KAT Passenger Ride Guide

• Respect our drivers, employees, and other passengers.
• Have correct fare or ticket ready when you board.
• Do not sit or stand in the stairwell.
• Passengers must be properly attired.
• All of our buses and vans have wheelchair securement areas.
• Priority seating is for persons with disabilities. All other passengers should make these seats available to those who wish to use them.
• Baby strollers may be brought onto the bus, but must be folded and kept out of the aisle.
• Children are not allowed to sit in strollers while aboard the bus.
• Service animals are welcome, all others must be secured in a standard animal carrier case.
• All packages/ bags must be held in your lap. They may not take up an extra seat or be placed in the aisle.
• Do not distract or interfere with the operator.
• Please keep conversation volume low as not to disturb others.
• Use headphones with your electronic devices and keep the volume low.
• Do not lie down or place feet on seats.
• No eating or drinking while traveling on KAT Vehicles.
• Please do not leave your belongings unattended. We are not responsible for lost or stolen items.

The following are not allowed at any Knoxville Area Transit facility (vehicles, stops, shelters or transit station):

• No loud or unruly behavior.
• No littering. Please report any vandalism of buses, shelters or stops.
• No smoking/ vaping on board any KAT Vehicle or at any of our facilities, except in designated areas.
• No loitering.
• No drugs or alcohol.
• No soliciting and gambling.
• No hazardous, combustible or dangerous materials of any kind.
• No weapons of any kind.

Persons may be suspended from riding KAT buses and using our facilities if they engage in prohibited behaviors, or who act in a manner that is unacceptably offensive, dangerous or malicious.