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Transit Tangents

The Podcast where we discuss all things transit. Join us as we dive into transit systems across the US, bring you interviews with experts and advocates, and engage in some fun and exciting challenges along the way.

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28:24

DART Membership up for Election?

Transit Tangents ·

2025/12/23

A celebratory Silver Line opening collides with city referendums to leave DART, putting service, funding, and future upgrades at risk. We weigh the politics and the human impact, and lay out what residents can do before the 2026 votes. • Silver Line ridership settling into expectations • What Plano currently receives from DART • Land use gaps around stations and jobs • Why sales tax capture is driving exit talk • Debt payoff timelines if cities leave • System impacts of losing Plano and Irvi...

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24:04

Seattle - Federal Way Link Extension Opens!

Transit Tangents ·

2025/12/16

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 Floating Bridge. We close with the express‑lane BRT buildout and how highway stitches, feeder routes, and frequent service can reshape daily trips. • Federal Way extension scope, stations, and timeline • Federal Way retail core and TOD potential toward Tacoma • Pros and cons of building along I‑5 • Cross‑lake Two Line testing on the floating bridge...

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30:34

Is the US Ready for Night Trains?

Transit Tangents ·

2025/12/09

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 where overnight service fits naturally. Dreamstar’s proposed LA–SF sleeper gets a reality check, while Amtrak’s current options and price gaps are unpacked with practical fixes. • First‑hand review of ÖBB Nightjet Zurich to Leipzig • Differences between compartments and open‑berth formats • Snapshot of U.S. sleeper history and Pullman luxury • Amtr...

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19:01

Transit Tour: Zurich

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2025/12/02

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 ferry connect... without a subway. Along the way, we unpack why Zurich never built a U-Bahn and how integration, signage, and frequency keep the city moving. • highlights from Polybahn to funiculars • Dolderbahn’s rack system • Zurich tram network scale, history, and headways • Stadelhofen’s capacity squeeze and planned fourth track • aerial cable...

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31:32

Transit Tangents: 100th Episode!

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2025/11/25

We mark 100 straight weeks by revisiting our 2025 transit list and tracking which projects delivered results. Chicago’s frequent buses, NYC’s congestion pricing, LA’s push for speed and access, and new lines in Dallas and Honolulu show how funding, design, and frequency reshape cities. • Chicago launches 10-minute bus corridors and upgrades Red and Purple stations • Illinois passes SB 211 for governance reform and $1.5bn annual transit funding • NYC congestion pricing raises hundreds of mill...

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28:38

Transit Tour - Munich, Germany

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2025/11/18

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 car capital where transit is still king. • Major renovations and expansion of the Munich Hauptbahnhof and what it changes • tram frequency, speed differences versus Vienna, and signage wins • walkability around Marienplatz and Viktualienmarkt • cross-town bus to BMW and Olympic Park to test outer links • U-Bahn service levels, proof-of-paym...

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25:27

Kansas City Streetcar Extension Now Open!

Transit Tangents ·

2025/11/11

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 connected, free-to-ride system. From mixed-traffic tradeoffs to dedicated lanes, riverfront housing, hospitals, and historic districts, we trace how rails can reshape daily life. • original two-mile streetcar purpose and performance • how free fares drive ridership and small business gains • Main Street extension to UMKC, Plaza, and midtown • opera...

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28:00

Transit Tour - Vienna (Our First European City!)

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2025/11/04

We explore Vienna using only public transit, testing the city’s frequency, coverage, and ease of use while visiting multiple transit hubs, Schönbrunn Palace, the museum district, and many destinations along the way. Using buses, trams, U-bahn, S-Bahn, and bike share, we reflect on how Vienna supports true Freedom of Mobility. Some highlights: • a full day using U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams, buses, bike share • honor-system fares, all-door boarding, and ticket options • U-Bahn frequ...

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22:07

DART Silver Line Opens!

Transit Tangents ·

2025/10/28

We mark the launch of DART’s Silver Line with a first-hand ride, a look at the trains and stations, and frank talk about service levels, airport access, and what success would look like. Local leaders and advocates weigh in on ridership, TOD, and how policy shaped the project’s path. • Why the Silver Line matters for regional mobility • Route overview and service span • Airport access and frequency trade-offs • Opening day impressions and rider experience • Planni...

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29:24

Should Buses Be Free?

Transit Tangents ·

2025/10/21

What if the fastest way to speed up buses isn’t a new gadget, but removing a ritual that steals minutes at every stop? We dig into the push for fare-free buses—why the idea is surging in New York City, what Kansas City learned after rolling it back, and how speed, safety, and budgets collide when the farebox goes quiet. We start with the tangible wins: all-door boarding, shorter dwell times, and less anxiety for occasional riders who don’t know the local payment dance. Then we press into the...

