Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Signs EO for ‘Car-Free Streets,’ Expanding initiative

[Franklin Pierce]

Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell signed 44 executive orders on Friday, including Executive Order 45, which expands Metro’s Green and Complete Streets policy with calls for the city to close some streets to vehicles and “serve the most vulnerable users of the transportation network.” The policy was originally introduced by disgraced former Mayor Megan Barry in 2016.

His executive order reveals that O’Connell’s administration intends to make public thoroughfares “places to be” by implementing “car-free streets, pedestrian-scale lighting, shade trees and landscaping, public art, walkable destinations, street furniture, and other amenities.”

The mayor’s executive order promises to give “specific attention” to “the safety and comfort needs of the most vulnerable individuals on our streets – people walking, biking, taking transit, and using wheelchairs or other mobility devices” while also “balancing the needs of those driving private, commercial, freight, and emergency vehicles.”

One of the guiding principles for O’Connell’s effort includes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). O’Connell’s mandate declares the Green and Complete Streets program “elements are implemented equitably and inclusively throughout the region.”

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Signs Executive Order for ‘Car-Free Streets,’ Expanding Initiative Started by Disgraced Mayor Megan Barry - Tennessee Star

Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell signed 44 executive orders on Friday, including Executive Order 45, which expands Metro's Green and Complete Streets policy with calls for the city to close some streets to vehicles and "serve the most vulnerable users of the transportation network." The...

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[Gandalf]

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Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell signed 44 executive orders on Friday, including Executive Order 45, which expands Metro’s Green and Complete Streets policy with calls for the city to close some streets to vehicles and “serve the most vulnerable users of the transportation network.” The policy was originally introduced by disgraced former Mayor Megan Barry in 2016.

His executive order reveals that O’Connell’s administration intends to make public thoroughfares “places to be” by implementing “car-free streets, pedestrian-scale lighting, shade trees and landscaping, public art, walkable destinations, street furniture, and other amenities.”

The mayor’s executive order promises to give “specific attention” to “the safety and comfort needs of the most vulnerable individuals on our streets – people walking, biking, taking transit, and using wheelchairs or other mobility devices” while also “balancing the needs of those driving private, commercial, freight, and emergency vehicles.”

One of the guiding principles for O’Connell’s effort includes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). O’Connell’s mandate declares the Green and Complete Streets program “elements are implemented equitably and inclusively throughout the region.”

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Signs Executive Order for ‘Car-Free Streets,’ Expanding Initiative Started by Disgraced Mayor Megan Barry - Tennessee Star

Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell signed 44 executive orders on Friday, including Executive Order 45, which expands Metro's Green and Complete Streets policy with calls for the city to close some streets to vehicles and "serve the most vulnerable users of the transportation network." The...

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Ah Nashville, soon to be a Schwab endorsed 15 minute city.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Is that the Nashville mayor?

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

 

[Orangeburst]

looks like a vaghat

 

[Vol737]

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Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell signed 44 executive orders on Friday, including Executive Order 45, which expands Metro’s Green and Complete Streets policy with calls for the city to close some streets to vehicles and “serve the most vulnerable users of the transportation network.” The policy was originally introduced by disgraced former Mayor Megan Barry in 2016.

His executive order reveals that O’Connell’s administration intends to make public thoroughfares “places to be” by implementing “car-free streets, pedestrian-scale lighting, shade trees and landscaping, public art, walkable destinations, street furniture, and other amenities.”

The mayor’s executive order promises to give “specific attention” to “the safety and comfort needs of the most vulnerable individuals on our streets – people walking, biking, taking transit, and using wheelchairs or other mobility devices” while also “balancing the needs of those driving private, commercial, freight, and emergency vehicles.”

One of the guiding principles for O’Connell’s effort includes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). O’Connell’s mandate declares the Green and Complete Streets program “elements are implemented equitably and inclusively throughout the region.”

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Signs Executive Order for ‘Car-Free Streets,’ Expanding Initiative Started by Disgraced Mayor Megan Barry - Tennessee Star

Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell signed 44 executive orders on Friday, including Executive Order 45, which expands Metro's Green and Complete Streets policy with calls for the city to close some streets to vehicles and "serve the most vulnerable users of the transportation network." The...

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Know what's next? Needles and fecal map app.

 

[volgr]

More idiocy. When did our society jump the shark?

