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So, in fact, in October, when we go back to full service, we'll actually be extending service hours to about one in the morning. Which fell off the least during the pandemic and were quickest to recover. We've really beefed up service in our key, our busiest corridors. So, so those are the two areas for us to be looking at in the future, but it's allowed us to pivot some of our service models. And we're seeing some public school kids are a big part of our market, and we're really only seeing them at about a third to a half of what that normal market is. I think as with most systems are the downtown office commuter who were largely still working remotely. It's not an onslaught, several significant markets that are still kind of weak. What's good about that is it's a nice, slow, steady. Approaching about 70, 72% of our prior ridership levels. So we're at about 90% of prior service levels. So that's something that's still coming back, but the city is bustling again.Īnd in terms of our system, we go back to our full service levels in October. International tourism before the pandemic was huge here. We're still waiting for, for more recovery to get more of the business meeting and certainly the international tourism market back. Our day tourist market is pretty much all the way back. Well obviously we're sort of in the, in the ups and downs of the pandemic restoration in terms of Nashville as a city, certainly things are recovering very well. Just kind of give us a status of how things are going here in Nashville now. Paul Comfort: Well, you're looking great. Steve Bland: I, I, you can't embarrass me.

And Steve graciously agreed to to be our first guest, so thank you. This is our first ever Transit Unplugged Video as well as audio podcast. WeGo Transportation and we are in your grand downtown station. I'm with Steve Bland, CEO of Nashville, MTA. Paul Comfort: Great to be with you, Steve.

#RECOVERY UNPLUGGED NASHVILLE TV#

This is a really special episode where Paul has traveled to Music City, Nashville, Tennessee chat with Steve Bland and his team at the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority.īut what makes this episode special isn't just that Paul recorded some fabulous discussions with really amazing leaders in the transit industry, is that they also videoed this episode and it will become one of the first Transit Unplugged TV episodes coming to you this fall. Tris Hussey: Welcome to another edition of Transit Unplugged In-Depth. This is Transit Unplugged with your host Paul Comfort. It's time to learn from the top transit professionals from around the world. Narrator: What does it mean to be a successful public transit agency? What are you doing to lead the way. Renuka Christoph: Another thing that a mindset I'd like to take for us is not just to get people on the bus, but to get non-riders, to think of taking public transportation because of showcasing to them, 'Hey, you want to go here to here? Well take public transportation to get from here to here. Next week we're getting behind the wheel of micro transit with Waymo and Transdev.

Telling our Story and Getting Riders Back – Renuka Christoph.Transit Signal Priority and our Emerging Headway Management System in the Charlotte Corridor – Dan Freudberg & Lydia Benda.Stop Improvement Program and the Nolensville Pike Bike/Transit Corridor – Trey Walker and Lydia Benda.Better Bus and Service Restoration Reshuffling – Felix Castrodad and Katie Freudberg.Approaches to COVID Response and Workplace Safety – Nick Oldham.This episode was also filmed for an upcoming episode of Transit Unplugged TV. From safety to route planning to stations and stops, there is little that they haven't improved on. Paul travelled to Nashville, TN to talk with Nashville MTA CEO Steve Bland and his leadership team about all the improvements and innovations they've done in the past year.

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