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24:46

Houston's Red Line and the Red Lights

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2025/10/14

Houston’s Red Line lost its signal preemption, and reliability unraveled across the city’s busiest transit corridor. We trace what changed, why it matters for speed and safety, and how riders and advocates are pushing to restore a lifeline. • Red Line’s high frequency and ridership • How signal preemption sustains reliability • Sudden delays after downtown retiming • Confusion over city versus Metro roles • The real cost of lost minutes and bunching • A foot race that tied the train • LINK H...

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27:22

Transit Politics in the Lone Star State

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2025/10/06

Freedom of mobility isn't just a catchy phrase—it's the foundation of a vision for Texas where citizens aren't bound to a single transportation option. State Representative John Bucy shares his ambitious plans for expanding transportation choices across the Lone Star State, from high-speed rail connecting major cities to defending Austin's Project Connect light rail system. As one of the legislature's most vocal transit advocates, Bucy has sponsored critical legislation like HB 483 (authoriz...

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31:39

Roads Not Taken: How Grassroots Movements Saved...

Transit Tangents ·

2025/09/30

Communities across the United States successfully fought and prevented destructive highway projects from being built through their neighborhoods from the 1960s to 1970s. These grassroots movements saved historic areas like New York's SoHo, Portland's southeast neighborhoods, New Orleans' French Quarter, and Toronto's Annex district from being demolished for massive expressways. • Jane Jacobs led opposition to the Lower Manhattan Expressway (LOMEX) that would have destroyed SoHo, Little Italy...

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28:42

Philly Updates: SEPTA Cuts & The Roosevelt BLVD Subway

Transit Tangents ·

2025/09/23

Philadelphia stands at a transit crossroads. Amidst uncertainty over SEPTA's financial future, ambitious plans for a Roosevelt Boulevard subway system offer a glimpse of what could transform the city's northeastern corridor. Our conversation with Jay from the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway advocacy group unpacks both challenges and opportunities facing Philly's transit landscape. The SEPTA funding situation exemplifies the frustrating cycle of American transit politics. Despite service resuming ...

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30:24

Leipzig & Dresden: A Case Study in City Pairs

Transit Tangents ·

2025/09/16

Regional trains in Germany carried 1.6 billion passengers in 2022, ten times more than the high-speed ICE trains, connecting small towns with reliable service. Our journey between Leipzig and Dresden reveals the impressive frequency of German regional rail, with 40 daily trains between cities comparable to Austin-San Antonio, which has just one Amtrak service per day. • Leipzig, Germany's 8th largest city with 600,000 residents, boasts Europe's largest train station by structure size • Dresd...

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23:53

Transit Tour - Baltimore

Transit Tangents ·

2025/09/09

We rank Baltimore's public transit system after exploring the city using only buses, subway, light rail, and ferries, finding unexpected strengths in frequency, connectivity, and customer service. • Baltimore offers free harbor ferry service that locals actually use for commuting • The city runs frequent crosstown buses with impressive 10-minute headways • Multiple transit employees proactively helped us navigate the system • The subway features massive, brutalist stations designed for conne...

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25:19

Redesigning Austin's Transit: Preparing for Light Rail

Transit Tangents ·

2025/09/02

Austin's transit agency CapMetro is preparing to adjust its bus network to integrate with the upcoming light rail system, creating connections between buses and trains while maintaining efficient service across the city. • Project Connect light rail construction will begin in 2027 after surviving legislative challenges • Three contractors qualified for final engineering and construction with selection coming in early 2026 • Three options proposed for busiest routes (801/803): continue alongs...

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27:17

Y'all Aboard the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service!

Transit Tangents ·

2025/08/26

We head to the Gulf Coast to ride the first revenue service of Amtrak's brand new Mardi Gras train, connecting Mobile to New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina devastated the region in 2005. • Chris travels to his hometown of Mobile to document this historic service restoration • The Mardi Gras service acknowledges Mobile as the birthplace of North American Mardi Gras, predating New Orleans by 16 years • Hurricane Katrina destroyed rail infrastructure along the Gulf Coast, en...

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27:04

A Tale of Two Rail Terminals: Boston's Century Old...

Transit Tangents ·

2025/08/19

Boston's North and South stations serve as critical transit hubs but remain disconnected despite a century of failed attempts to link them. • North Station serves 40,000 daily commuters from northern suburbs and connects to Amtrak's Downeaster route • South Station handles 60,000 daily commuters and serves as terminus for multiple Amtrak routes including Acela • Transferring between stations requires a 16-25 minute journey using multiple subway lines • Five major attempts to connect the stat...

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27:29

Derailed Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Minnesota's...

Transit Tangents ·

2025/08/12

The North Star Rail line in Minnesota is being canceled after struggling with ridership, particularly following a devastating 98% drop during the pandemic. Though originally conceived as an 80-mile connection between Minneapolis and St. Cloud, budget constraints limited it to just 40 miles ending in Big Lake, setting the project up for challenges from the start. • 40-mile commuter rail line with seven stations running from Minneapolis to Big Lake • Pre-pandemic ridership approached 800,000 a...

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