 

[Vol737]

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He's birth date fluid, apparently.

 

[BreatheUT]

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Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell signed 44 executive orders on Friday, including Executive Order 45, which expands Metro’s Green and Complete Streets policy with calls for the city to close some streets to vehicles and “serve the most vulnerable users of the transportation network.” The policy was originally introduced by disgraced former Mayor Megan Barry in 2016.

His executive order reveals that O’Connell’s administration intends to make public thoroughfares “places to be” by implementing “car-free streets, pedestrian-scale lighting, shade trees and landscaping, public art, walkable destinations, street furniture, and other amenities.”

The mayor’s executive order promises to give “specific attention” to “the safety and comfort needs of the most vulnerable individuals on our streets – people walking, biking, taking transit, and using wheelchairs or other mobility devices” while also “balancing the needs of those driving private, commercial, freight, and emergency vehicles.”

One of the guiding principles for O’Connell’s effort includes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). O’Connell’s mandate declares the Green and Complete Streets program “elements are implemented equitably and inclusively throughout the region.”

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell Signs Executive Order for ‘Car-Free Streets,’ Expanding Initiative Started by Disgraced Mayor Megan Barry - Tennessee Star

Metro Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell signed 44 executive orders on Friday, including Executive Order 45, which expands Metro's Green and Complete Streets policy with calls for the city to close some streets to vehicles and "serve the most vulnerable users of the transportation network." The...

tennesseestar.com

Peanut head should've cleared the streets faster. Instead this was first time we saw snow plows in the neighborhoods.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Peanut head should've cleared the streets faster. Instead this was first time we saw snow plows in the neighborhoods.

At least TDOT makes an attempt to clear roads that are their responsibility up there.

They don't even show up down here in Shelby...

 

[InVOLuntary]

Great place for the homeless to camp, IMO.

 

[Orangeburst]

Great place for the homeless to camp, IMO.

hey guy.

 

[Orangeburst]

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[InVOLuntary]

hey guy.

Hey, bud.

 

[Orangeburst]

Longest thread title ever

 

[LouderVol]

depending on the areas this could be helpful to overall traffic issues. would be interested to see how local businesses will be effected, how many storefronts are impacted, and do they have a walkable stores in that area?

obviously shutting down travel lanes isn't the end of the world if done correctly, places like Market Square show it works. You look at larger markets and this is typically a quiet popular and effective thing to drive up the local economies. you just have to be sure you have businesses in the area that people will typically walk to.

 

[ButchPlz]

depending on the areas this could be helpful to overall traffic issues. would be interested to see how local businesses will be effected, how many storefronts are impacted, and do they have a walkable stores in that area?

obviously shutting down travel lanes isn't the end of the world if done correctly, places like Market Square show it works. You look at larger markets and this is typically a quiet popular and effective thing to drive up the local economies. you just have to be sure you have businesses in the area that people will typically walk to.

In general I'm definitely not opposed to the idea of walkable areas. They're nice, and encourage people to actually move themselves around rather than sit their asses down and ride/drive everywhere.

The only issue I'd take with it is 1) if it shut down vital traffic lanes, as I've seen happen before in an attempt to "green" up a place... reality is it just shifts the same amount of traffic to other congested areas; and 2) if the people and businesses there don't want it, don't force it...but that's more of a general stance on things.

 

[LouderVol]

In general I'm definitely not opposed to the idea of walkable areas. They're nice, and encourage people to actually move themselves around rather than sit their asses down and ride/drive everywhere.

The only issue I'd take with it is 1) if it shut down vital traffic lanes, as I've seen happen before in an attempt to "green" up a place... reality is it just shifts the same amount of traffic to other congested areas; and 2) if the people and businesses there don't want it, don't force it...but that's more of a general stance on things.

yeah without knowing the areas this could be a great idea, or a terrible idea.

 

[VolTull]

In general I'm definitely not opposed to the idea of walkable areas. They're nice, and encourage people to actually move themselves around rather than sit their asses down and ride/drive everywhere.

The only issue I'd take with it is 1) if it shut down vital traffic lanes, as I've seen happen before in an attempt to "green" up a place... reality is it just shifts the same amount of traffic to other congested areas; and 2) if the people and businesses there don't want it, don't force it...but that's more of a general stance on things.

Sensible take.