The first phase of an ongoing Metro study sheds new light on what mass transit could look like in downtown Nashville.
In August, Metro contracted with Nashville-based RPM Transportation Consultants to determine the viability of a preliminary plan featured in nMotion, known as the “Blue H,” that would consolidate downtown bus routes onto four roads: Broadway up to the fork with West End Avenue, Charlotte Avenue, Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue. The buses, which would stay off downtown’s other roads,…