With Nashville’s voters having spoken in a May referendum to not approve the then-proposed roughly $5.4 billion transit plan, the Post is taking a look ahead.
We asked the following influential citizens this question: “What do you think will be the single key feature, service or component that needs to be at the top of the list when the transit debate resumes in full and in earnest?” Here are their answers.
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