Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTransit Tour - Dresden, Germany
Season 3 Episode 141
From a U.S. perspective, a city about the size of Tucson shouldn’t be able to pull off a dream transit system, but Dresden does. We set out to explor…
2 hours ago
Canada’s High-Speed Rail Moment
Season 3 Episode 140
Canada has talked about high-speed rail for half a century, and we might finally be watching the moment it turns into steel in the ground. Alto, a ne…
1 week ago
Transit Tour - Berlin
Season 3 Episode 139
Berlin is one of those cities where you can feel history in the street layout and then confirm it by looking at the transit map. We start at Berlin H…
2 weeks ago
Utah's FrontRunner Closer To Federal Transit Funding
Season 3 Episode 138
$1.2 billion doesn’t just buy track and trains. It buys time back in your day, the kind you lose when your “commuter rail” only shows up every 30 to …
3 weeks ago
Self-Driving Cars Cannot Replace Good Transit
Season 3 Episode 137
People keep telling us self-driving cars are going to make public transit irrelevant. So we pressure-test that claim using the stuff that actually de…
4 weeks ago
New York Is More Than Just NYC: The Empire Corridor Plan
Season 3 Episode 136
New York dominates rail conversations in the country, yet the most realistic statewide upgrade might be hiding in plain sight. We’re talking about th…
1 month ago
The Southern Rail Commission is Fighting for More Passenger Service in the South
Season 3 Episode 135
Passenger rail in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama doesn’t get the spotlight often, but the story behind Amtrak’s new Mardi Gras service proves ho…
1 month, 1 week ago
Next Stop: Fast Buses, Better Service - A chat with NYC's DOT Commissioner, Mike Flynn
Season 3 Episode 134
New York City has the most famous subway in the United States, yet the bus is the workhorse that moves millions of people every single day. That’s wh…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Brightline: Is it a Success?
Season 3 Episode 133
Brightline has been held up as proof that private passenger rail can work in the United States and right now it’s also a warning sign. We went to Flo…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
A Miami Built For People: Transit Alliance Miami
Season 3 Episode 132
Miami traffic isn’t just annoying; it’s expensive, unsafe, and deeply political. We’re joined by Cathy Dos Santos from Transit Alliance Miami, a 501(…
2 months ago