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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · 14h

Car-free streets? Bus lanes? Yes please!

We’re excited about the pilot projects bringing people-first street design to Broadway this month.

These are promising solutions on our city’s most visible street, and we hope they lead to long-term improvements and similar efforts around the city!

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · 6d

Such a great start to the morning! Thanks for being a part! I was at an elementary school this year, but I live right up the street from Stratford. Maybe I should join next year?? -Cole

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Kyle Reinford @kyledeanreinford.bsky.social · 7d

The Stratford high school marching band was our morning escort for Walk to School Day! If only every day we were this aware that walking is awesome. @walkbikenashville.bsky.social

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · 9d

Whether you have a loved one at one of these schools or just live nearby, we encourage you to cheer on students as they take part in this joyful Nashville tradition. And if you’ll be driving, please anticipate more families walking to school across the city on Wednesday morning.

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · 9d

Walk to School Day is one of our favorite days of the year! Thousands of students across 65 schools are set to participate in this year’s celebration on Wednesday, October 1.
Visit walkbikenashville.org/walktoschoolday for more information, including a map of participating schools.

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 22d

New flyer just dropped - come join us!

A flyer for a cargo bike show and tell event

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our annual Member Campaign runs through August 29. Become a member today at walkbikenashville.or...!

Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 29

Being a Walk Bike Nashville member comes with some serious perks.
You can save on your commute, get monthly updates on our advocacy priorities, and get discounts to events like Tour de Nash. Plus, you're supporting our mission to make Nashville a more walkable, bikeable, and livable city for all.

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East Bank Data and Accountability @eastbankdata.bsky.social · Aug 28

Before we get into the individual responses, @walkbikenashville.bsky.social has an excellent summary of the survey results: www.walkbikenashville.org/east_bank_bo...

Overall, nearly 80% of respondents did not support the proposed designs (77.5% for River North, 79.4% for the other sections).

Summary of East Bank Boulevard survey results. Available from https://www.walkbikenashville.org/east_bank_boulevard_streets_for_people

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 28

When you support us by becoming a member or just by sharing our message, you’re helping us build a culture where active transportation and safe streets are the norm.

Our annual Member Campaign runs through August 29. Become a member today at walkbikenashville.org/membership!

Membership

Walk Bike Nashville members are committed to our vision:

walkbikenashville.org

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 28

We’re shaping the narrative around transportation in Nashville.

Over the past year, we’ve worked with news outlets across Nashville to highlight our work, our community, and our vision for a better, people-first city.

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 24

A message ahead of our annual Member Campaign:

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Wesley @johnwesssley.bsky.social · Aug 22

Statement from WeGo does not dispute any info about the flaws in this process.

There’s also a more fundamental issue here. When ridership and profitability are at odds for a public transit agency, they should choose ridership. I care about fairness too. So, let’s give more people a good deal.

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Wesley @johnwesssley.bsky.social · Aug 22

TL:DR- WeGo is doubling Walk Bike's QuickTicket rate and gave three weeks notice to come up with $20,000 in additional renewal fees. This program should be celebrated and replicated but instead, we're having to pause it. The WeGo Ride program can be great but the current structure is not sustainable

Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 22

We’re putting a pause on new Walk Bike Bus Passes, as well as renewals, due to an unexpected rate hike from WeGo Transit. Active passes will continue to function through their renewal dates, but we are unable to activate or renew passes.
Read more: walkbikenashville.org/blog-buspass-august-2025

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 22

More information on this change.
For now, our focus is on communicating with our existing QuickTicket members and renewing a contract that is financially feasible for our organization.
www.walkbikenashville.org/blog-buspass...

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 22

We’re putting a pause on new Walk Bike Bus Passes, as well as renewals, due to an unexpected rate hike from WeGo Transit. Active passes will continue to function through their renewal dates, but we are unable to activate or renew passes.
Read more: walkbikenashville.org/blog-buspass-august-2025

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · Aug 22

Great advocacy here from Meredith Montgomery of @walkbikenashville.bsky.social and Veronica Foster from @civicdesigncenter.bsky.social.

Sounds like it's time for @freddieoconnell.bsky.social to take a position.

“We are stuck in this 100-year culture of car-centric. And we have this blank slate of East Bank to build the road however we want to build it,” said Meredith Montgomery, executive director of Walk Bike Nashville and one of the event attendees. “At a time when we are actively retrofitting roads in our city to make them narrower, safer, better for pedestrians, more multimodal — it seems like the current [East Bank Boulevard] plan that’s out there is just building a new version of what we keep trying to fix.”

Nashville is currently led by a longtime walking and biking advocate: Mayor Freddie O’Connell. But he says Metro is still weighing its options. Amid a lot of public pushback against the six-lane design, the mayor’s office hasn’t been eager for a sit-down interview, and didn’t provide one to WPLN News.

“I wouldn’t say I’ve taken a position on it yet,” O’Connell told reporters last week. “The reason I’m not jumping out in front of that is because I do want to understand sort of what the full needs are and look at all the uses we expect there. “

But those “expected uses,” Montgomery argues, could be decided by the design of the street.

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 21

Schools across the country are gearing up for Walk to School Day on October 1st, and we want Nashville to show up strong! It's a great way to promote safety, health, and community.
Register now at walkbikenashville.org/walktoschoolday!

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 19

Great to meet you all! See you next month??

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Andy Grooms @andygrooms.bsky.social · Aug 19

A lil video montage of Bike Walk Franklin's field trip to the August Open Streets Nashville. It was hot, but so much fun! Thank you @walkbikenashville.bsky.social!! 🚴

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Sean Parker @seanforfive.bsky.social · Aug 17

Had a great time at Open Streets thanks to @walkbikenashville.bsky.social @nashvilledot.bsky.social and many other ppl!

Anecdotally it seems the tidy, nimble single speed is having another of it’s cyclical moments and we love to see it.

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks for coming out!

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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · Aug 17

Fantastic time at Open Streets today! Thanks to @walkbikenashville.bsky.social for all the work they put into this, and thanks @cycling.city for leading an awesome critical mass!

A group of bicyclists gathering in a park before riding the Open Streets route

A group of bicyclists riding up Division Street

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 6

We had so much fun at our first Open Streets Summer Series date, and we’re ready to do it all again Sunday, August 17! Visit openstreetsnashville... to learn more about places to go, things to do, and more.

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Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenashville.bsky.social · Aug 4

Nominations will be accepted from the public through Sunday, August 17, and winners will be recognized at our Streets For People Member Party in September. Come join us and reflect on another year of community!
walkbikenashville.or...