Compared to peer cities, Nashville MTA operates a relatively small number of routes for a city its size. As a result, routes become complicated, with many variant routes and indirect service. The more complicated a system becomes, the harder it is to understand it. For people to use transit, they must be able to understand […]

Light rail transit (LRT) is electric urban rail service that typically operates in exclusive rights of way. Most often, it uses one- to three-car trains and is designed to serve high-volume corridors at higher speeds than a local bus or streetcar service. Design and operational elements of LRT include level boarding, off-board fair payment and […]

For people to be able to use transit, they must first know it is there and be able to understand how to use it. This means it is extremely important for transit systems to provide clear and concise information on their available services. Because transit serves a broad cross section of an area’s workers, residents […]