North America's Southernmost Rapid Transit - The Panama City Metro: Episode 119

Today, we're discussing North America’s southernmost rapid transit system, the Panama City Metro. Just how did the world's most isthmus-y country get a metro, and where will it go next? All this, after The News. (And how exactly does one cross the Panama Canal?) Links and stuffs Merch:https://shop.trlpod.com/ Twitter:@TheRedLine_pod YouTube channel:The Red Line Podcast Spotify:The Red Line Podcast Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/theredlinepodcasters Email:[email protected] Website:https://www.trlpod.com/ Timestamps References & notes [1]Library of Congress: Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York (Transcript) [2]Rice University: John F. Kennedy Speech [3]Mass Transit: Ontario government extends One Fare free transfer program for another two years [4]Mass Transit: MARTA to launch NextGen Bus Network April 2026 [5]u/luxusbuerg: Piss car VS c*m car [6]Reddit: r/BenGarrisonC*mEdits (which managed to get banned between recording and publication) [7]Reddit: (post lost to the winds of time) [8]Reddit: (post lost to the winds of time) [9]The Texas Tribune: What's next after a court blocked Texas' gerrymandered maps [10]Wikipedia: Panama Metro § Lines 6, 7, and 8 (tram) [11]Bus Ex: El Metro de Panama: The first of its kind in Central America [12]El Metro de Panamá [13]El Metro de Panamá: Project Ramal Airport [14]International Railway Journal: Panama City's first metro line nears completion [15]Sisgeo: Panama City metro project [16]Wikipedia: Panama City § Economy [17]Wikipedia: Panama [18]Wikipedia: Panama Canal [19]Google Maps: Bridge of the Americas & southwest of Panama City [20]US Inflation Calculator: Inflation Calculator [21]Dronepicr: Panama Papers (photo) [22]u/Talgoporta: Panama City Metro accordingly to masterplan network by 2040