🚗 Should MNPD make more traffic stops?

🍽️ Your Guide to Kid-Friendly Restaurants

Listen, eating out with kids is hard. I’m on the City Cast Nashville podcast with Laura Hartley of Tennessee Littles talking about the best kid-friendly restaurants in Nashville, from where to have breakfast with Santa to date-night spots that kids will love, too. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

😞 Bill Freeman Has Passed Away

Bill Freeman, former owner of the Nashville Scene and one-time Nashville mayoral candidate, died by suicide on Sunday. Freeman was a local businessman and real estate developer who raised money for numerous presidential campaigns as well as local Democratic races. [Nashville Scene]

• If you or anyone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, call 988 for help. [988 Lifeline]

🚨 MNPD Traffic Stops Down While Pedestrian Deaths Rise

Pedestrian death totals have more than doubled since 2016, and pedestrian advocates argue it’s because the Metro Nashville Police Department has largely ceased traffic stops, which have dropped 95% in the last decade. [Nashville Banner]

❄️ New NDOT Snowplows

The Nashville Department of Transportation has welcomed 19 new snowplows before winter hits. The new plows can monitor road conditions and check the air temperature. The plows have yet to be named. [Fox 17]