Walk Bike Nashville Wants A Safer Gallatin Road

NASHVILLE, TN -- Pedestrian and cyclist advocacy group Walk Bike Nashville is letting the transit defeat slow down their efforts to improve safety for those using for non-motorized transportation in the Music City.

Vocal supporters of the multi-billion dollar transit plan shot down overwhelmingly by Davidson County voters, Walk Bike is focusing instead on its successes, included a lobbying effort that led to an improved crosswalk at the deadliest intersection for pedestrians in the city. Since the Tennessee Department of Transportation upgraded the crossing at Nolensville Road and Welshwood Drive in December, there have been no pedestrian accidents there. It averaged one pedestrian death annually between 2010 and 2017.

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Nora Kern, the group's executive director, told WSMV Walk Bike Nashville will focus on improving safety along other key corridors, particularly Gallatin Road where they have been 12 pedestrian deaths in four years.

The group plans walking surveys of not just Gallatin, but also Nolensville Road, Murfreesboro Road and Clarksville Highway through the summer and fall.

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