Councilmember Sandra Sepulveda said she pulled the legislation following discussions with the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT). At a council transportation committee meeting Monday, she described the talks as productive. She told the council Tuesday that the department had offered a specific implementation plan and that she and other council members would monitor its progress.

Sepulveda’s proposal, first filed in July, initially sought a ban across Nashville’s urban services district. It was later narrowed to 59 intersections, many downtown. A subsequent amendment proposed starting with 18 intersections where, since 2021, crashes had involved pedestrians or cyclists and motor vehicles during right turns. NDOT’s initial plan covers 14 intersections; the locations were not specified in the available details.

Sepulveda said the department would study other intersections and could add them in coming months. The withdrawn legislation would also have required continued review of more than 700 intersections for potential future restrictions.

Supporters have argued that preventing drivers from turning across crosswalks on red could reduce danger to people walking and biking. Opponents have raised concerns that limiting the turns could worsen traffic congestion. Sepulveda filed the bill shortly before a fatal crash involving pedestrians on Broadway on Aug. 1.

The department’s promised rollout shifts the debate from a broad council mandate to a targeted, phased approach. Sepulveda said she would revisit the issue if the implementation schedule is not met.