NDOT presents Greenwood Avenue traffic-calming plan; residents push back on speed cushions

On Jan. 19, 2026, the Nashville Department of Transportation held a virtual public meeting to present preliminary traffic‑calming plans for Greenwood Avenue between Scott Avenue and Porter Road and to gather local input.

David Greavves, a civil engineer with NDOT’s Neighborhood Street Traffic Calming program, opened the meeting and said the agency had measured the corridor and prepared a concept showing bulbouts at Scott & Greenwood and three sets of vertical speed cushions spaced roughly 300–500 feet apart. Greavves said the project was chosen in September 2025 from a backlog of applicant streets and that NDOT typically selects 25 streets every six months for design work.

NDOT presented the safety rationale and corridor data. Greavves tied the program to Vision Zero goals and cited a safety graphic from the National Transportation Safety Board showing higher speeds reduce pedestrian survivability. He reported Greenwood’s 85th‑percentile speed at 32 mph, about 3,400 vehicles per day, and a pavement…