Nashville’s ‘Choose How You Move’ transportation program is moving forward with another $100 million in capital investments aimed at building sidewalks, modernizing traffic signals, expanding public transit and making streets safer throughout Davidson County.
The funding package, announced Aug. 14, includes continued work on the Nolensville Pike and Gallatin Pike/Main Street All-Access Corridors, construction of the Donelson Transit Center, expansion of the WeGo fleet and investments in sidewalks and Complete Streets.
The latest round follows a $104 million funding package announced in October 2025 and brings the amount committed to transportation capital improvements since Nashville’s half-cent sales tax surcharge took effect Feb. 1, 2025, to $220 million.
“Across Nashville, Choose How You Move is turning plans into projects people can see and use,” Mayor Freddie O’Connell said. “From new sidewalks to safer streets to more transit options, these investments are making it safer, easier, and cheaper for people to get where they need to go.”
Nashville voters approved Choose How You Move in November 2024 to fund a major overhaul of the city’s transportation system. The program centers on improvements to sidewalks, signals, transit service and street safety.
“Transportation is about safely connecting people to opportunity,” said Sabrina Sussman, chief program officer for Choose How You Move. “Every one of these investments means that a Nashvillian is better able to walk to school, ride the bus to work, bike to their local coffee shop, or safely get to a doctor’s appointment.”
The latest package directs $16.8 million toward sidewalks, with 61 projects in various stages of development.
Seventeen new ‘Quick Build’ sidewalk projects across 15 Metro Council districts will move into planning and design. Survey and data work will begin on 34 additional sidewalk projects, while planning and design will continue for sidewalks along Due West Avenue, Robinson Road and Murfreesboro Pike.
Another $19 million will go toward traffic signals and operations.
The investments include $7.9 million for modernization of 99 traffic signals, including 56 along Gallatin Pike, 32 along Hillsboro Pike, six along Wedgewood Avenue and five along Edgehill Avenue.
Another $2 million will support an Advanced Traffic Management System designed to provide real-time traffic management, improved bicycle and pedestrian detection, incident response and transit signal priority. The package also includes $4.5 million for communications network infrastructure and $3 million for equipment needed for future signal construction and modernization.
Public transit will receive $29.8 million.
Of that amount, $25.3 million will support construction of the Donelson Transit Center and planning for future transit centers. Another $750,000 will purchase three new WeGo Access para transit vehicles, while $3.7 million will fund improvements at WeGo’s Nestor Street operations and maintenance facility.
The latest vehicle purchases bring the number of buses acquired through the program to 21 of 65 planned vehicles intended to enhance WeGo service.
Street safety and Complete Streets projects will receive $22.4 million.
The funding will support full construction of improvements along Edgehill Avenue and design work for four Complete Streets projects covering approximately eight miles along East Thompson Lane, County Hospital Road, Jefferson Street and Lebanon Pike.
Survey work will also begin on nearly 34 miles of future Complete Streets projects.
Complete Streets are designed to accommodate people using different forms of transportation and can include sidewalks, safer pedestrian crossings, bicycle facilities, transit improvements and roadway changes.
Another $7.7 million is being directed toward Nashville’s planned All-Access Corridors, which are intended to combine more frequent transit with improved traffic signals, pedestrian crossings and other transportation improvements along some of the city’s busiest roads.
Nolensville Pike will receive $4.5 million for planning and project development, while Gallatin Pike will receive $1.3 million.
The package also includes $500,000 for a transit-oriented development study examining how Nashville can encourage housing and economic development around high-quality transit.
Officials said projects are evaluated based on factors including crash history, safety concerns, transportation barriers, connections to employment centers and other major destinations, readiness for construction and opportunities to leverage local, state and federal transportation investments.
“We are working hard and finding new ways to deliver projects faster,” Sussman said. “Choose How You Move investments are already making everyday trips safer, easier, and more connected.”
The latest funding builds on 11 foundational projects O’Connell announced in March 2025 to begin implementing the transportation program.
Along with the new initiatives, Choose How You Move funding is being used to accelerate existing Metro programs including Vision Zero, sidewalk construction, traffic operations and Complete Streets.
The investments represent a significant test of the transportation plan Nashville voters approved, as Metro moves from collecting the dedicated sales tax revenue to putting increasingly visible projects on the ground across Davidson County.
