Point of Departure

Funded by JP Morgan Chase, New Skills Ready Nashville and TCASN explore college accessibility as it relates to Nashville’s public transportation system in Point of Departure.

TCASN partnered with the Civic Mapping Initiative, a project of the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation, to explore public transit accessibility to Nashville’s colleges and universities. The majority of Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) graduates attending college are commuters. This is true for community college students as well as students pursuing a bachelor’s degree at one of the local universities – where most Nashville students attend. These commuters rely on one of three primary modes of transportation: a personal vehicle, a shared family car driven by themselves or a family member, or public transit. Read the full Point of Departure report.