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Battery-powered trains might be the future of transit

Boston and Chicago are two cities leading the charge on implementing battery-powered rail lines.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Benton Graham, a reporter for Grist, about the latest frontier in electric public transit.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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