Ep. 33: Michael Briggs: Choose How You Move is More Than Transportation

Ep. 33: Michael Briggs: Choose How You Move is More Than Transportation

Author: Angie Lawless and Brandon Miller June 17, 2024 Duration: 1:03:51

"We're not building new roads (for the most part), so it's about trying to use that [existing] infrastructure in better ways that meet our modern needs."  --Michael Briggs, director of mobility at Vanderbilt University's Transportation and Mobility Office, currently on loan to the City of Nashville as a director of transportation planning through 2024

On November 5, 2024, less than six months from today, Nashvillians will go to the polls to vote on critical issues and races, including who will serve as our nation's President. Locally, however, Nashvillians will also vote on a multibillion dollar transportation improvement program called Choose How You Move, the first transit referendum to appear on the local ballet since 2018.

Climbing the Charts sat down with Briggs to discuss why transit should be considered essential infrastructure, how this plan differs from the prior failed transportation plans presented to Nashvillians and explores how improving transportation addresses broader community needs (affordable housing being at the top of that list). 


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