TN: Nashville Councilman Wants Self-Driving Buses And Stacked Interstates

Metro Councilman Robert Swope unveiled his alternative transit proposal on Tuesday, suggesting a futuristic autonomous vehicle fleet and construction of a double-decker interstate loop around downtown Nashville.

This last-minute proposal arrived in the form of a slideshow and a two-page flyer, one day before early voting begins on the Nashville's 55-page, multi-billion-dollar mass transit proposal.

The councilman was joined on stage at the Wildhorse Saloon by two state lawmakers and aided by an architect who spoke via video feed. Absent were The Tennessee Department of Transportation and the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. The agencies said they had not been consulted, only learning of the ideas later in the morning.

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