Glossery of Terms

• MTA: is the acronym referring to Metropolitan Transit Authority.
• BRT: Bus Rapid Transit is a public transportation service designed to move MTA bus riders along the city's busiest corridors with fewer stops and more frequent buses.
• Music City Central: Nashville's central downtown transit station. The building provides a comfortable and covered place for passengers to await the arrival of their buses.
  
• Music City Circuit: A free downtown bus services that travels only around and through the downtown loop. Provides access to various locations around downtown and runs about every 15minutes.
  
• AccessRide: a program is a publicly funded paratransit service, which operates specialized van services for persons with disabilities who are unable to use regular fixed-route buses. AccessRide provides door-to-door paratransit service within Davidson County 1.5 miles from a regular bus route, excluding commuter or express service.
• Park-n-ride: Free 24-hour parking is available for MTA riders, carpoolers or vanpoolers. Riders can park free of charge up to 24 hours or as posted at the various Park-n-Ride locations where bus service is located. Individuals simply park their cars, then ride the bus to their desired location.
  
• Quest: A youth bus service that offers discounted bus passes for students ages 19 and under that allows them to ride the bus from a stop close to their school to after school programs or home.
• Fare Box: Tall, silver, metal box located next to the driver on Metro Buses that allows riders to purchase their tickets and pay for their rides.

• Ridership — The number of rides taken by people using a public transportation system in a given time period.

• Transfer Point: A location where bus routes intersect, and passengers can transfer from one route to another.

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