Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority

Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (WeGo Public Transit), a local government transit authority based in Madison, Tennessee, acts as a federal grant recipient funding transportation infrastructure, vehicle procurement, and mobility services through the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration. The authority is the sole operator of the transit system for the Nashville metropolitan area; it does not compete for contracts or operate as a subcontractor, and it functions exclusively as a grant recipient rather than a vendor.

The Federal Transit Administration dominates the authority's federal footprint, accounting for 102 of 123 total awards. Recent representative grants include a $21.155 million formula grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded May 13, 2026, to fund preventive maintenance, ADA capitalization, and North Nashville Transit Center lease operations; a $6.25 million project grant (CFDA 20.526) awarded July 20, 2026, to construct the Antioch Transit Center at 5252 Hickory Hollow Parkway; a $3.73 million formula grant (CFDA 20.513, Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities) awarded August 25, 2026, distributing operating assistance and vehicle purchases to nine subrecipients serving seniors and people with disabilities; and a $26.761 million formula grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded May 29, 2024, for North Nashville Transit Center reconstruction, Nestor Facility and Myatt Administrative Facility upgrades, and vehicle and equipment procurement. Secondary federal customers include the Department of Housing and Urban Development (11 awards) and the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation (4 awards), the latter including a $1.982 million SMART Grants award (CFDA 20.941) for smart city transportation technologies and a $999.4 thousand Asset Concessions and Innovative Finance Assistance cooperative agreement (CFDA 20.945) for public-private partnership capacity building.

The authority's grant portfolio is heavily weighted toward capital infrastructure and preventive maintenance. Recent awards fund vehicle replacement (paratransit, fixed-route, and support vehicles), facility reconstruction and rehabilitation (North Nashville Transit Center, Nestor Operations and Maintenance Facility, Elizabeth Duff Transit Center, Myatt Administrative Facility), ADA capitalization, pedestrian safety improvements in North Nashville, transit center leasing, and mobility management projects distributed to approximately nine named subrecipients including Community Life Bridge, Connexus Inc., Progress Inc., On Demand Paratransit, Senior Rides Nashville, Tennessee Kidney Foundation, The TMA Group, and Wilson Rides Inc. Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunities within the Federal Transit Administration formula and project grant portfolios. All work is performed within Tennessee, primarily in Davidson County and surrounding urbanized areas (Maury, Robertson, Sumner, Rutherford, Williamson, and Wilson counties). The authority does not hold parent contract vehicles, does not engage in competitive bidding across federal set-asides, and maintains no subcontracting footprint; it functions as a direct federal grant recipient managing federal transit funds within its service area.