Funding city infrastructure at the ballot box: what Nashville got right with Amanda Wall Vandegrift

Building Better Cities · Apr 16, 2026 · 33m

Transit ballot measures are often seen as a long shot — especially when affordability is top of mind and voters are being asked to raise their own taxes. But in November 2024, 66% of Nashville voters said yes to Choose How You Move, a half-penny sales tax funding $3.1 billion in transit expansion, sidewalk construction, and urban infrastructure improvements across Davidson County. So what made it work — and what can other cities learn heading into the 2026 midterm elections?

In November 2024, sixty-six percent of Nashville voters approved Choose How You Move — a half-penny sales tax funding…