WeGo Public Transit

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WeGo Public Transit
WeGo Public Transit has partnered with the Davidson County Office of the District Attorney to launch WeGoAccess.
WeGoAccess, in partnership with Davidson County Office of the District Attorney, will provide free transportation to court through the rideshare partner.
May 9, 2025
WeGo Public Transit
Anchor Transportation is expected to improve WeGo Transit’s service reliability, improve rider confidence and ultimately support increased ridership across the network.
Anchor Transportation is expected to improve WeGo Transit’s service reliability, improve rider confidence and ultimately support increased ridership across the network.
April 21, 2025
WeGo Public Transit
WeGo has partnered with the Tennessee Department of Transportation through the Community Impact Partner (CIP) program.
Through this partnership, WeGo will gain access to Choice Lanes for free, which the agency says can help to improve the overall rider experience.
March 19, 2025
City of Nashville
Choose How You Move sign on a WeGp bus.
The program will begin with 11 transit projects that will help make transit more accessible, affordable and safer.
March 10, 2025
WeGo
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department will be working with WeGo transit security to improve personal and public safety around the Elizabeth Duff Transit Center at WeGo Central.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department will be working with WeGo transit security to improve personal and public safety around the Elizabeth Duff Transit Center at WeGo ...
March 3, 2025
WeGo Transit
From left to right: Kia Lewis, WeGo senior project manager, Muralist Elisheba Mrozik, Creative Girls Rock; Harry Duff, Sr., husband of Elizabeth Duff, Gail Carr Williams, Nashville MTA chair, Steve Bland, WeGo CEO; Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell; Charmin Bates, Founder of Creative Girls Rock; and Kammarah Stevens, student artist.
The mural is located at the Elizabeth Duff Transit Center, which is also dedicated to Nashville, Tenn.,'s first female and first African American female bus operator.
Sept. 13, 2024
WeGo Public Transit
WeGo Public Transit surpasses pre-COVID-19 fixed-route bus ridership.
Ridership increased six percent during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2023-2024 compared to the previous year.
Sept. 9, 2024
WeGo Public Transit
Dr. Ernest Rip Patton, Jr. North Nashville Transit Center now open to the public.
The new center will help to promote better rider experience with improved connections and added amenities.
Aug. 30, 2024
WeGo
WeGo, city of Nashville, Tenn., Mayor O’Connell cut ribbon on 300th WeGo bus shelter, celebrate signing of Choose How You Move Transportation Improvement Program
The bus shelter is located near the new Nashville Healthcare Center while the Choose How You Move Transportation Improvement Program focuses on improvements to sidewalks, signals...
July 22, 2024
WeGo
Debbie Frank (left) and Amanda Vandergrift (right).
WeGo has appointed Debbie Frank as deputy CEO of growth and development and Amanda Vandergrift as deputy CEO of finance and administration.
July 12, 2024

Articles

Amtrak
Transit agencies, state DOT’s come together to celebrate See Tracks? Think Train® Week.
The week was launched by OLI in 2017 to focus attention on the importance of making safe choices when driving or walking near railroad tracks and trains.
Sept. 27, 2024
Via
Lorain County Transit has launched Via LC
Via Transportation, WeGo Link and On-Request will work with the three transit agencies to increase accessibility and reliability of transport within their respective communities...
July 11, 2024
Community Transit
A woman hand-swiping an ORCA LIFT card.
Metro Transit and WeGo Public Transit are implementing new ways to pay for fares throughout their systems while Community Transit is proposing eliminating fares on its commuter...
April 10, 2024
WeGo Public Transit
WeGo van.
The funding comes from three grants, including The Transportation Alternatives Program, the IMPROVE Transit Investment Grant and the Multimodal Access Grant.
Jan. 16, 2024
Funding for the trio of agencies has been approved for FY24, all with different funding opportunities and changes for their respective agencies.
June 26, 2023
WeGo Public Transit
Vince Malone, Renuka Christoph and Nick Oldham
The agency has named Vince Malone as chief of staff and administration, promoted Renuka Christoph to chief communications officer and promoted Nick Oldham to chief safety and ...
Nov. 30, 2022

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WeGo Public Transit
Patrick Hester.
Hester joined WeGo in 2017 as a bus operator and most recently served as WeGo facilities manager.
May 2, 2024
City of Nashville
The Connect Downtown Project Team has released its final recommendations for the comprehensive multimodal improvements in downtown Nashville, Tenn.
Connect Downtown is a 10-year multi-phase action plan with projects, programs and policy recommendations to make multimodal travel easier and safer in downtown Nashville.
April 18, 2024
WeGo Public Transit
Edward W. Oliphant.
During his time as CFO, WeGo’s annual operating budget has grown from approximately $26 million and 325 employees to an annual budget of more than $130 million and 800 employees...
Feb. 13, 2024
WeGo Public Transit
Lydia Benda, left, has been named WeGo's director of engineering, construction, and project management and Kia Lewis, right, has been named WeGo's senior project manager.
Lydia Benda has been promoted to director of engineering, construction and project management while Kia Lewis has been promoted to senior project management.
Dec. 11, 2023
WeGo Public Transit
Front row left to right. Apprentice signees Adam AL-Hajjaj, William Martin, Eduardo Badillo, Brent Miner, Adrian Mayers and Charles Phelps. Back row left to right: WeGo Chief of Staff and Administration Vince Malone, WeGo State Apprenticeship Director Shalondria S. Shaw, WeGo Apprenticeship Specialist Steffany S. Daniel, Apprentice and WeGo Director of Administration Kym Tucker and WeGo CEO Steve Bland,
The program is a hands-on program taught in the WeGo maintenance facilities with participants working on active fleet buses.
Dec. 7, 2023
WeGo
WeGo has renamed WeGo Central as the Elizabeth Duff Transit Center.
Duff was the first female and first African American female bus operator in Nashville when she was hired by the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority in April 1974.
Nov. 3, 2023
WeGo Public Transit
The signing, front left to right- Apprentice signees: Diego Alvarez, Remington Stewart, David Goodlow and Mathew Cordova. Back row: Vince Malone, chief of staff and administration; Steffany Daniel, apprenticeship specialist, apprenticeship Tenn., Kym Tucker, WeGo director of administration and Steve Bland, WeGo CEO. Apprentices not pictured: Daniel Model and Hunter Burnette.
The goal of the program is to advance people into a starting mechanics position at WeGo, offering better pay and room for further advancement.
March 17, 2023
WeGo Public Transit
The WeGo groundbreaking from left to right: Senator Brenda Gilmore; Metro Council Member Brandon Taylor; Michael Patton, son of Dr. Ernest Rip Patton, Jr.; Nashville Mayor John Cooper; WeGo CEO Steve Bland; Rita Roberts-Turner; Nashville MTA Chair Gail Carr Williams; Metro Council Member Sharon Hurt; Metro Council Member Kyontze Toombs; Deputy Governor and Commissioner of Transportation Butch Eley; Representative Harold Love, Jr.; Metro Council Member Zulfat Suara; Nashville MTA Vice Chair Janet Miller; Nashville MTA Board Member Jessica Dauphin; Metro Council Member Freddie O’Connell; and Metro Council Member Jennifer Gamble.
The project is part of an overall effort to increase access to public transit across Nashville while reducing the necessity of transferring downtown at WeGo Central.
Nov. 11, 2022
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A team of students conducted analyses to identify various hot spots where service consistently slows down.
Aug. 12, 2022
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The new technology features a reloadable card and smartphone app to pay fares.
Feb. 2, 2022