March 27, 2025 | Posted In News, Uncategorized
More than 150 Tolar Manufacturing shelters and amenities installed at bus stops throughout Nashville by WeGo Public Transit
Tolar Manufacturing, North America’s leader in the design and fabrication of award-winning transit shelters, has delivered bus shelters and other amenities to WeGo Public Transit in Nashville, TN for upgrades at 164 bus stops. Included are one-hundred PV Stop+ solar lighting units, as well as Sunset BRT Shelters, Real Time Information Signs (RTIS), EcoShade shelters, Sunset Advertising shelters and Voyager MAX shelters. These shelters and amenities support WeGo Public Transit’s effort to provide an enhanced rider experience at more stops and attract new riders. The amenities were installed throughout 2024.
The amenities included 8’, 12’ and 16’ Tolar Sunset shelters with advertising displays, the first Sunset advertising shelters for the city of Nashville, as well as 16’ and 20’ BRT Shelters based upon the Sunset design and includes mounting for Daktronics RTIS provided and installed by WeGo. Also included were ten EcoShade shelters, which feature two fully welded bench seats mounted on both sides of the center column, providing seating at smaller bus stops, and 16’ Voyager MAX shelters with agency branding and logos installed at The Fairgrounds Nashville on Nollensville Rd. All shelters feature a radius roof design, aluminum and steel construction, and fully welded roof structure. Solar lighting systems are integrated into the roof structures providing automatic dusk-to-dawn security lighting and additional power for E-Paper RTIS signage. All parts are finished in super durable baked powder coat. Other amenities that were installed include 13” pole mounted E-Paper RTIS signs that operate with long-life battery power and 100 PV Stop+ with RTIS and dusk to dawn security lighting. “We are proud to partner with WeGo Public Transit to enhance the rider experience with our innovative and durable transit shelters,” said Scott Williams, Business Development Manager for Tolar Manufacturing Company. “With features like solar-powered lighting and E-Paper Real Time Passenger Information Signs, these amenities not only provide comfort and convenience but also support WeGo’s mission to create a more efficient and rider-friendly transit system.”
