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transportainment

Off the Wagon Tours are off Nashville’s streets. How are other party bus companies responding to new regulations?

Char Daston

December 21, 2023

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Earlier this month, judge David Briley fined Carney of Off the Wagon Tours $1500 for operating his wagons full of partiers, pulled by John Deere tractors, through Downtown Nashville without a license. Carney also faces 40 days in jail for continuing his tours after the judge ordered him to stop.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: downtown, NDOT, party buses, transportainment, transportation

Metro Council to vote on party bus permits, Belle Meade Plaza redevelopment

Rose Gilbert

May 16, 2023

Metro Council will consider two items that have attracted controversy and enthusiastic community input at Tuesday evening’s meeting: party buses and the Belle Meade Plaza redevelopment.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: belle meade plaza, party buses, transportainment

Party’s over for some transportainment companies as Nashville denies dozens of party vehicle permits

Blaise Gainey

June 30, 2022

For the most part entertainment vehicles have gone unregulated until this past week, when the Metro Transportation Licensing Commission established rules and started awarding permits.  

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: entertainment, Lower Broadway, metro, party buses, party vehicles, transportainment

Is St. Patrick’s Day the last hurrah for Nashville’s transportainment industry? With local oversight, maybe not

Juliana Kim

March 17, 2022

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This St. Patrick’s Day, a lot of people are celebrating in clubs and party buses. But it may be the last major holiday for Nashville’s transportainment industry before new rules go into effect.

Filed Under: Business, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Metro Council, transportainment

Party over? New legislation targets transportainment vehicles.

Blaise Gainey

January 27, 2022

A Nashville lawmaker wants to give the metro government the ability to regulate party buses, pedal taverns and other so-called transportainment vehicles. But not all lawmakers are on board with Rep. Bob Freeman’s bill.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Politics, transportainment

Fatal Crash Resurfaces Costly Questions About Scooter Safety In Nashville

Samantha Max

October 4, 2021

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Police say a tourist lost control of her scooter and hit a semi-tractor on 3rd Avenue. That’s also where the city once considered creating a protected lane for bikes and scooters.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: downtown Nashville, electric scooters, transportainment, Walk Bike Nashville

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