The War on Cars

SPECIAL: Ghost Train

Added 2022-03-09 16:05:41 +0000 UTC

Hey, Patreons:

We've got something a little different for you on the podcast feed today. A few weeks ago, Colorado Public Radio approached us to see if we'd be able to help them promote "Ghost Train," their four-part, podcast mini-series exploring Denver, Colorado's decades-long quest to build a high-quality transit system. We listened to the series and liked it so much we decided to go ahead and publish Episode 1 of "Ghost Train" in its entirety.

"Ghost Train" takes a deep dive into the central question of The War on Cars: What does it take to move a sprawling, traffic-choked, American city away from car dependence? While the series focuses on Denver, if you live in the U.S., you'll almost certainly recognize your own city in the story as well. Hosted and reported by journalist Nathaniel Minor, "Ghost Train" is a deeply-reported and beautifully-produced series. We thought it was great and hope you enjoy it as well.

SHOW NOTES:

This episode was brought to you by Colorado Public Radio.

The remaining three parts of the Ghost Train series…
Part 2: The Mission
Part 3: An Unexpected Solution
Part 4: Waiting On A Train

I made a documentary about RTD. Here are some curious things I found along the way (Nathaniel Minor for CPR)

RTD is in Crisis: A three-part series for Streetsblog Denver by Andy Bosselman.

Why don’t RTD’s trains go into Denver’s neighborhoods? (Nathaniel Minor for Denverite)

The Train That Saved Denver (Politico Magazine, 2016)

You can find more of reporter Nathaniel Minor’s work here.

RTD’s FasTracks

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