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Ever wonder why your bus is late or it takes you twice as long to drive to work than it did a month ago? How about why did your vacation airline fares just triple or your train trip get cancelled? The... more
FAQs about Accidental Passengers:How many episodes does Accidental Passengers have?The podcast currently has 113 episodes available.
March 21, 2021MBTA Priorities, Airline Hidden Assets, and Right to Carry on Public TransitThe Massachusetts BayTransit Authority is receiving $1 Billion in Covid relief funding from the federal government but instead of saving jobs and maintaining routes they plan to shore up budget gaps and pension shortfalls. Airlines looking to dig out from pandemic induced debt discover their loyalty programs may be worth more than the planes, employees and terminal rights combined. And finally, Missouri is one step away from allowing licensed gun owners to carry weapons on public transit....more17minPlay
March 15, 2021Transit Agencies Make Out Under Cover Relief, Greyhound Makes a Stand, and Jet for Sale.The new Covid Relief package gives enough Monet to transit agencies to stave off service cuts and layoffs. Meanwhile Greyhound Bus takes a stand against transporting illegal immigrants who don't have a negative Covid test, and if you have a spare 600 thousand dollars Southwest Airlines has an engine-less jet you might like....more15minPlay
March 07, 2021Air Rage, Crumbling Infrastructure, and Love at the TSAAir rage is becoming more prevalent as the pandemic stretches on. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration is trying to figure out what to do about the nation's deplorable infrastructure and the TSA has published its top ten list of things they have found in their searches....more16minPlay
February 28, 2021Public Transit Diversity, Raining Plane Parts, and Mobile Vaccination ClinicsFirst up is a tale of two states and how they have drastically different approaches to public transit. Next up plane parts rain down on Colorado and the Netherlands resulting in only minor injuries but a suspension of aircraft with Pratt Whitney hollow fan blade engines. And finally, a tour bus company decides to turn it's fleet into mobile vaccination clinics....more16minPlay
February 22, 2021Homelessness and the MTA, a 133 Car Pile Up, and the New York to Boston High Speed RailThe MTA is finding itself fighting crime and homelessness these days. In Fort Worth Texas an ice storm and insufficient road preparation was responsible for a 133 car pile up leaving 6 dead and dozens injured, And lastly how about a high speed rail ride between New York and Boston?...more14minPlay
February 15, 2021A Test Before Flying, Auto Ads at the Super Bowl, and Air TaxisThe new Secretary of Transportation has apropos to require Covid-19 tests before you are allowed toffy. The airlines are not really thrilled by the prospect. THE super Bowl ads have been rated and we will tell you which ones made the grade and which were a waste of money. Then United Airlines is investing in electric air taxis to make sure you get to the airport on time....more18minPlay
February 07, 2021Mask Enforcement, The Feds Go Electric, and the Apple CarThe Biden Administration is requiring masks on public transit but it is still unclear how and who will enforce it. The President also wants tp transfer the entire fleet of federal vehicles to electric power and after years of planning Apple is getting ready to debut it's own car....more15minPlay
January 31, 2021The Transportation Mask Mandate is Here, Electric Buses, and No Talking on French SubwaysPresident Biden has signed an executive order mandating masks on all public transportation including airplanes, trains, buses and the like. Transit agencies are contemplating electric buses...still. And last of all, French doctors are recommending silence in the subway and say talking can spread Covid-19,...more18minPlay
January 24, 2021Biden Goes Electric, Missing the Commute, and Millipedes Stop a TrainPresident Biden says we need green transportation alternatives and his favorite is the electric car. The Covid pandemic has eliminated the work commute for million and it turns out they miss it honking and all. And batting clean up are the thousands of millipedes migrating in the mountains of Japan which are so numerous that they halt trains on their tracks....more16minPlay
January 17, 2021Hecklers in the Air, Are Yellow Cabs Doomed, and American and JetBlue Make FriendsThe loss of both civility and club lounges at airports exposed two politicians to heckling and rude behavior. Yellow Cabs are on the endangered species list having taken perhaps fatal blows from Uber, Lyft, and the Coronavirus. Also up, American and JetBlue Airlines have become fast friends and partners in an attempt to survive the pandemic but will congress try to break them up?...more14minPlay
FAQs about Accidental Passengers:How many episodes does Accidental Passengers have?The podcast currently has 113 episodes available.