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Transportation Plan Endorsement Letter
Micromobility: Improving Accessibility
Making a successful park: Church Street Park
High school Students map wellness data
Housing Challenges in Nashville
You said something about the housing challenges in Nashville, and it wasn’t surprising to hear the overwhelming feeling of deficiency - of not having enough. You cited a lack of housing, lack of housing types, lack of diversity, lack of connection to green spaces. We could add a lack of funding, lack of a comprehensive plan, and lack of public support to that list.
John Cooper’s Mayoral Candidate response to The Plan of Nashville’s 10 Principles
NCDC asked Nashville’s mayoral candidates to provide their ideas for each of The Plan of Nashville’s 10 principles, that are essential to guide public policy, development practice, urban planning, and civic design. This serves as, then mayoral candidate, John Cooper’s responses.
Publication: Franklin Pike Multi-Modal Path
A study of Franklin Pike exploring the possibility of new bike lanes and enhanced mobility features in Oak Hill.
Shaping The Healthy Community: Rural Plan
Shaping The Healthy Community: Suburban Plan
Shaping The Healthy Community: Centers Plan
Shaping The Healthy Community: Urban Plan
Shaping The Healthy Community: Downtown Plan
A snapshot of the downtown transect chapter from Shaping The Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan.
Seeding Spaces
Landscape architects and urban designers seek to transform urban spaces into regenerative, restorative, and productive landscape to create more healthy, livable cities.
Publication: Transit-Oriented Development for Nashville—Learning from Europe
A popular movement in the past decade has been to implement transit oriented development in city planning. Transit-oriented development, or TOD, is nationally characterized as mixed-use development located within a 2,000 feet diameter from a mass transit center.