Plaza Activation - Elizabeth Duff Transit Center at WeGo Central

Description

Elizabeth Duff Transit Center at WeGo Central, known as Music City Central when it opened in 2008, is WeGo’s primary transit hub, located in the heart of downtown. The two-story facility has 24 bus bays, a customer care center, and various amenities including climate-controlled waiting areas and free Wi-Fi; paid public parking is available in a multi-story garage located above the facility. Each level of the facility has a U-shaped driveway with twelve bus bays; the upper level provides access to Representative John Lewis Way, while the lower level connects to 4th Avenue. Situated between the transit facility and Nashville Municipal Auditorium is a public plaza, built as an extension of the transit center and made publicly accessible in 2008, see figure 1.Figure 1 Elizabeth Duff PlazaEfforts to “activate” the plaza have been limited in the past, with Municipal being the primary entity to use the space to support live music and sporting events. In 2025, WeGo partnered with the Nashville Farmers’ Market to launch the seasonal WeG