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.

Episodes

  1. 12/10/2021

    Anne Strauss-Wieder and the Rapidly Evolving Modern Supply Chain

    Anne Strauss-Wieder, TRB’s 2022 Deen recipient, discusses how the freight and port industries are adapting to how they move goods through COVID-19.

    22 min

  2. 10/22/2021

    Herby Lissade and Emergency Management for Transportation Agencies

    Herby 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.

    21 min

  3. 09/17/2021

    Carol Schweiger and Connecting All U.S. Transportation Systems

    Carol Schweiger, a transit consultant who has authored numerous TRB reports, discusses how "mobility as a service" can become a successful model.

    24 min

  4. 07/01/2021

    Kara Kockelman and How Gas Prices Are Like Orange Prices

    Kara 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.

    22 min

  5. 05/20/2021

    Robert Sumwalt and Prioritizing Transportation Safety Measures

    Robert Sumwalt, Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, discusses the latest NTSB “Most Wanted List” for safety in all modes of transportation.

    23 min

  6. 05/07/2021

    Jane Lappin and Technology to Make Cars Safer

    Jane Lappin, chair of TRB’s Vehicle-Highway Automation Standing Committee, discusses advances in autonomous vehicles.

    25 min

  7. 03/31/2021

    Amy Benedick and the Distracted Driving Crisis

    Amy Benedick, a senior study director at Westat, discusses current legislation about distracted driving, ways it can be enforced, and measures to educate the public.

    23 min

  8. 03/19/2021

    Norm Augustine and Big Ideas for Interstates

    Norm 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.

    24 min

  9. 01/26/2021

    Carlos Braceras and Utah’s Vibrant Transportation Culture

    Carlos 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.

    30 min

  10. 01/11/2021

    Katie Turnbull and Texas

    Katie 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.

    27 min
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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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