NDOT outlines speed-cushion plan, centerline striping for Woodlands Avenue; neighborhood ballot next

At a virtual neighborhood meeting hosted by the Nashville Department of Transportation, Jeff Hammond, a consultant working on NDOT’s traffic calming program, presented a revised plan for Woodlands Avenue from Boxwood at the top of the hill to Windy Pine at the bottom.

The plan centers on two full-width speed-cushion locations, a series of single cushions in the road shoulder to discourage corner-cutting, and a continuous double solid yellow centerline along the project length. Hammond said the design reduces the originally proposed four full-speed-cushion sites to two “being very cognizant of where the beginning and the ending of hills were,” and retains shoulder cushions in curves to reduce drifting into pedestrian areas.

The revision responds to neighborhood comments about winter safety and pedestrians using the shoulder where sidewalks are absent. “This has been a project long, long time coming,” Hammond said. He also described the program as dominated by one tool: “Our program is…