Skip to Content
Podcast

RacketCast, Ep. 32: The Wheels on the Bus Feat. Metro Transit

Honk! Honk!

1:40 PM CDT on August 8, 2025

Metro Transit

How does public transit work in the Twin Cities? To find out, we invited Metro Transit GM Lesley Kandaras and bus driver Al Chang to our St. Louis Park studio. (Kandaras, a true company woman who has ridden all 60 MT routes, even took the bus there.) Transit enthusiasts should enjoy this convo about the successes, challenges, new developments, and total disinterest in building a subway system surrounding our town's bus and light rail operator.

But first! We engage in the second-ever (and possibly last-ever) installment of "Birthday Breakdown" to celebrate Jay's big 3-8. And here are the stories we gabbed about afterward during What I Learned In Racket...

And while we're at it, here's some further Metro Transit reading...

Subscribe to RacketCast wherever you get your podcasts—Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, etc. • Wanna advertise on RacketCast? Email us at advertise@racketmn.com. • Have a food/drink, event, or show recommendation? How about a civic hot take? General or specific question? Call 619-RACKTIP (619-722-5847) with your first name + city + 3-min.-maximum voicemail, and we might play it on a future episode. • Special thanks to local band Van Stee for supplying our podcast music!

More Stories

Hell Yeah, Bob! Duluth Movie Theater Saved Just Under the Wire.

Plus Xcel's billing is a mess, data crunching U of M numbers, and the Borealis line stays awesome in today's Flyover news roundup.

September 30, 2026

‘It Was Special, Then Bam!’: An Oral History of the Fighting Pike, MN’s Extremely Short-Lived Pro Football Team

Thirty years later, remembering the Pike's one-and-done Arena Football League season with players, coaches, journalists, and archival quotes.

September 30, 2026

The Twin Cities’ Best Matcha is at Ratio Matcha

A new pop-up that’s worth waiting in line for.

September 30, 2026

Marlon James: The Nakedest a Mac Professor (Emeritus) Has Ever Been in Print?

Plus conflicts of interest in the MN attorney general race, death doulas, and a big dick storm coming our way in today's Flyover news roundup.

September 29, 2026

Let’s Jump Into October With Your Complete Concert Calendar: Sep. 29–Oct. 5

Pretty much all the music you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.

September 29, 2026