Andrew W

@andw.me

i do lots of random stuff https://awyck.me/

As promised, here's the map of the "riding all local/frequent/connector service Wego buses in one day to at least one stop unique to that route" challenge I did yesterday just for fun! I also made a full writeup if you want more photo verification or just to hear the story: andw.me/posts/26-07-...

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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.

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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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

"Speedrunning" all of the Nashville WeGo frequent service routes today in their entirety. Got my bag packed and ready to leave the house!

A black backpack sitting on a wooden floorboard, a water bottle is visible in the side pouch.