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A resolution designating United States Bicycle Route (USBR) 80 through Nashville. The Nashville Department of Transportation has partnered with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Bike/Walk Tennessee, and the Adventure Cycling Association to designate a bicycle route in Davidson County using existing roads, greenways, and highways.
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WHEREAS, bicycle tourism is a growing industry in North America, contributing $75 billion a year to the economies of communities that provide facilities for such tourists; and
WHEREAS, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has designated a corridor crossing Tennessee to be developed as United States Bicycle Route 80 (USBR 80); and
WHEREAS, the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) has worked with partners Bike/Walk Tennessee and the Adventure Cycling Association in participation with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), to propose a specific route to be designated as USBR 80; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed route for USBR 80 (attached) comes through Nashville using Stones River Rd., Music City Bikeway/Stones River Greenway, Music City Bikeway/Shelby Bottoms Greenway, Symphony Pl., Nashville Music Garden paths, Demonbreun St., 16th Ave S., 16th Ave. S, Hayes St., 17th Ave. N, Charlotte Ave/Music City Bikeway, 46th Ave/Music City Bikeway, Westlawn Dr., Sloan Rd., Richland Creek Greenway, Post Pl., Hwy 70/Harding Pike, Music City Bikeway/Percy Warner Blvd., Music City Bikeway/Vaughns Gap Rd. and can therefore provide benefits to our city; and
WHEAREAS, the proposed bicycle route be designated so that it can be mapped and signed, thereby promoting bicycle tourism in our area,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the designated bicycle route, USBR 80, is approved. Further, Council requests that NDOT work with its partners to get the route officially designated by AASHTO and authorizes the posting of signs within the right-of-way identifying the route.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Agenda Analysis
Analysis
This resolution designates United States Bicycle Route (“USBR”) 80 through Nashville. The Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (“NDOT”) has partnered with the Tennessee Department of Transportation, Walk/Bike Nashville, and the Adventure Cycling Association to designate existing roads, greenways, and highways in Nashville and Davidson County as part of USBR 80. The route would use Stones River Rd., Music City Bikeway/Stones River Greenway, Music City Bikeway/Shelby Bottoms Greenway, Symphony Pl., Nashville Music Garden paths, Demonbreun St., 16th Ave S., 16th Ave. S, Hayes St., 17th Ave. N, Charlotte Ave/Music City Bikeway, 46th Ave/Music City Bikeway, Westlawn Dr., Sloan Rd., Richland Creek Greenway, Post Pl., Hwy 70/Harding Pike, Music City Bikeway/Percy Warner Blvd., and Music City Bikeway/Vaughns Gap Rd.
Pursuant to this resolution, the Council would request NDOT to work to have the route official designated by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and authorizes the posting of signs within the right-of-way identifying the route.