NDOT proposes speed cushions and radar signs for Willow Lane; residents raise drainage and spacing concerns

David Greaves, a facilitator with the Nashville Department of Transportation (NDOT), presented a draft traffic-calming design for Willow Lane at a virtual neighborhood meeting on March 25, 2025, proposing speed cushions, a radar feedback sign and lane-edge striping to address speeds measured above the posted limit.

Greaves said the Neighborhood Street Traffic Calming (NSTC) program generally treats an entire street rather than single blocks and that its primary objective is to reduce vehicle speeds. "We don't do these, like, 1 block at a time. We try to, look at an entire street all at once, just for efficiency's sake and to make sure that these measures are working as intended," he said.

The meeting followed NDOT’s data collection on Willow Lane, a roughly 26-foot-wide residential street spanning Faulkner Drive to Willard Drive. NDOT reported an 80th-percentile speed of 35 mph on the street, compared with a posted 25 mph limit, and an average daily volume of about 575 vehicles. Greaves cited Vision Zero research on crash survivability to underline the safety…