Podcast Episodes

Why A Century-Old Forest Tram Still Beats The Bus

Season 3 Episode 106

We ride the Thuringian Waldbahn from Gotha through forest and small towns, tracing its history and design while asking why systems like this are rare…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Top Transit Projects Coming in 2026!

Season 3 Episode 105

Eight new transit links, one very mobile year. We’re diving into the projects that will actually change how U.S. cities move in 2026—from a light rai…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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DART Membership up for Election?

Season 3 Episode 104

A celebratory Silver Line opening collides with city referendums to leave DART, putting service, funding, and future upgrades at risk. We weigh the p…

5 months ago

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Seattle - Federal Way Link Extension Opens!

Season 3 Episode 103

We unpack Seattle’s latest transit surge, from the Federal Way light rail extension to the cross‑lake Two Line testing across the Lake Washington Flo…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Is the US Ready for Night Trains?

Season 3 Episode 102

We examine whether night trains can work in the United States by starting with a real sleeper ride from Zurich to Leipzig and then mapping routes whe…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Transit Tour: Zurich

Season 3 Episode 101

We ride Zurich’s entire transit ecosystem in one day, testing how trams, S-Bahn, buses, funiculars, a cog railway, an aerial cable car, and a lake fe…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Transit Tangents: 100th Episode!

Season 2 Episode 100

We mark 100 straight weeks by revisiting our 2025 transit list and tracking which projects delivered results. Chicago’s frequent buses, NYC’s congest…

6 months ago

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Transit Tour - Munich, Germany

Season 2 Episode 99

We ride around Munich from the city center to the suburban palaces. We hit it all, trams, buses, U-Bahn and S-Bahn. Home of BMW, our trip reveals a c…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Kansas City Streetcar Extension Now Open!

Season 2 Episode 98

We revisit Kansas City to mark the opening of the Main Street streetcar extension and map the next moves that could turn a single corridor into a con…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Transit Tour - Vienna (Our First European City!)

Season 2 Episode 97

We explore Vienna using only public transit, testing the city’s frequency, coverage, and ease of use while visiting multiple transit hubs, Schönbrunn…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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