Nashville gets green light for Traffic Management Center [Video]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nashville’s first Traffic Management Center (TMC) is officially up and running, putting the Metro area in line with other major cities, according to the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT).

The TMC will act as a hub, collecting data from Nashville’s streets through live cameras. Eleven full-time staff members can also monitor traffic and coordinate responses to crashes and emergencies.

More than 1,700 pedestrians have been killed in crashes since 2010 across Tennessee

“It represents a major change for the city of Nashville.” NDOT deputy director Brad Freeze said.  “We are looking and moving to a more proactive stance in how we operate our system. [We’re] moving away from a reactive stance where we hear from other people on what’s going on.”

The TMC is fully funded for the next three years by a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)

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