Committee plans joint meeting with advisory bodies and INDOT to address pedestrian safety hotspots

The Transportation & Infrastructure Committee said it will seek to convene a joint meeting of multiple advisory bodies and INDOT to coordinate faster responses to pedestrian and traffic safety hotspots identified across Nashville.

Chair reporting out of a recent Traffic and Parking Commission meeting said that the commission and Council member Kupping discussed a recent pedestrian fatality in District 19 and recommended a joint convening of entities that work on safety improvements. The chair said the meeting is anticipated in late July or August and likely to be held in the council chamber; no final date was set.

Council member Evan Siegel urged colleagues and the public to submit known hotspots to the Council Connect thread or to Ms. Darby so staff can compile locations for the joint meeting. “I would prefer to know about them before somebody dies than after,” Council member Evan Siegel said, urging earlier reporting of unsafe locations. Siegel also said staff are working with libraries, parks and greenways to identify additional hotspots.

Committee members framed the planned session as a convening for cross-agency coordination — to bring together the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), the Vision 0 Action Commission, the Traffic and Parking Commission, this committee and INDOT — rather than as a forum for individual council members to present district-specific cases on the floor. The chair directed staff to circulate meeting details to committee members and the full council when they are available.

No formal action or vote was recorded on scheduling the joint meeting during this session.