Starting today, all “transpotainment” vehicles including party buses will be banned in Nashville in the latest response to slow the spread of COVID-19.

On a conference call with Metro Council members on Thursday morning, Metro Health officials confirmed Dr. Michael Caldwell wanted to amend Public Health Order 9, so the city would ban all “transpotainment” vehicles, even if no alcohol was served during their operations.

“I’m being singled out and attacked and Mayor Cooper has continued to attack the very things that made Nashville what it is,” Nick Lyon, Owner of Hell on Wheels Nashville said.

Mayor John Cooper announced the closure of small “transpotainment” vehicles, such as pedicabs, pedal carriages and limousines.