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Metropocalypse

WAMU 88.5

Explosions and smoke-filled tunnels. Frustrated riders and epic commutes. This is the new normal on Washington’s Metro. Metropocalypse, a weekly podcast from WAMU 88.5, explores the unprecedented plan to rebuild tracks and re-engineer culture on the nation’s second largest transit system. Send questions & ideas to [email protected].

  • EPISODE 27: A Metro Carol
    Metro is taking disciplinary action against half its track inspection department. Late-night trains will not return until July 2019 at the earliest. Will the new year usher in a season of festivity and goodwill to all riders?
    19 December 2016, 6:31 pm
  • Episode 26: Ride With Metro’s GM
    WAMU's Martin DiCaro commutes with Metro's GM; we talk with a transportation expert about the impact of the rail system's impending hour cutbacks.
    12 December 2016, 9:07 pm
  • Episode 25: Happy Anniversary, Paul Wiedefeld
    On this week's podcast, we talk Metro's steps toward reducing service hours, a Silver Line throwdown and Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld's first year on the job.
    5 December 2016, 8:53 pm
  • 15 minutes 34 seconds
    Episode 24: Worst Of The Worst Commutes
    Red Line commuters can be thankful that the 10th SafeTrack surge is winding down. But the month-long rehab project, which shut down service along Fort Totten and NoMa/Gallaudet, highlighted how disruptions in a small corner of the system can have dramatic impacts on daily commutes.
    21 November 2016, 11:58 pm
  • 21 minutes 28 seconds
    Episode 23: Can Donald Trump Make Metro Great Again?
    The president-elect's promise to spend $1 trillion on infrastructure improvements is emerging as one of the least divisive aspects of his agenda, at least at this early stage. Will the Republican-controlled Congress go along with it? And would any of the money help WMATA?
    15 November 2016, 1:30 am
  • 25 minutes 27 seconds
    Episode 22: Gazing Into The Future (Through The Lens Of A ‘Reality Check’)
    Buckle your seatbelts, because where we’re going, there are no roads (or single-tracking). We consider two potential scenarios for Metro in the years ahead.
    7 November 2016, 11:30 pm
  • 21 minutes 40 seconds
    Episode 21: Shocks To The System
    Want to hear something really scary? Metro’s 10th SafeTrack surge is hitting its most heavily trafficked artery, shutting down two stations on the Red Line between Fort Totten and NoMa/Gallaudet. We take a horrific bus bridge on the first weekday of the surge — and we explore the hidden force behind Metro: electricity.
    1 November 2016, 12:00 am
  • 26 minutes 13 seconds
    Episode 20: Arguing For Equity
    Permanently ending late-night service. Temporary shutting down stations with low ridership. Many of the ideas for fixing Metro’s ills raise questions of fairness: Are the burdens of the SafeTrack era falling too heavily on lower-income communities? We ride the rails with Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia to discuss those issues and more.
    25 October 2016, 12:00 am
  • 30 minutes 35 seconds
    Episode 19: Metro-Politics
    When it comes to Metro politics, the most important thing isn’t party lines — it’s regional lines. We talk to a WMATA board member from Prince George’s County about the view from the east side of the region, and we look at where Virginia, Maryland and D.C. leaders stand on a key question: How can Metro get an infusion of funding?
    17 October 2016, 10:20 pm
  • 53 minutes 9 seconds
    Episode 18: Full Throttle Into The Past With Zachary Schrag
    Why are there so few seats on Metro platforms? How did D.C. home-rule advocates impact the historical trajectory of the rail system? Why are there only two tracks in Metro tunnels? Zachary Schrag, author of The Great Society Subway, joins us for a live recording at Kramerbooks in D.C.
    10 October 2016, 9:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 15 seconds
    Episode 17: Will Nats Fans Have To Race To The Metro Station?
    As playoff baseball returns to Washington, D.C., thousands of Nationals fans could face a choice: Stay for the end of a game, or leave early to catch the right Green Line train? Also, we discuss the acute misery of Blue Line riders: New data suggest their Metrorail experience is the worst in the system.
    3 October 2016, 11:15 pm
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