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Nashville DOT outlines community-led "tactical urbanism" program, offers up to $20,000 in project support
Summary
NDOT staff described a neighborhood-led tactical urbanism program that issues permits for temporary street projects, offers up to $20,000 in project support (not a direct grant), and provides staff, toolkits and a livability library to help neighborhoods pilot safety and placemaking ideas before seeking permanent funding.
Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure officials on a Dec. 2025 workshop outlined a new community-led tactical urbanism program that allows neighborhoods to test temporary street projects in the public right-of-way and receive technical and material support from the city.
"So tactical urbanism is essentially a DIY street project," said Kobi Langer, livability planner at the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure. The program issues a tactical urbanism permit that authorizes short-term installations on streets, sidewalks and alleys and coordinates any additional approvals needed from external agencies, Langer said.
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