Podcast
TRB's Transportation Explorers Podcast
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This series gives voice to the many volunteers of the Transportation Research Board and other leading transportation experts. Co-hosts Elaine Ferrell and Paul Mackie explore the latest and most critical research and innovations in transportation. The show is a production of TRB and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Anne Strauss-Wieder and the Rapidly Evolving Modern Supply Chain
Dec 10, 202100:22:25Tap to summarizeAnne Strauss-Wieder, TRB’s 2022 Deen recipient, discusses how the freight and port industries are adapting to how they move goods through COVID-19.
Transcribe →Herby Lissade and Emergency Management for Transportation Agencies
Oct 22, 202100:21:09Tap to summarizeHerby Lissade, an active TRB Volunteer, discusses his work dealing with natural disasters in California and Haiti as well as 9/11 in New York City.
Transcribe →Carol Schweiger and Connecting All U.S. Transportation Systems
Sep 17, 202100:23:32Tap to summarizeCarol Schweiger, a transit consultant who has authored numerous TRB reports, discusses how "mobility as a service" can become a successful model.
Transcribe →Kara Kockelman and How Gas Prices Are Like Orange Prices
Jul 1, 202100:22:13Tap to summarizeKara Kockelman, a professor of transportation engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, discusses how the focus on and advertisement of gas prices is odd since commodities like milk have much more price fluctuation.
Transcribe →Robert Sumwalt and Prioritizing Transportation Safety Measures
May 20, 202100:22:34Tap to summarizeRobert Sumwalt, Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, discusses the latest NTSB “Most Wanted List” for safety in all modes of transportation.
Transcribe →Jane Lappin and Technology to Make Cars Safer
May 7, 202100:25:11Tap to summarizeJane Lappin, chair of TRB’s Vehicle-Highway Automation Standing Committee, discusses advances in autonomous vehicles.
Transcribe →Amy Benedick and the Distracted Driving Crisis
Mar 31, 202100:23:15Tap to summarizeAmy Benedick, a senior study director at Westat, discusses current legislation about distracted driving, ways it can be enforced, and measures to educate the public.
Transcribe →Norm Augustine and Big Ideas for Interstates
Mar 19, 202100:24:20Tap to summarizeNorm Augustine, chair of TRB’s 2019 Future of the Interstate report, gives an update on how those recommendations could fit into President Biden’s infrastructure plans.
Transcribe →Carlos Braceras and Utah’s Vibrant Transportation Culture
Jan 26, 202100:29:55Tap to summarizeCarlos Braceras, Executive Director for the Utah Department of Transportation, discusses how he manages people and places in the eighth-most urbanized U.S. state. He also discusses how research saves DOTs money and how young and new voices present an optimistic transportation future.
Transcribe →Katie Turnbull and Texas
Jan 11, 202100:26:39Tap to summarizeKatie Turnbull of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute discusses transportation priorities for the state and also for the rest of the United States as we continue recovering from COVID-19.
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