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

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