You can make a difference in your neighborhood today. Whether it’s shaping the outcome of a Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Transportation (NDOT) project or participating in a program, community participation makes Nashville’s streets safer, more accessible, and more beautiful.
Get In Touch
Do you want NDOT to be present at your community event or meeting? Have another idea for a partnership with NDOT? Submit the form below to request an NDOT representative.
Request an NDOT representative.
Getting Involved with Nashville’s Transportation Projects
NDOT’s transportation projects take many forms. Whether it’s bikeway, bridge, or road paving, you can learn about active projects on the NDOT Projects web page. Many project types have project trackers, like the Bikeways Tracker, Sidewalk Tracker, Traffic Calming Tracker, and Capital Projects Tracker. Look for a project web page to get information on active projects near you.
Engage Nashville Community Engagement Hub
Engage Nashville is the community engagement hub for NDOT, the Mayor’s Office, and the Planning Department. Engage Nashville gives you the power to see active engagement opportunities in your community, sign up for updates, and create a profile for a streamlined engagement experience.
Your Voice Makes a Difference
Do you want to understand how to get involved with an NDOT project? The Community Engagement Playbook outlines NDOT’s approach to community engagement for transportation projects. You can learn more about NDOT’s four engagement tiers and the community engagement process in the Community Engagement Playbook.
Equitable Engagement
NDOT is committed to equitable access to the community engagement process. Tools like Census.gov and the United States Department of Transportation’s Equitable Transportation Community Explorer guide NDOT in designating resources to meaningfully engage in Justice40 disadvantaged communities. The department has interpreters available to provide translation and interpretation services for engagement. To request an interpreter for an NDOT event or meeting, contact Koby Langner.
Understanding Transportation Terms
As you get involved, you’ll likely hear new terms like “cross section,” “right-of-way,” or “curb and gutter.” We’re working hard to make it easier for you to get involved.
Community Tools to Improve Your Neighborhood’s Streets
Did you know you have the power to make the streets and roads in your neighborhood safer, more accessible, and more livable? Tools like hubNashville, NDOT programs, and NDOT boards and commissions ensure your neighborhood has tools to make a difference.
Community Building with NDOT
NDOT’s programs designed to help you organize your community and make a positive impact. Take advantage of opportunities to work with your neighbors to make your community cleaner, safer, and more livable like a neighborhood clean-up, tactical urbanism project, or open street.
Get Involved in the Decision-Making Process
Attending board, commission, and committee meetings provide regular opportunities to share neighborhood concerns with NDOT’s decision-making and advisory bodies.
NDOT oversees five boards, commissions, and committees:
- The Beautification and Environment Commission works to make Nashville clean, safe, and attractive.
- The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission increases the safety and use of bicycle, micro mobility devices, and pedestrian travel as significant and beneficial modes of transportation and recreation.
- The Traffic and Parking Commission make the roads, streets and other public ways safe for pedestrians, motorists and others.
- The Transportation Licensing Commission has jurisdiction of the licensing and regulation of all vehicles for hire, including, but not limited to, taxicabs, wreckers, sedans, limousines, horse drawn carriages, and persons or businesses engaged in the practice of "booting" vehicles.
- The Vision Zero Advisory Committee meets monthly to collaborate with the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) on various Vision Zero efforts.