Yes 1 hour and 45 min

Is that the rush service?

But there must only be a handful of places where you can go in person?

Yes.

It seems to be what I would see at times for expedited in person -- more so if it's split over the hours before/after lunch time during a period when international travel demand is way down and those who are still traveling internationally are most likely to already have a passport used for international travel within the 12 months prior and thus not need a rushed passport renewal/replacement.

Same day passport service is available by appointment at US Passport Agencies and Centers. There are more than a dozen locations, however, not all of them are currently open to the public.

Their locations and the procedure to to apply for a passport are described in this US State Department webpage:

10/26/20 - Mailed passport renewal to TX facility with standard processing time (quoted 10-12 weeks), used 2-Day Priority Mail envelope.
10/30/20 - Envelope delivered in TX (delivery likely delayed due to volume of election mail at the same time).
11/02/20 - Check cashed by State Department.
11/03/20 - Application status updated to "In Process" on State Department website.
12/21/20 - Called State Department 1-800 number to get my passport faster. I was on hold for 55 minutes before reaching a representative, who took down my credit card info to expedite my application. I provided a travel date of 01/20/21.
12/29/30 - Credit card charged $77.13 to expedite ($60 expedite fee and $17.13 for 1-2 day shipping).
12/31/30 - Received an email from the State Department that my application was approved.
01/04/21 - Passport picked up by USPS in Tucson, AZ. Mailed via Priority Mail Express.
01/05/21 - Delivered to me in CA!

Adding another data point:

11/23/20 - Sent my old passport and renewal application plus check to Philadelphia processing center. Opted for expedited service and overnight delivery.
11/30/20 - Application "In Process" on State Dept website.
12/4/20 - Check cashed by State Dept
1/4/21 - Got email that application was approved and passport to be printed shortly. Later that day I got a USPS tracker
1/5/21 - Delivered and received here in NYC. Passport issue date was 1/4/21.
1/25/21 - Passport card delivered.

Originally planned to be away week of Christmas to New Years hence why I opted for expedited service. However, I cancelled the ticket in mid-December when I heard of the new strain and overall rise in covid and instead opted to stay home over the holidays.
In it they said I'll receive my passport card and old passport at a later date which is ok.

Hi, can I ask how you were able to get an appointment and what you said to them? I couldnt find any available online.Thank you

Finally got our passports:

23-Nov-2020 - Filed 2x expedited passport applications at USPS w/ all the fastest bells & whistles options.

30-Nov-2020 - Accepted at Passport Facility (they went to the National Passport Center in NH)

05-Jan-2021 - Approved (36 days after acceptance... 43 days after submitting at USPS).

07-Jan-2021 - Scheduled for delivery tomorrow.

I paid someone to take their appointment.

All these posts are making me a little nervous. I sent in mid-November for routine processing, planning to travel mid-March. Guess I will just sit with my fingers crossed for a while...

I wouldn't suggest worrying about this at all unless you don't have the passport before around the 15-20th of February.

Got email yesterday that passport was approved, tracking says it's coming from AZ and should arrive 1/11/2021 so all in all from the time I shipped to my door will be 15 weeks.

Surprisingly fast turnaround on regular service (was expecting 8-12 weeks based on reports).

Here’s the timeline:

• Dec 16: Applied at local USPS - regular service with paid courier return service
• Dec 23: Fee check cashed
• Jan 09: New passport received

Great news. How did you apply at USPS? Was it a new passport instead of renewal?

Setup an appointment using the online form on USPS site (a couple of weeks lead time so it was probably late Nov/early Dec when it was setup). Renewal for a family member applying as an adult for the first time so mail in wasn’t an option.