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The Future Of: Public transit

Sam Zimbabwe, director of Seattle’s Department of Transportation, talks to CQ Roll Call’s Shawn Zeller on the latest “The Future Of” podcast. — Sam Zimbabwe, director of Seattle’s Department of Transportation, talks to CQ Roll Call’s Shawn Zeller on the latest “The Future Of” podcast. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

By Shawn Zeller and Joanne Levine

Posted June 19, 2020 at 9:00am

In this new, occasional series, “The Future Of,” CQ Roll Call brings you a podcast that reimagines how policies will change because of COVID-19. In this episode, we explore the future of public transportation with Sam Zimbabwe, the director of Seattle’s Department of Transportation. Jessica Wehrman tops off the podcast with a look at how the coronavirus is affecting the upcoming spending bill on transportation.

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