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Flex Route Options
East Bound Route New Flex Route
The Route would be extended south to the Franklin
Transit Center. This would enable riders to use the
well-appointed waiting room at the Center, and not
have to use their arriving bus as a “shelter” while
waiting for their connection at The Factory. This
would create a one-seat ride connecting the two
major Franklin retail centers: Historic Downtown
Franklin and the Cool Springs Galleria. This new route would operate fixed route service via
Carothers Parkway to Bakers Bridge Avenue, and then
enter the Galleria property from the north. Given the
connection to the Galleria, there may be significant
demand for lunchtime riders. To encourage this
ridership, frequent midday service will be provided,
with sponsored free fares between 11:00 AM and
1:00 PM. The route would be able to “flex” within a
predetermined area in response to rider requests,
either on board or by telephone. Much like the TODD
service, off-route requests for pickups would need to
be made in advance, but only at an hour minimum.
Subscription service would be available for those
riders as well.
The layover location would be at the cutout in front
of the Transit Center, with the bus proceeding back
northward via South Margin, Cummins, and Church
Streets.
The Route would be further streamlined by
eliminating the one way Liberty Pike–Carothers
Parkway–Murfreesboro Road–North Royal Oaks
Blvd as well as the Mallory Lane portion of the route
north of Walmart. These areas would be covered by
a new flex route. Instead of using Mallory Lane to
reach the Galleria, the route would then proceed via
Murfreesboro Road, North Royal Oaks Blvd, Mallory
Lane, West McEwen Drive, Cool Springs Boulevard,
Aspen Grove Drive, Seaboard Lane, Duke Drive, Mary
Lindsay Polk Drive, Seaboard Lane, and Crossroads
Boulevard, entering the Galleria to the west. While
the route’s final north bound stop would be at mall
entrance next to the Belk Home Store no layov er
would be taken there, as the bus would proceed back
to central Franklin via same routing. Timed transfers
would be available between the South Bound and
West Bound routes at the Franklin Transit Center and
the flex route at the Galleria.
South Bound Route
The route would no longer end at The Factory, as it
would terminate at the Franklin Transit Center. In
addition, this route would no longer end at the former
K-Mart but would terminate at the Williamson
Medical Center. The layover location would be at a
cutout on 9th Avenue just west of Columbia Avenue.
Timed transfers would be available between the East
Bound and West Bound routes at the Franklin Transit
Center. The Williamson Medical Center would see
transfer possibilities to Route 91X and the flex route.
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Timed transfers would be available between the East
Bound and West Bound routes at the Franklin Transit
Center. The Williamson Medical Center would see
transfer possibilities between Route 91X and the
South Bound Route.
Route 91X
The Route 91X would now end at a new park and
ride near Williamson Medical Center, at a location
to be determined. The service would add six reverse
direction express trips, recycling two buses in both
the morning and afternoon peaks. The route would
run express from Music City Central, the main
downtown transfer hub for the MTA.
Arrival and departure times from Nashville buses will
be timed to allow riders to transfer to the flex route
for those riders wishing to access businesses along
Carothers Parkway.
Night Route
This route would operate the same way as in the
Arterial Route option.
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