Blog
Nashville MPO Responds to Driven Apart
Posted by Julia Klaiber on December 13, 2010 |
Driven Apart, the report released this fall by CEOs for Cities funded by The Rockefeller Foundation that identifies sprawl as the culprit behind more time spent in traffic, continues to get attention — this time in the Nashville Tennessean.
The sprawling nature of the Nashville area requires long drives for many, said Michael Skipper, executive director of the MPO, a multi-government agency that develops regional transportation plans for the area.
"It's pretty eye-opening and validating about our region," he said.
Skipper continued, "These regions that are sprawling and making it so people have to drive so far to work — that's what's leading us to spend more time in our cars."
Driven Apart ranks Nashville’s commute the worst in the country in terms of trip length. Read the full article here.