Podcast Episodes

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…

4 months, 2 weeks 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…

4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

5 months 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…

5 months, 1 week 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…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Pittsburgh: A Transit City?

Season 3 Episode 116

Pittsburgh doesn’t usually come to mind as a “big transit city,” but once you look closely, it has some of the most practical and inventive transit i…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Berlin: Tram Or Maglev? A Real Debate

Season 3 Episode 115

A strange transit showdown is brewing in Berlin: build a practical tram that stitches together everyday trips, or elevate a sleek maglev that sprints…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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Urban Quest - A Transit-Powered Scavenger Hunt

Season 3 Episode 114

What happens when you hand teams a stack of clues, the Transit App, a free bus pass, and then issue one non-negotiable rule—no rideshare? Urban Quest…

6 months ago

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Is Florida Building Real Transit?

Season 3 Episode 113

We break down Miami’s fast-evolving transit network and spotlight the new Northeast Corridor commuter rail that links Miami Central to Aventura. From…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Transit Tour: Paris

Season 3 Episode 112

Starting at Notre Dame and ending at the Eiffel Tower sounds like a classic Paris day. In between, we set a challenge: cross the city using only publ…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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