Nashville Business Journal
Scott Harrison

“We lag far behind,” one Nashvillian wrote.

The author then rattled off a list of cities: Austin, Kansas City, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Cleveland, Tampa, St. Louis, Seattle, Eugene, Portland.

“Must address congestion now!”

That was one sticky note pegged to a grease board map of one of the three transit scenarios unveiled by Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority and Regional Transportation Authority officials earlier this year.

Another was more direct: “We need light rail.”

On Friday, local transit officials kicked off their latest wave of public engagement for a new regional plan aimed at mitigating mounting traffic congestion in Greater Nashville. I dropped in to one lunch-hour meeting at downtown’s public library, where residents had the chance to tell officials what they liked (and didn’t like) about the three scenarios, which range from full-fledged multi-billion dollar investments in light rail to more modest improvements to the existing network of buses.

Read the full story in the Nashville Business Journal.