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Tennessee
Capital: Nashville
Population: 5,740,021
Major Metropolitan Areas: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville
Federal Transportation Spending: $617,249,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

 
General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated state ballot measure process in Tennessee.

State Election Site: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election.htm

County & City Information
Contact your county elections office for more information: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/county.htm

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Tennessee.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/tn.html

 
Outreach/Contact Information
 
Advocacy Groups
Transit Now Nashville http://www.transitnownashville.org/
Tennessee Citizen Action Coalition http://www.tnca.org/
Regional Transportation Authority: http://www.musiccitystar.org/
Tennessee Public Transit Association http://www.tntransit.org/
The Committee for Green Jobs in Tennessee: http://greenjobstn.ning.com/
Greater Nashville Regional Council: http://www.gnrc.org/
Partners in Transit
Rail Passenger Group
Tennessee Association of Railroad Passengers Inc. http://www.geocities.com/tarprail/
State DOT
http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/
Transit Agencies & MPOs
Chattanooga CARTA http://www.carta-bus.org/
Knoxville KAT http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/kat/index.asp
Memphis MATA http://www.matatransit.com/
Nashville MTA http://www.nashvillemta.org/
Nashville MPO http://www.nashvillempo.org/
 
Media Information
 
Newspaper(s)
Nashville Tennessean http://www.tennessean.com/
Knoxville News Sentinel http://www.knoxnews.com/
Memphis Commercial Appeal http://www.gomemphis.com/
Chattanooga Times Free Press http://www.timesfreepress.com
Kingsport Times-News http://www.timesnews.net/
Radio Television
WPLN NPR - Nashville http://www.wpln.org/
WJZM News/Talk - Clarksville http://www.wjzm.com/
WLAC News/Talk - Nashville http://www.wlac.com/
WKRN ABC - Nashville http://www.wkrn.com/
WSMV NBC - Nashville http://www.wsmv.com/
WTVF CBS - Nashville http://www.newschannel5.com/
 
Other Resources
 

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=tennessee

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/tn.cfm