Timeline
1998
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Nashville Area MPO / RTA complete the Commuter Rail Feasibility Study to evaluate a multi-corridor commuter rail system
2005
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RTA Music City Star Commuter Rail begins between Lebanon and Nashville
2007
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Nashville Area MPO completes the Southeast Corridor Alternatives Analysis and recommends enhanced bus service between Murfreesboro and Nashville
2009
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TN General Assembly passes legislation further empowering the Regional Transportation Authority to fund, build, and operate a regional transit system
2010
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Nashville Area MPO adopts 2035 Regional Transportation Plan which includes first comprehensive vision for region rapid transit
2011
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Nashville Area MPO completes the Northeast Corridor Mobility Study and recommends Bus Rapid Transit and managed lanes between Gallatin and Nashville
2012
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Nashville MTA completes the East West Connect Study and recommends the bus rapid transit service between East Nashville and West End which became known as The Amp
2014
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The Amp is awarded $75 million in federal funding through the competitive Small Starts program
2015
- The Amp stalls and is cancelled
- Nashville Area MPO completes the Southeast Area Transportation and Land Use Study to re-evaluate transportation strategies for the I-24 corridor between Murfreesboro and Nashville; findings are incorporated into the TDOT I-24 study
- TDOT completes the I-24 Corridor Study and Monorail Assessment
2016
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Nashville Area MPO adopts the 2040 Regional Transportation Plan reaffirming the vision for transit and including more than $1.2 Billion in anticipated federal revenue for regional rapid transit
- TN General Assembly passes legislation enabling the use of Public Private Partnerships for the development and construction of transit projects
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RTA completes the Northwest Corridor Feasibility Study and recommends commuter rail between Clarksville and Nashville
- RTA and the Nashville MTA mutually adopt the first regional transit master plan to operationalize the transit component of the MPO Regional Transportation Plan
2017
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25-year Strategic Plan for Transit study conducted
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TN General Assembly passes the IMPROVE Act increasing the state's gas tax rate to fund transportation projects and establishing a local option for certain counties to levee a transit surtax via voter approval to help fund regional transit projects
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The Nashville Area MPO Program is integrated into the Greater Nashville Regional Council (GNRC) to align regional transportation planning with other regional planning and economic and community development efforts
- First public referendum for transit via the Let's Move Nashville initiative is rejected by voters
2018
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Let's Move Nashville fails at ballot box
- IMPROVE Act passes
- MTA begins rebranding to WeGo Public Transit
2019
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GNRC and WeGo initiate the South Corridor Study to work with the public to identify transportation solutions for the fast growing I-65 corridor between Nashville and Columbia with a focus on determining the most appropriate investment in rapid transit