Transit agencies in TN — RouteRider Guide
This state's agencies, as the BTS National Transit Map download of 2026-11-08 carries them: one record each, printed in the table below.
Agencies
The licence tag each record carries is printed in the last-visible column, and each agency page names it in full.
| Agency name | Common name | City | Licence tag | NTD ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Transit Authority | WeGo Public Transit | Madison | Public Domain | 40004 |
| Regional Transportation Authority | WeGo Public Transit | Madison | Public Domain | 40159 |
| City of Memphis | Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) | Memphis | Public Domain | 40003 |
| Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority | Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) | Chattanooga | Public Domain | 40001 |
| City of Clarksville | Clarksville Transit System (CTS) | Clarksville | Public Domain | 40092 |
| South Central Tennessee Development District | South Central Area Transit Service | Mt Pleasant | Public Domain | 40954 |
| East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc. | East Tennessee Human Resource Agency (ETHRA) | Knoxville | Public Domain | 40190 |
| Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency | Cleveland Urban Area Transit System (CUATS) | Dunlap | Public Domain | 40170 |
| City of Johnson City | Johnson City Transit (JCT) | Johnson City | Public Domain | 40054 |
| City of Kingsport | Kingsport Area Transit Service (KATS) | Kingsport | Public Domain | 40080 |
| City of Bristol Tennessee | Bristol Tennessee Transit System (BTTS) | Bristol | Public Domain | 40055 |
| City of Knoxville | Knoxville Area Transit (KAT) | Knoxville | Public Domain | 40002 |
| Franklin Transit Authority | Franklin Transit | Franklin | Public Domain | 40162 |
| City of Murfreesboro | Murfreesboro Transit | Murfreesboro | Public Domain | 40186 |
| Jackson Transit Authority | Jackson Transit Authority (JTA) | Jackson | Public Domain | 40057 |
| Upper-Cumberland Human Resource Agency | Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) | Cookeville | Public Domain | 40978 |
| Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency-Rural Division | Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency (SETHRA) | Dunlap | Public Domain | 40989 |
| City of Gatlinburg | Gatlinburg Mass Transit System | Gatlinburg | Public Domain | 41102 |
| City of Pigeon Forge | Pigeon Forge Mass Transit (PFMT) | Pigeon Forge | Public Domain | 41136 |
Cities these records name
16 cities appear in the City field of the 19 records for TN. The table gives each city's record count and share of the state's records; the cities page for TN lists them with their licence tags and NTD IDs.
| City | Agency records | Share of TN records |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 1 | 5.3% |
| Chattanooga | 1 | 5.3% |
| Clarksville | 1 | 5.3% |
| Cookeville | 1 | 5.3% |
| Dunlap | 2 | 10.5% |
| Franklin | 1 | 5.3% |
| Gatlinburg | 1 | 5.3% |
| Jackson | 1 | 5.3% |
| Johnson City | 1 | 5.3% |
| Kingsport | 1 | 5.3% |
| Knoxville | 2 | 10.5% |
| Madison | 2 | 10.5% |
| Memphis | 1 | 5.3% |
| Mt Pleasant | 1 | 5.3% |
| Murfreesboro | 1 | 5.3% |
| Pigeon Forge | 1 | 5.3% |
| All 16 cities in TN | 19 | 100.0% |
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) - National Transit Map (NTM) Agencies, National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). Downloaded 2026-11-08. Agency names, common names, cities and licence tags are the values in the records themselves, printed as stored; a blank value is shown as “not available”.