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Emails continue to come in & council members continue to issue public statements urging WeGo to call a Board meeting.

I thought it would be helpful to share my conversations with my colleagues, so I’ve started a thread on what my experience has been. publicsquare.nashville.gov/2023-2027-te... /1

Insane. That’s either:
1. No contact
2. Incidental contact, no foul
3. Incidental contact that didn’t impact the play

Palacios is a major blow

I don’t know if there’s a direct answer to your question but fare disputes are the #1 cause of verbal and physical assaults on bus operators. Is it possible less assaults on operators would cancel out the “increased security need” WeGo’s citing

WeGo: Call a special meeting of the board to update the public. Precedent for special called meetings is 5 days notice. Get it on the calendar.

Journey Pass cannot enroll riders at-scale, and we’re pulling resources away from other priorities. Bag the box.

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Is this Murphy road?

Hey hey spoiler. I haven’t caught up and would’ve never guessed that

On the next 911-Nashville…

We create so many unnecessary burdens for both the provider and recipient rather than doing the morally correct and bureaucratically efficient thing.

100%. Adding Journey Pass events is only adding to rider confusion and administrative burden

I'm not a proponent of Free Fare Transit.

Right now is different. This is about people getting food in their stomachs.

WeGo should go completely fare free until SNAP gets turned back on.

THEY ARE NOT ALLOWING ANY MORE PEOPLE IN LINE AT MAC TO RECEIVE JOURNEY PASSES. Tell your people so they don’t waste time and money trying to get there. This was entirely avoidable. We knew people were going to come out like crazy for these passes. Free bus access is life changing. #bagthefarebox

Updates from MAC journey pass distro event #2:
-people are being denied passes for not having accepted documentation
-they are accepting physical EBT cards as proof of snap
-they are accepting homelessness affidavits our outreach workers brought with *just in case*

Heard from a volunteer with Dream Streets yesterday. They extended their food distribution hours bc people were choosing between getting a Journey Pass and getting food… exactly what advocates warned would happen.

Bag. The. Box.

Right after this interview, hopped on the 55 and the driver told riders, “keep moving, don’t tap in” at central. Next stop a woman getting off work put eight quarters in the fare box. That’s not equity. It was rush hour but still didn’t sit right

Nashville advocates push for free bus rides amid SNAP benefit freeze Nashville transit advocates call for suspended WeGo bus fares to help 60,000+ residents without SNAP benefits access food distribution center

Bag the box!

Council just unanimously approved a bus fare suspension amendment to a SNAP resolution (left). WeGo announced new Journey Pass enrollment events earlier today (right) but council just sent a clear message that we must do more

Share these events with SNAP recipients and service providers:

Noticed this recent update on district council pages. Good demo. info simply displayed

@johnwesssley.bsky.social dropping stats for the need for a fare freeze, and acknowledging that a sales tax is a regressive tax.

Join his call for a fare freeze here. I did. bsky.app/profile/john...

Thank you! I’ll fix that

With SNAP cut, transit should be a lifeline, not another financial hurdle. Tell WeGo and the mayor’s office to suspend fares as an emergency measure: tinyurl.com/FreezeFaresNash

Oh my bad. Yes it’s pretty much from the first CM question on

Agenda item #49 (p.21). No clue when that’ll be: www.nashville.gov/sites/defaul...

Why does everything have to be a fight? Just let people who have a SNAP card on the bus.

11/03/25 Metropolitan Council Joint Committees YouTube video by Metro Nashville Network

ICYMI there is a robust conversation with CMs at a joint committee meeting about a fare freeze wrapping up now: www.youtube.com/live/ygdQbE_...

There is a fare freeze resolution on the council’s agenda tomorrow. It is an amendment to @erinfor12.bsky.social’s SNAP resolution. Let your council members know:

We had free bus fares yesterday for a Titans home game. There was no outcry that we “took a benefit away”

SIGN ON: Freeze Bus Fares During SNAP Cuts Thousands of WeGo riders are facing an immediate financial crisis due to the impending lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. We cannot control what happens in Washington,...

Add your name or organization here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And these organizations:

CMs Suara, Porterfield, Vo, @rollinhorton.bsky.social and @brendagadd.bsky.social have joined the coalition calling for a fare freeze since Friday