NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Hundreds of Nashville residents lined up at the Metropolitan Action Commission to sign up for the Journey Pass program. It is the city's first program of its kind that provides free bus rides for three years to people who qualify as part of the Choose How You Move initiative.

Darlene Thomas left with her Journey Pass in hand, describing the program simply as "freedom."

"It means freedom," Thomas said.

For Esmeralda Montiel, who was waiting for a bus to the food pantry, that freedom means she can actually make it to doctors appointments.

"I get to just to be able to do more with my daughter," Montiel said. "To some people, $6, $7 just to make it a Walmart and then another $6, $7 to make it back home is not a lot, but to us people like us that are affected by it

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