Putting the METRO in DC METRO - DC Part 2: Episode 102

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Today, we're discussing the birth of America's Subway (and no, not the one the senators use). Just how did Washington, DC get America's second most ridden subway system? We pick up where our last episode left us, with the fall of DC's streetcar system, after The News.

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References & notes

  1. [1] Mass Transit: Bay Area Transit agencies report ridership increases in the first quarter of 2025
  2. [2] Mass Transit: FRA rescinds MTA's project leadership in New York Penn Station overhaul
  3. [3] The Herald Journal: 2 groups hold peaceful protests Saturday in Logan
  4. [4] Construction Physics: How Washington DC Got Its Metro
  5. [5] Zachary M. Schrag: Building the Washington Metro
  6. [6] WMATA: Milestones & History
  7. [7] Wikipedia: Washington Metro
  8. [8] Wikipedia: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  9. [9] Zachary M. Schrag: The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro
  10. [10] Ghosts of DC: Metro's 17-Foot Long "Experimental Station" in 1968
  11. [11] Wikipedia: Track gauge in the United States
  12. [12] The Washington Post: The story behind the carpeting in Metro's rail cars? It stinks.
  13. [13] Wikipedia: Washington Metro rolling stock ยง 1000-series
  14. [14] The Future of Transport: Disney's Magic Highway - 1958
  15. [15] WMATA: Photo Gallery - Mock-up Metro Car
  16. [16] JFK Library: Meeting with C. Darwin Stolzenbach, Administrator of the National Capital Transportation Agency, 12:13PM