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MTA board authorizes SMART grant contracts to test signal priority and real‑time tools on Murfreesboro Pike
Summary
The Nashville MTA board approved contracts funded by a U.S. DOT SMART grant to pilot technologies aimed at reducing bus bunching and improving reliability on Murfreesboro Pike; contracts include Vanderbilt University, Synwaves (doing business as LYT), and Metro Nashville DOT.
MTA board members on Thursday approved a set of contracts tied to a federal SMART (Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation) grant to pilot transit signal priority, traffic‑adaptive signals and real‑time vehicle‑spacing tools on Murfreesboro Pike. Dan Freudberg, a WeGo staff member who presented the project to the Operations and Finance Committee, said the effort is designed to reduce “instances of people having to wait extended periods of times for buses when we promise them a bus every 10 minutes and they end up having to wait 20 or 30 minutes.” The board approved three principal agreements that require board authorization: a $766,533, 24‑month contract with Vanderbilt University (with Penn State as a subcontractor) tied to…
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