The Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure has chosen Oakley Drive from Trousdale Dr to Cochran Dr for the Traffic Calming Program. A draft concept design is shown below. For more information on the measures shown, please see NDOT's Traffic Calming Toolbox

 

Why we're asking

Residents in this neighborhood applied for the Traffic Calming Program with a goal of lowering traffic speeds on Oakley Dr  and making the street safer for people walking, biking, taking transit, and driving. NDOT is working with nearby residents to choose a traffic calming design and facilitate a voting process to approve or reject the plan.

What we've learned

We receive hundreds of applications for traffic calming every year. We chose this street for the Traffic Calming Program because our traffic study showed it scored highly when evaluated in five key categories:

  • Vehicular Speed (45%)
    • How fast are vehicles traveling along the street?
  • Volume (25%)
    • How many vehicles are traveling on the street each day?
  • Non-Driver Accommodations (15% )
    • Are there sidewalks along the segment and/or bikeways and transit service close by?
  • Vulnerable User Injury/Fatalities (10%)
    • Have there been any pedestrians or bicyclists injured or killed on the street in the past 10 years?
  • Trip Destinations (5%)
    • Is the street close to common trip destinations like parks, schools, libraries, and community centers?

How you can help

Residents can get involved by reviewing and sharing feedback on the traffic calming design concept. Property owners can vote to approve or reject the traffic calming project if they own property with a property line along the affected street.

To request this information in a different format or provide additional comments:

Leave a voicemail at: 855-925-2801, Project Code: 11035

Send an email to oakleytrafficcalming@publicinput.com.

Project Process:

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Application

Residents applied for the Traffic Calming Program

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Selection

NDOT chose this project because it scored highly in its five criteria.

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Community engagement

Residents view the traffic calming concepts for the project.

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Balloting

Property owners who own property with a property line on the affected street can vote to approve or reject the traffic calming project. 

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Construction

If two-thirds of property owners who vote, vote to approve, the project will continue to construction. Otherwise, the project will not continue.