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Get On The Bus, Gus: Bus Rapid Transit Takes Hold

By John Hockenberry, Farai Chideya, Meagan Jeanine Davis, Noel King
Guests: Dan Moulthrop, Steve Dudley
Tuesday, May 26 2009

With shrinking budgets and expanding populations, cities across the globe are desperate for cheap mass transit. From Johannesburg to Jakarta to Cleveland, city governments are choosing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)— a bus system that acts like a train but with no tracks or rails. The Takeaway talks to freelance reporter Steven Dudley, who explored the successful BRT system in Bogota, Colombia, and to Dan Moulthrop, reporter for WCPN, Cleveland Public Radio, where the city has been making the transition to a Bus Rapid Transit system.

To see the buses in action, watch the film below:

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Rudy Maxa answers your flu-related travel questions

By John Hockenberry, Stephanie Hughes, Leo Duran
Guest: Rudy Maxa
Monday, April 27 2009

In the wake of an outbreak in swine flu in Mexico that has been spreading, a health official for the European Union urged Europeans to avoid non-essential travel to the United States and Mexico. And here in the United States many of our listeners are concerned about travel to Mexico. Rudy Maxa is the Host and Executive Producer of the PBS travel series Rudy Maxa's World. He joins us now with answers to your travel questions.

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High speed trains: The U.S. to the future

By John Hockenberry, Stephanie Loleng
Guest: Matt Dellinger
Friday, April 17 2009

Imagine the ease of riding trains between metropolitan areas in the U.S. Simply buy a ticket, board a train, kick back and read, sleep, listen to your podcasts of The Takeaway. Doesn't that sound better than braving crowded airport drop-offs, hours-long security lines or snarled traffic on the interstate? This vision of the future of travel may become a reality. Yesterday, President Obama expressed his ambition towards building high-speed passenger rail lines in ten regions across the country. To discuss how this will be possible The Takeaway is joined by Matt Dellinger, a writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and the New York Times .
"It wasn't as if Eisenhower snapped his fingers and the interstates were built the next two years."
—Writer Matt Dellinger on Obama's proposed rail system

Here's a brief look at how one town, Springfield, is planning on upgrading their infrastructure:

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A look ahead to travel in 2009

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Mary Harris
Guest: Barbara Peterson
Friday, December 26 2008


All aboard (U.S. Department of Commerce Travel Management)
During the holidays, weather problems have stranded passengers throughout the nation. But what does future travel have in store for passengers? To tell us about what 2009 may bring is Barbara Peterson, the senior aviation correspondent for Conde Nast Traveller.

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BBC Correspondent traces the Christmas journey of Mary and Joseph, donkey in tow

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Noel King
Guest: Aleem Maqbool
Monday, December 22 2008

“Donkey No. 2 wasn't brilliant. She didn't really like carrying things. She just liked to eat all day.”
— Aleem Maqbool on traveling to Bethlehem via donkey

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Inauguration or bust: From Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. by bike

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Noel King
Guest: Ryan Bowen
Monday, December 22 2008


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Writer and cyclist Ryan Bowen was so inspired by Barack Obama's election win that he was desperate to make it to the inauguration. But he couldn't quite swing a plane ticket. Instead he decided to travel from Los Angeles to D.C. by bike. The Takeaway catches Bowen mid-journey.

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Scotch, spray bottles, and a GPS unit

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Kent DePinto
Guest: Jeremy Hillman
Monday, December 8 2008


BBC News is following a container around world for a year to tell stories of globalisation and the world economy (BBC News)
Equipped with GPS, a humble shipping container reveals the story of the global economy.

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