What makes public transit great? Award-winning author and podcast host Paul Comfort travels the world looking for answers. 

Comfort is the host of Transit Unplugged, the top public transit podcast globally, and Transit Unplugged TV. He travels the U.S. and the world riding transit and interviewing the people who bring us buses, trains, and more. From Maryland to Dubai, he’s seen transit from every angle. Comfort’s stories are as fun as they are informative.  

During a recent stop in the Pacific Northwest, Comfort sat down with Community Transit’s Monica Spain for a special episode of That Transit Show. 

Comfort shares what he’s learned from nearly 40 years in public transportation, and: 

• Tales from travels around the world to check out transit systems.
• Why good transit starts with talking to the people who use it. 
  
• Why bus rapid transit (BRT)  and microtransit are so popular.
• The four big things that can take transit from good to great.
• Why rail could be the next big thing in America.
• Where Comfort sees transit going based on federal priorities.
  

Comfort also talks about his latest book, Find Your X Factor, and how people can harness their abilities and interests to change themselves and the world. 

Check out “When transit podcasts collide: Transit Unplugged makes a stop in the PNW” on That Transit Show. 

That Transit Show has a new episode each month. Watch or listen to past episodes and subscribe at ctgo.org/thattransitshow.