NDOT proposes speed cushions, radar feedback and intersection changes for Cumberland Avenue after residents report speeding and stop‑sign running

David Greaves, an engineer with the Department of Transportation (NDOT), on July 7 presented a draft traffic‑calming plan for Cumberland Avenue that would add speed cushions, radar feedback signs, pavement‑edge striping and investigate bulb‑outs and other intersection measures after data showed high speeds and resident reports of stop‑sign running.

Greaves said the neighborhood was selected for traffic calming from more than 600 applications earlier in 2025 and that the 85th‑percentile speed on Cumberland was 39 miles per hour. "Vision 0 is the idea that nobody should have to be killed or seriously injured on Nashville streets," Greaves said, describing the program's safety goal.

The draft plan covers Cumberland Avenue from Dallas Pike to Madison Park and would place a series of speed cushions between Gallatin Pike and Bixler Drive, with spacing Greaves said is typically about 300–400 feet where feasible. Greaves described the program's preference for speed cushions over full speed tables because cushions are narrower so larger emergency vehicles can straddle them: "we'd like to have a street that…