our local partners

Civic Design Center

For the past 20 years, the Civic Design Center has worked towards creating a more beautiful and functional Nashville for all. This began with a large-scale community engagement project that culminated in a comprehensive vision for the city. As Nashville grows into a global influence, the Design Center aims to work locally so that the community may set an example for design equity around the world. One of the Design Center’s Guiding Principles is to Develop an equitable and desirable transportation infrastructure. The related goals of this Principle are street systems should be reconfigured to distinguish between the mobility needs of high-speed thru-traffic and the access needs of local and delivery traffic creating the most efficient system; it is not only efficient but well-maintained, reliable, and clean to increase desirability and decrease single-occupant vehicle usage during commute hours; it balances the needs of pedestrians of all abilities, micro-mobility, mass transit, and automobiles; and is accessible to a city’s most transit-dependent, meaning it should be an interconnected network of mass transit opportunities that fully integrate a 24-hour lifestyle and provide access to low-wage jobs.

Greater Nashville Regional Council

The Greater Nashville Regional Council (GNRC) is committed to providing leadership to the region in the planning, funding, and development of a regional multi-modal transportation system; one that promotes personal and social economic prosperity while encouraging sustainable growth and development practices to protect and preserve valuable community and natural assets. The Nashville Area MPO is the federally designated transportation planning agency for over 2800 square miles and more than 1.5 million people throughout Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, and parts of Maury and Robertson counties.

regional transportation authority of middle Tennessee (RTA)

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) offers Middle Tennesseans transportation solutions. The mission of RTA is to offer the citizens of Middle Tennessee choices and alternatives on how they commute to work each day and to coordinate local regional transportation services. By maximizing federal, state, and local funds with fares, RTA provides and/or manages regional commuter bus service, hundreds of vanpools and carpools, and Tennessee’s first regional rail service, the RTA Music City Star. The RTA is dedicated to providing alternatives and choices of programs designed to meet the specific needs of the riders and area employers, and more importantly, improve the air quality for all Middle Tennesseans.

transit alliance of middle Tennessee

The Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee is a non-profit organization with the mission of encouraging private sector as well as public sector support for new investments in mass transit in the ten-county region of Middle Tennessee. Committed to communicating the value of regional mass transportation needs and options, the Alliance fosters education across the region about the economic value of mass transit investments. Through these communication and education efforts, the Alliance will actively participate in the steps necessary to secure dedicated revenues for mass transit investments in the months and years ahead.

Walk Bike Nashville

Walk Bike Nashville is working towards a more walkable, bikeable, and livable Nashville for all, through education, engagement, and advocacy. Walk Bike creates opportunities for people to learn, grow, and feel safe to move through our city by foot, bicycle, and transit -- both those who currently do and those who’d like to. We want to thrive even if we don’t drive.

WeGo Public Transit

We Go Public Transit (formally MTA) is a private, non-profit organization with a Chief Executive Officer, a Metropolitan Government position, currently held by Steve Bland who reports directly to the MTA Board of Directors and is responsible for managerial oversight of the entire system. The WeGo Board of Directors is a five-member panel appointed by the Mayor and approved by the Council, which makes policies regarding the operation of WeGo. The Davidson Transit Organization (DTO) Board of Directors and Officers has control and general management of the affairs and business of the corporation. Annually, the WeGo Board of Directors appoints the DTO officers. They are responsible for seeing that the orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.