Welcome!

Nashville's Broadway/West End corridor is one of the most important corridors in the city and Middle Tennessee. Connecting Nashville's most vital interests including business, government, healthcare, education and tourism, Broadway/West End is central to the city and to Nashville's future.

For the people who live, work and play in this area and for those who frequent it from across Middle Tennessee, the Broadway/West End area's diversity, activity and uniqueness make it the logical choice for examining how the next evolution of public transit could best move people in and around this essential corridor.

If Nashville is ever poised to take the next step forward with respect to public transit, the Broadway/West End corridor is the ideal place to start the conversation.

What's New

The East-West Connector begins at Five Points in East Nashville and extends down Broadway, West End and Harding Road to White Bridge Road.

Check out the "Transit Means Business" seminar on April 18. Hear comments from Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and others on the importance of public transit to the region.


Bus Rapid Transit Case Study—Cleveland RTA Healthline
An alternative analysis transportation study examined all feasible options along the corridor and identified bus rapid transit vehicles operating in dedicated lanes as the preferred choice for this busy corridor.

JAN
26

The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Board approved Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) running in exclusive lanes as the preferred alternative for the East-West Connector, the project formerly known as the Broadway-West End Corridor Study. Read the news release.

The multi-year project now enters its second phase where it will be further refined with more detailed cost and ridership analysis. This phase includes preliminary engineering and an environmental assessment that must be completed before the project can be eligible for potential federal funding.
JAN
9

2011 Public Meetings

The Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) recently held two public meetings in January regarding the Broadway/West End Corridor: The East West Connector.
DEC
12

East West Connector

Members of the Corridor Steering Committee were presented an overview of the results of the corridor study (Click here for a copy of the presentation). This study (funded through a grant from the Federal Transit Administration) makes the case for mass transit and for improving this east-west corridor that is central to Nashville and the region. No other corridor in the region connects so many critical economic elements: universities, hospitals, businesses, tourist and cultural attractions, key residential areas and centers of federal, state and local government. The results of the study demonstrate that both the modern streetcar and BRT solutions have positive benefits. BRT, however, merits special consideration for Nashville because it is less costly and more likely to be eligible for federal funding. At the same time, it requires less infrastructure and provides the same functionality and ridership as a streetcar. The East-West Connector will be the next major step in turning our region's "Bold New Vision for Transit" into reality.

Future Vision of a Modern Streetcar

Close