighborhood groups."

Based on applications and data collected, NDOT staff selected the following neighborhoods:

Neighborhood	Street	Council District
Pinnacle Point HOA	Piccadilly Row	28
Pleasant Acres	Ronnie Rd	8
Cato Road	Cato Rd	1
Edwin	Edwin St, Jones Ave	5
Pleasant Hill	Cunniff Pkwy	3
Gridiron Heights	Williams Ave	8
Olympic Park HOA	28th Ave N	21
Timothy Dr	Timothy Dr	1
Masonwood	Masonwood Dr	3
Chickasaw	Chickasaw Ave	5
Dobbs Neighborhood	Collier Ave	16
HWEN	Fairfax Ave	18
Lemont N	Lemont Dr	8
Emmitt / East Meade	Emmitt Ave	7
White Bridge Neighborhood	Knob Rd	20/24
Fairlane Park	Fairlane Dr, Strasser Dr	30
Hill N Dale Acres	Foothill Dr	16
Friends of Inglewood Place	Kennedy Ave	7
Kellow	Kellow St	2
Paragon Mills	Eisenhower Dr, Scotwood Dr	26
Inglewood	Ardee Ave	7
Harlin	Harlin Dr	16
Sylvan Park West	Elkins Ave	24
Royal Hills	Phipps Dr	1

Streets were selected based on a set of criteria focusing on safety/crash history, average speed, neighborhood destinations, and the presence/absence of active transportation infrastructure. NDOT engineers compiled this data for each neighborhood street and scores for the 50 highest needs are included in the attached chart. NDOT recently made some enhancements to the program to expedite project delivery and improve community engagement efforts. Changes include: direct mail to area residents, an online balloting system and multilingual program materials.

Coordination with council members and neighborhoods will begin in the next few weeks. Staff will attend neighborhood meetings and plan community workshops to collaborate with residents on the best design for each street.

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