
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.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 141 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Places & TravelGovernmentSociety & Culture | |||

Canada has talked about high-speed rail for half a century, and we might finally be watching the moment it turns into steel in the ground. Alto, a new federally owned Crown company, is proposing a 1,000 km high-speed rail line from Toronto to Quebec ... more
Berlin is one of those cities where you can feel history in the street layout and then confirm it by looking at the transit map. We start at Berlin Hauptbahnhof, the modern central station that finally brings together rail lines that were once split ... more
$1.2 billion doesn’t just buy track and trains. It buys time back in your day, the kind you lose when your “commuter rail” only shows up every 30 to 60 minutes and a single delay wrecks every connection. We dig into the newly awarded federal Capital ... more
People keep telling us self-driving cars are going to make public transit irrelevant. So we pressure-test that claim using the stuff that actually decides whether a city works: speed between cities, traffic and reliability, passenger capacity, comfor... more
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Transit Tangents offers data-driven, on-the-ground exploration of transit systems across the U.S., pairing hands-on city visits with expert and advocate interviews. Recent episodes balance practical rider experiences with governance, funding, and policy discussions, often weighing new infrastructure ideas (BRT, rail corridors, station design) against real-world implementation challenges like funding, politics, and service reliability. Noteworthy aspects include candid critiques of deployment gaps, high-frequency design debates, and a willingness to compare multiple metros in a single city-by-city framework. Overall, it's a valuable listen for industry pros, policymakers, and advocates who want actionable takeaways on how transit projects ev... more
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Recent guests on Transit Tangents include:
1. Jonathan Cole
2. Christian Linhart
3. Nadia Barrera Ramirez
4. Enrique McGregor
5. Tyler Wright
6. Jay R. Zhu
7. Andrew Cassidy
8. Gerald Posky
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