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Nashville DOT advances traffic-calming plan for J Street; neighborhood to vote by mail
Summary
Nashville Department of Transportation officials presented a proposed traffic-calming design for J Street that includes speed cushions, bulb-outs and a pinch point. The neighborhood will be mailed a ballot; the project will move forward only if two-thirds of respondents approve.
David Greaves, an engineer with the Nashville Department of Transportation’s traffic-calming program, presented a concept design for J Street on a neighborhood call and said the neighborhood will be mailed a ballot to approve the project.
Greaves said field measurements showed the 80th‑percentile speed on J Street was 34 mph and average daily traffic about 343 vehicles. Because the street is narrow, the department’s concept relies primarily on modular speed cushions (one in each travel lane at each location), a series of three cushion clusters between Forest Avenue and Sterling Boone Drive, bulb-outs at the Sterling Boone Drive intersection, a pinch point proposed between Rasko Road and Pickle Drive, and…
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