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Metro charges the companies, but the companies (at least those I'm aware of) provide the parking free to employees - at the distant lots.
If you want respect for your views, try giving some back.
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My understanding is that the city helps provide parking for many downtown companies on metro land. (like around Nissan stadium) The companies do provide parking to their employees with metro helping. I may be misstating the relationship but that is what I have heard.
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As long as we want folks to work and come come downtown - we need cheap parking. If you took away the subsidized/free parking options (downtown) companies couldn't hire workers and would relocate to free parking suburbs (Brentwood/Cool Springs). As others have said - once this fantastic transportation system is designed, approved and being built discussions can begin on ways to "encourage" people to use it.
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I'm for mass transit, and mass transit options, but education of folks is the key. What does Nashville mass transit look like now? Buses slowly moving down roads making stops every 100 yards. Why would average folks, of any age, opt for that over their own car? Most folks have no frame of reference for speedy bus lanes or light rail. When doing anything toward mass transit is presented as taking away something (traffic lanes) they use now, I think winning them over is hard.
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17 minutes ago, Luvemtall said:
I understand the union trying to make life better for its members ( I was teamsters for over a decade) but I think they might have gone too far. Not only are companies now faced with this extra cost for those employees still producing for them, but the lucrative contracts allow the employees to be vested early and able to retire early and get pensions that are crazy. So now it’s like paying out to people for years , that no longer produce any benefit to the company . In this new age of technology ( AI , robotics, automation) the workers really should think things out a little better, because it’s better to make 30 dollars per hour then nothing when they get replaced with machines that don’t even require a break. That’s why I’m saying, the foreign companies have the edge, Nissan still employs our friends and family right here in Middle Tennessee and they make a better product for less cost to operate.
From what I've heard - Nissan (and the other foreign car makers) will very likely have to match the union pay with the same results. I agree that Nissan is better.
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Anecdotally I'm hearing that to offset auto worker raises, white collar jobs are being slashed and automation will increase (needing fewer workers). There is only so much of the increased worker salaries that can be passed on to car buyers and there is little fat to cut in production.
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The best rendering I've seen of the new wine bar Postino coming to the old Taqueria del Sol location in 12South. $3.3 million reno budget so it should be nice. The old outside area (several steps higher) will be lowered to match the interior floor level of the restaurant.
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2 hours ago, markhollin said:
The Gilmore (4 stories, 99 condos, 4,204 sq. ft. of ground level retail, underground garage) update:.
Looking west from Gilmore Ave., 13 block east of 12th Ave. South:
Little to no work has occurred here for several weeks, by my estimate. You may see a couple of workers roaming the site on days that I go by. No idea why.
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The historic commission may have dictated that the rebuilt side of the building had to look different from the historic sides. I’ve encountered this on past projects. I think they will find someone, maybe an artist to get the front bricks to match. I doubt they could get historic to agree to painting the front of the building.
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I don't think anyone posting here is anti bike lanes or doesn't see the wisdom of adding, where possible/practical bike lanes. Some are simply wanting to see evidence that Nashvillians are using the ones we have (limited as they are) as we spend money on more. I was under the impression that adding bike lanes was more to replace cars than for recreation. Just me - I'd rather see money for sidewalks first.
There are 8000 +/- students attending Belmont and I see few riding bikes. Lots walking, lots driving but you'd think they are the demographic (along with Lipscomb and Vandy students and workers) that would be filling our streets with bikes.
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I've lived in 12South/Belmont for nearly 12 years and walk it every nice afternoon, usually at rush hour. I see maybe 1-2 commuters on bikes a day. Recreational biker riders, yes, but not even a lot of those. Many of the side streets are too narrow and our sidewalks to crappy in many areas for safe bike riding. I see lots of walkers, even a few with groceries. I don't see many riders on my drives into (or back from) downtown along 12th and never have. No bias involved, just I don't see them and I'm certainly looking for them. Belmont and 10th have somewhat protected designated bike lanes, rarely used beyond recreational users. No bias, just stating what I see.
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4 minutes ago, glamdring269 said:
Heading to Vegas on Thursday. Might be the first time in my life I'm glad to be on a 530am flight. If I'm dealing with airport congestion at 4am we're in a lot more trouble than I realized.
For what it's worth - I flew out last Tuesday morning, getting to the airport at 5am and had no issues. My Uber driver said he sees most issues on Sundays/Mondays. A coworker flew out last Thursday morning with no issues as well.
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If they just built bicycle lanes to the airport that would solve the problems.
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2 hours ago, CenterHill said:
What is the massive hole being dug in front?
Purely a guess, but it could be for the electrical transformer. They can get big and often are buried under the sidewalks in front of buildings with access from the building (basement) or sidewalk.
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On 12/5/2023 at 4:48 AM, markhollin said:A reminder that tomorrow (Wed., Dec. 6th) CNBC will air its one hour special: "Cities of Success: Nashville" at 9 PM Central Time.
Sneak Peek here:
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/11/28/cnbcs-cities-of-success-nashville-sneak-peek.htmlJust watched the special and wow! It’s the best profile on the city I’ve ever seen.
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Much better use for a struggling office building in a tourist zone.
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I think the reality is that there are no quick fixes or even decent short term fixes. From my experiences, it's dropping off departing passengers that's creating most of the issues. Having one central screening point may not have been best - long term. Every departing passenger expects to be dropped off at the "front door" and no one seems capable of getting out of an Uber, with their bags, in less than 5 minutes....
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I think if the plan was to restore the speedway to 1965, then comparisons to the Ryman might be equivalent. But the new speedway plans would be akin to tearing the Ryman down and building an all new 3000 seat venue.
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I have nothing against racing. It’s the roar, for several hours over several days that I think will get huge complaints and could hit property values. We lived 1.5 miles from the track, in 12South and could hear the races inside our house with the TV and AC going. It was never more than annoying but sitting outside was rare at those times. There has been too long of a pause in regular racing for newer folks to be aware. I’m used to the interstate roar and train rumblings, this is many times louder. Soccer doesn’t have the same impact or duration.
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The Speedway is not the Ryman. History aside, racing doesn’t need to be in Wedgewood Houston in 2023.
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32 minutes ago, Bos2Nash said:
I would say because nobody is looking to build a new racetrack. This is an existing track, an existing use and the proponents of the project are looking to renovate and improve upon something that already exists.
Maybe I'm not understanding the proposals, but it looks like they essentially will have rebuilt the track when they are done.
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If racing is as popular as some are saying, then why is moving it to another, more suitable place, an issue? I don't see other parts of town or other nearby counties lining up - begging for this track. There are far better uses for this site.
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5 hours ago, MorganRehnberg said:
I’m curious why this building is being built so differently than most others of its size, which seem to be made floor by floor of concrete. Is it because there need to be big open spaces for the theaters?
I think that has a whole lot to do with it.
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Naming rights announced. The new Nissan Stadium.
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Ouch, point proven. Have fun folks, time for a break.