The transportation proposal:
- ambitious $5.4 billion transit expansion
The vote: 36% : 64%
Are there extenuating circumstances?
- City & County government is consolidated
- Most population lives outside the city proper
- The proposal was promoted by the mayor who resigned in March
Transportation Proposal supporters:
- the mayor
- chamber of commerce
- Nashville Predators hockey team
What do opponetns say?
- No public input after the plan was formed
- transportation policy should be incremental not sweeping
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