In today's Surface Transport episode of the Venari Podcast, Gov Kandola met Gregory Slater, Secretary of Transportation for the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). They discussed the Purple Line project, a planned 16.2-mile light rail line intended to connect the Maryland suburbs and the Washington metropolitan area, while avoiding Washington, D.C.

From the start, the Purple Line received national attention, as the first US Light rail project to rely on a mix of public and private financing. For some, it is even an example of what can go wrong with a big transit public-private partnership (P3). But is that really fair? And what are the future benefits of this line, for the wider community?