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Turns out this speedrun is a lot more chaotic (in terms of running around, riding more buses, and not as much rest time just on a bus) but I do have two buses left and will be uploading timestamps with all the photos I took so it's here later tonight.

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8:08 on southbound 75

7:51 on inbound 19

7:41 on 77 northbound

Unlike the "complete frequenty service" speedrun I did last year, I don't actually have a plan for my route this time around (it's just too hard to guess transfers without absurd padding and even then things happen), so I really don't even know if this is hypothetically possible.

7:06 on the inbound 3B

7:01 on the southbound 70

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Once again, my bag is ready and loaded to catch the first bus in about 20 minutes.

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Andrew W @andw.me · 07/12/2025

Today's WeGo Speedrun is to ride every non-RTA (so no Star and express) routes to at least one unique stop, which includes 27 total frequent/local/connector service routes.

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Nashville WeGo's gonna add 6 new frequent service routes sometime in the future, which is going to make speedruns...interesting (way longer than the current 8 hours, I'd guess 12 at the minimum). It should be celebrated since it means better transit here though!

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Andrew W @andw.me · 30/11/2025

Also talked to Freddie and he said this whole thing was pretty cool. I'm excited for the more BRT-style corridors with CHYM that could speed this up a lot, but what should I do next?

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Andrew W @andw.me · 30/11/2025

After some calculations in Google Sheets with the GTFS data (thanks map.transitnownash.org), I calculated the journey to be about 95.5 miles in terms of buses!

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Andrew W @andw.me · 30/11/2025

Update on QuickTicket machine issues: At the very start of the work week, they emailed me asking for which machine was broken, and even gave me a little fare credit for my issues, even though the transactions at the machine had been reversed automatically. Very nice and responsive!

I'd say this has all come to an end, so I wouldn't expect anything more from this thread. It was a very fun time, and now that I've done this, I feel more confident in getting with friends to finally play Jet Lag Hide and Seek around Nashville someday!

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Weird QuickTicket machine update: The transactions got reversed automatically it seems, so I got my $2 back! For now I'd recommend using the machines upstairs (goofy windows error sounds and all) at Central until they fix it. I don't need a card since StrIDe is free for MNPS, so this's just for fun.

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It's the one in Nashville, TN in the US. They rebranded a while back, but clearly didn't do any research for other places using the name. (Forgot to include that, can't edit posts RIP)

Today I did a "transit speedrun" of the WeGo frequent service network! Why? Why not! I had to fully cover all 8 routes from start to end or vice versa, and make some tight connections! I documented everything here on Bluesky across all eight hours, but here's the condensed collage:

A grid of photos, primarily consisting of pictures taken of public transit buses from the outside at a stop, pictures of front of the bus taken from the inside, and of streets/bike infrastructure.

A map of a bus system with routes taken outlined, with big text "95 Miles, 7:54:02, 14 Buses" on top, and "Goal: Cover every WeGo frequent service route (8 of them) by passing by every stop at least once to the end of the route" with "was fully documented on @theandreww.bsky.social" on the bottom. Off to the side is "Buses Taken:" with a list of buses and stop times/numbers as seen below:

3 inbound, 1907, 7:00 WB/Harding, 7:26 central
7 outbound, 1916, 7:30 Central 9, 8:01 Hillsboro TC
7 inbound 1916, 8:09 Hillsboro TC, 8:33 Central
52 outbound 2310, 8:45 Central 19, 9:10 Walmart
52 inbound 2309, 9:18 Walmart, 9:36 Lafayette
55 outbound 123, 9:37 Lafayette l, 10:12 hickory hollow
55 inbound 2202, 10:13 hickory hollow, 11:13 central
56 outbound 2209, 11:25 central 18, 12:20 Rivergate
56 inbound 2207, 12:20 Rivergate, 12:32 Madison
79 westbound 1824, 12:42 Madison, 12:54 Walmart
23 inbound 1820, 12:56 Walmart, 1:32 central
22 northbound 1804, 1:35 central 10, 1:55 past NNTC
22 southbound 1817, 1:58 NNTC 9, 2:13 central
50 outbound 2508, 2:15 central 1, 1:55 Walmart

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Also here's all the routes I took compiled into one list. Times are rough (based on when I took the photo getting on/off a bus, not when they started moving), and are probably off a few minutes. Format is "[Route Number] [Trip Direction] [Vehicle Number], [Start Time/Stop], [End Time/Stop]"

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