Boulevard Bolt Provides Safe Passage for Runners and Walkers! First Time Ever!!!

Nashville's annual Turkey Trot, the Boulevard Bolt, raises money for the homeless.  The Boulevard Bolt - Nashville is a certified 5-mile course, down and back on Belle Meade Boulevard.  Agencies that support the homeless are encouraged to apply for funding.

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This year, for the first time, safe passage to the race was provided via coning of a single lane on Harding Road.  This was highly appreciated as the sidewalk ends at Lynnwood and Harding.

The reason this lane closure seems significant is that Nashville has so few sidewalks.  Only 1/3 of our roadways have them.  And, we seem at an impasse on what to do about it.  They are expensive & complicated to build but cost reductions and simple engineering solutions are not more likely as time goes on.  Simple gestures, liking blocking a lane of traffic, is a cheap and fair option while we wait for more permanent infrastructure.  Again, much appreciated today!!!

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As a side note, spied this morning is possibly one of WORST BUS STOPS in Nashville.  This is on Harding Rd in front of the Kroger.  The bushes do not allow a safe and comfortable place for a PERSON to be.  They also do not allow for a clear path to access the bus.  This poor guy is literally in the road while he waits.

This bus stop is not ADA compliant.  In fact, it is not compliant with the basic civility.  It literally has not place for a human to be. 

Thankful today for any progress Nashville has made on walkability knowing we have a long way to go...


thesidewalkfoundation.org
nashvillepedestriandeathregistry.org