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Nashville is a rapidly growing city. The housing market is one of the highest in the nation (Skovira). In comparison, the job market in Nashville is consistently high, and has less than a four percent unemployment rate (realestate.usnews.com). How will this impact downtown rush hour and its commuting drivers? Drivers commuting to and from downtown may experience many different commutes. Furthermore, those getting on the interstate between the evening rush hours experience an added thirty two minutes to their commutes (tomtom.com). These thirty two minutes a day is the equivalent of sitting in traffic for five days out of the year (tomtom.com). The transportation system upgrade in Nashville is long overdue. There is no easy, quick way to …show more content…

To help with the vast amount of commuters, a train system stretching from downtown Nashville to Lebanon was introduced in September 2006. The Tennessean Newspaper reported in 2016 that an estimated amount of 1,100 daily riders commute on the Music City Star (Humbles). If everyone who is a commuter on the train used to drive, that is 1,100 less cars cramming into rush hour traffic and less pollution being generated. How would a futuristic transit system benefit the city of downtown Nashville? The new hybrid-electric buses would reduce the amount of gas the government has to buy and light rails would reduce the congestion on roads. It would also bring more jobs with the construction. This transit proposal would introduce many employment opportunities, for example, construction workers building the sidewalks or more bus drivers. Nashville’s Transit Referendum is backed up by a huge number of businesses and universities . Universities such as, Trevecca, Tennessee State, Lipscomb, Fisk, and Belmont are supporting the mass transit system. Hospitals and health companies have taken a positive stand supporting this rail system such as Vanderbilt Medical Center and Change Healthcare. Engineering companies and coalitions such as, Nashville Chamber of Commerce, ABC Greater TN Chapter and even the American Council of Engineering Companies of TN are in favor of this (Transitfornashville.com). A fraction of Nashville citizens,

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