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In Part 1 of our story, we showed you video of a bus system in Cleveland that a number of cities like Nashville are trying to copy. The $175 million project would stretch form East Nashville to White Bridge Road and West End. As FOX17's Sky Arnold reports, it would bring big changes here for bus riders and drivers. No matter where they're going, riders catch the bus on the right side of the road.
"It's very convenient," says bus rider Randall Davis. "It's cheaper than putting gas in your car."
Someday soon Randall Davis could be waiting in a different spot. Nashville is thinking of building something similar to Cleveland's bus rapid transit system, complete with raised bus stops in the center of the road, 2 bus only lanes and outside ticket machines.
"Gas is high so I mean it's the cheapest way," says Cleveland bus rider Donovan Fort.
Cleveland's system is popular with students and people who work along the route. MTA Director of Planning Jim McAteer believes the route here would even attract people who live and work outside the route, because it will go by so many different attractions along West End, downtown, and East Nashville.
"Once we build it I think there will be significant demand along other corridors to grow that system," says MTA's Jim McAteer.
It will come with changes for drivers. You'll only make left hand turns at stoplights and the 2 middle lanes will be for buses only. Now, obviously taking away the 2 center lanes for buses would be a big change for lower Broadway. As of now, the plan isn't to simply do with less lanes of traffic. Instead, they're thinking about taking away all the parking and letting people drive home on the side. Another change supporters say is needed to give people a reason to leave their cars at home. Bus officials say they're still waiting for new guidelines to apply for federal money to help pay for the transit system. There's no word yet how Nashville will raise the necessary local money that will be needed. They do say the project here would not take as long to construct as the project in Cleveland.
"It's very convenient," says bus rider Randall Davis. "It's cheaper than putting gas in your car."
Someday soon Randall Davis could be waiting in a different spot. Nashville is thinking of building something similar to Cleveland's bus rapid transit system, complete with raised bus stops in the center of the road, 2 bus only lanes and outside ticket machines.
"Gas is high so I mean it's the cheapest way," says Cleveland bus rider Donovan Fort.
Cleveland's system is popular with students and people who work along the route. MTA Director of Planning Jim McAteer believes the route here would even attract people who live and work outside the route, because it will go by so many different attractions along West End, downtown, and East Nashville.
"Once we build it I think there will be significant demand along other corridors to grow that system," says MTA's Jim McAteer.
It will come with changes for drivers. You'll only make left hand turns at stoplights and the 2 middle lanes will be for buses only. Now, obviously taking away the 2 center lanes for buses would be a big change for lower Broadway. As of now, the plan isn't to simply do with less lanes of traffic. Instead, they're thinking about taking away all the parking and letting people drive home on the side. Another change supporters say is needed to give people a reason to leave their cars at home. Bus officials say they're still waiting for new guidelines to apply for federal money to help pay for the transit system. There's no word yet how Nashville will raise the necessary local money that will be needed. They do say the project here would not take as long to construct as the project in Cleveland.
Thursday, November 22 2012, 03:00 AM CST
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National exhibit on Civil War in Nashville
May 20, 2013 08:09 GMT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A national traveling exhibit on the Civil War will be on display at Nashville's Green Hills Library beginning on Monday.
The exhibit lets viewers experience the war through the eyes of politicians, soldiers, families and freed slaves. It includes letters, personal accounts and images that demonstrate how people grappled with the end of slavery, the nature of democracy and citizenship, the human toll of the war and the role of a president in wartime.
According to the library, the Gilder Lehrman Institute developed the exhibition to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
More information on the exhibit is available at http://www.library.nashville.org .
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