Trailblazers in Michigan transportation

Talking Michigan Transportation · Feb 23, 2021 · 33m

In observance and reflection on Black History Month, this week’s podcast features conversations with two people who served the State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for four decades.

First, Myron Frierson, who retired as MDOT director of the Bureau of Finance in 2019, talks about what he learned during his career in transportation, working on the administration of contracts. He later worked on property acquisitions in MDOT’s Real Estate division and eventually returned to Finance.

He talks about ascending to head an MDOT division when he was only in his early…