Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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