Nashville Business Journal
Scott Harrison

Nashville’s transit system is lagging behind peer cities like Austin and Charlotte.
It’s also no better than smaller cities like Richmond, Va.

That’s the blunt assessment from a new report by the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority, part of the transit agency’s new long-term strategic planning process.

A rise in congestion, and traffic volume, only means higher costs for residents. As we recently reported, traffic volume on the highways has spiked in Middle Tennessee during the last 10 years and commuters spend more than 26 minutes on average getting to work in the morning.

“The expansion of Nashville MTA service has not kept pace with growth,” the report states.“Nashville is a medium-sized city that is growing to become a large city, but with a transit system designed to serve a small city.”

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