Program to use old tires to improve walking, biking safety on Nashville road
It was an idea that the Civic Design Center came to Bridgestone with to create bike lanes using repurposed tires.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Bridgestone is teaming up with the Nashville Department of Transportation to make a Nashville road safer through a pilot program.
Currently, 50 Bridgestone volunteers from the corporate office downtown are partnering with the NDOT and the Glencliff neighborhood community. The goal is to make streets safer for people who walk and bike on Antioch Pike.
To do this, they are using old, recycled tires from landfills. It was an idea that the Civic Design Center came to Bridgestone with to create bike lanes using repurposed tires.
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Bridgestone has a partnership with Liberty Tire Recycling, one of the largest recycling companies in the country, and together, they’re taking tires out of landfills and putting them to good use. Bridgestone pays Liberty Tire to recycle the tires, and then they’re used as a walking path or turned into playground mulch.
“This is a semi-permanent installation and what we hope to do is use data and research from this project to determine what to do permanently through a community-informed process. We’ll make a decision after a couple of years,” said Wade Munday, director of corporate impact at Bridgestone.
Antioch Pike is scheduled to be repaved in 2027, so by then, the community will hopefully be able to know if they want the tires to stay permanently.
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