Buses pull through the Music City Central transit station in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff announced that the city has been awarded a $10 million grant for a bus rapid transit project.By TRAVIS LOLLER
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The head of the Federal Transit Administration was in Nashville on today to announce a $10 million grant for a bus rapid transit project.
The money will be used to upgrade traffic signals along the busy Murfreesboro Road corridor so that they turn green for buses. Buses also will be equipped with transponders that will allow passengers to check their cellphones to see when the next bus is arriving.
Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff said the bus stops also will be equipped with signs saying when the next bus will arrive.