Louisville Delegation Tours Nashville's Commuter Rail System
Photo courtesy Metro Jacksonville
On Friday, September 26th, local transportation professionals, public officials, press, and interested citizens journeyed from Louisville to Nashville to tour the Music City Star commuter rail system. This lucky group took a guided round-trip tour of the Music City Star rail system, toured the rail yards, talked with Music City Star personnel, and learned how Nashville managed to build the least expensive commuter rail system in the country at the bargain-basement cost of $1.3 million per mile.
Tour group and Nashville officials pose in front of train at Lebanon, TN
This trip is made possible with the support of Louisville Metro Councilman Bob Henderson. Planning and additional support comes from the alliance of the Kentucky-Indiana Rail Advocates (KIRA) and the Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation (CART). Both KIRA and CART are Louisville-based transportation advocacy groups that seek innovative, mass transit-based solutions which offer to the region's population a healthy range of transportation options.