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Committee approves substituted resolution urging targeted traffic enforcement; asks MNPD and NDOT for plans
Summary
The Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Council Public Health & Safety Committee approved Resolution RS2024-905 as substituted, urging the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) to focus traffic enforcement on speeding, DUI, reckless driving and distracted driving and asking the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) to present a traffic‑calming plan.
The Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Council Public Health & Safety Committee approved Resolution RS2024-905 as substituted, urging the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) to increase traffic enforcement focused on speeding, driving under the influence, reckless driving and distracted driving, and asking the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) to submit a traffic‑calming plan.
The substitute narrowed the original language after committee members raised concerns about returning to past traffic‑stop practices that community reports tied to disproportionate enforcement in minority neighborhoods. The committee adopted the substitute 7–0 with one abstention, and later moved the resolution forward as substituted; the final motion carried.
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