Nashville's Neighborhood Street Traffic Calming Program is designed to identify, prioritize, and help mitigate the undesirable effects of traffic in residential neighborhoods.
The most common goals for traffic calming projects are:
- lower traffic speeds, and
- safer street accommodations for non-drivers.
Traffic calming represents the continual effort and commitment of the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) to improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods. Recommended improvements should be an enhancement to each neighborhood and projects are therefore developed in concert with residents.
Beginning September 1, 2025, NDOT will accept applications year-round. Applications received by September 19, 2025 will be evaluated for the Spring 2026 selections. Applications received from September 20, 2025 to March 14, 2025 will be evaluated for Fall 2026 selections.