Podcast Episodes

The St. Pete SunRunner

Season 3 Episode 126

A beach trip shouldn’t require a car, so we put St. Petersburg’s Sunrunner Bus Rapid Transit to the test the only way that counts: we rode it, timed …

10 hours ago

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RIP, Spirit Airlines

Season 3 Episode 125

Spirit Airlines didn’t just sell cheap tickets, it reshaped how Americans think about flying. Now it’s shut down, and we’re asking the uncomfortable …

1 week ago

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Atlanta Introduces the A-Line

Season 3 Episode 124

Atlanta just took a real swing at better bus service and it’s bigger than a single new route. We’re breaking down MARTA’s newly opened A-Line bus rap…

2 weeks ago

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California Transit's Fiscal Cliff

Season 3 Episode 123

Caltrain finally delivers the kind of service the Bay Area has asked for: faster trips, better frequency, and a smoother ride after electrification. …

3 weeks ago

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World Cup Transit Price Gouging

Season 3 Episode 122

$150 to take the train to a World Cup match is the kind of headline that makes you do a double take. We dig into the growing fight over World Cup 202…

4 weeks ago

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Colorado Front Range Regional Rail

Season 3 Episode 121

Colorado’s Front Range is one of the most obvious “should have a train” corridors in the United States, yet the Denver to Boulder to Fort Collins con…

1 month ago

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The Rio Grande Plan: Salt Lake City

Season 3 Episode 120

A historic train station sits near the heart of Salt Lake City, but many riders still get dropped on the edge of downtown and told to transfer and wa…

1 month, 1 week ago

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CalTrain Electrification - How's It Doing?

Season 3 Episode 119

Caltrain’s Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project is the kind of US transit upgrade we desperately need more of: a 51-mile modernization between …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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The E-Bike Crackdown

Season 3 Episode 118

License plates for e-bikes sound...ridiculous.  Imagine: DMV trips, new fees, insurance quotes, and a bigger wall between people and the cheapest for…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Amtrak Ridership Is Rising

Season 3 Episode 117

“Passenger rail is dead” gets thrown around like it’s a fact, but the ridership numbers keep refusing to cooperate. We zoom out to Amtrak’s systemwid…

2 months ago

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