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Transportation Radio
Interviews with transportation newsmakers by transportation journalist Bernie Wagenblast.
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Transportation RadioOhio DOT's Historic Bridge Inventory, Evaluation, and Preservation Plan
The guests on this month's episode of AASHTO's ETAP Podcast are Ohio DOT's Erica Schneider, Assistant Environmental Administrator and Tom Barrett, ODOT's…
Transportation RadioRichard Montanez, Deputy Commissioner of Transportation, City of Philadelphia – Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Program
Richard Montanez, Deputy Commissioner of Transportation for the City of Philadelphia, joins the podcast to talk about the Safe Streets and Roads for All…
Transportation RadioOregon DOT’s Wildlife Crossing Corridors
FHWA recently launched its Wildlife Crossings Program, approving $350 million for wildlife crossing projects to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve…
Transportation RadioPeter Koonce, Portland Bureau of Transportation – Traffic Engineering: Improving Outcomes for All Users
Peter Koonce, engineering manager with the Portland Bureau of Transportation in Oregon, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to talk about the…
Transportation RadioYoung Professionals in the Transportation Sector
Leaders of the transportation sector sit with us as they consider today's transportation climate and how DOTs can best equip tomorrow's leaders in tackling…
Transportation RadioPlanning and Engineering Professionals – Fostering Collaboration for Great Communities
Stephen Buckley, P.E., AICP, Vice President Planning and Advisory Services at Kimley-Horn, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to discus the…
Transportation RadioGeorgia's Transportation Investment Act Marks First Decade
In 2012, voters in three Georgia regions approved a one percent sales tax to fund local transportation projects. In 2023 the Georgia Transportation Investment…
Transportation RadioInterstate Bridge Replacement Program: Engaging Communities and Working Across State DOTs with Greg Johnson
Greg Johnson, administrator for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to discuss the ins and outs of this $6…
Transportation RadioThe North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
The NJTPA is the metropolitan planning organization responsible for the distribution of federal transportation funds for 13 counties in northern New Jersey…
Transportation RadioNew York State's Resilient Transportation System
The US has experienced severe weather changes including floods, droughts, and hurricanes, damaging infrastructure and habitats. Recently, the country…
Transportation RadioNTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy – A Leadership Approach To Safety On America’s Roadways
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to discuss the latest trends in roadway safety…
Transportation RadioI-24 MOTION Project with Lee Smith and Dr. Dan Work
In this episode of AASHTO's Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast, Lee Smith, Interim Traffic Operations Division Director at Tennessee…
Transportation RadioAASHTO'S Presidential Emphasis with Secretary Roger Millar
In this episode of AASHTO's Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast, Roger Millar, AASHTO’s newest president and Washington State DOT…
Transportation RadioEric Rensel, Gannett Fleming – Partnering for Success: Transportation Planning Professionals and Engineers
Eric Rensel, Vice President at Gannett Fleming and Chair of the ITE Council Leadership Team, discusses the skills that engineers and transportation planning…
Transportation RadioThe Ray Eyes Future Roadway Developments
This episode of the Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast interviews Laura Rogers, deputy director of The Ray, to examine the future of…
Transportation RadioTransportation Electrification: Where We Are and Where We’re Headed – Nick Nigro, Atlas Public Policy
Nick Nigro, founder of Atlas Public Policy, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to share the latest trends and challenges in the electrification of…
Transportation RadioRural Safety Issues, IIJA Funding, and Challenges for Public Agencies with Bill Lambert, New Hampshire DOT
Bill Lambert, P.E., Administrator/Traffic Engineer with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to talk…
Transportation RadioPennsylvania’s New Statewide Anti-Litter Program
This episode of the Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast interviews Yassmin Gramian and Natasha Fackler, secretary and infrastructure…
Transportation RadioNext Generation Highways
In this episode of the Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast, Jessica Oh – strategic partnerships director in the sustainability and…
Transportation RadioDr. Shawn Wilson, Louisiana DOTD Secretary: Perspectives on Transportation Funding, Safety, Workforce Issues, and More
Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development Secretary Dr. Shawn Wilson joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast for a dynamic conversation on the…
Transportation RadioElectric Vehicles and State DOTs
Dr. Shihab Kuran discusses the key role state departments of transportation play in helping establish a national electric vehicle or EV charging network. Kuran…
Transportation RadioNative Language Road Signs with Iowa and Minnesota DOTs
The United States is a country with no national language, and with over 150 Indigenous languages still spoken today. With 5.2 million Indigenous people…
Transportation RadioRob McInerney, International Road Assessment Programme – Improving Global Roadway Safety with the Safe System Approach
Rob McInerney, CEO of the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP), joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to talk about global roadway safety…
Transportation RadioCOMTO, AASHTO and Transportation Equity with April Rai
Equity in transportation has become a major topic of interest the past few years, but the need for a more just transportation sector is not new. Groups like…
Transportation RadioHow Carmel, Indiana Became the 'Roundabout Capital of the United States'
Jeremy Kashman, chief engineer and director of engineering for the City of Carmel, Indiana joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to talk about how his…
Transportation RadioEquity In Electric Vehicle Charging
Empty your pockets at the gas station each week or navigate charging anxiety? Americans are caught in a Catch-22; and that’s just for folks with the income to…
Transportation RadioInterview with Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) created the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation…
Transportation RadioUS Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg – National Roadway Safety Strategy, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and More
Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to discuss the Department of Transportation’s newly announced…
Transportation RadioSchool Bus Electrification with Sue Gander
With school buses providing 10 billion annual student rides, electrification presents a major opportunity to green the transportation industry; and the…
Transportation RadioMoving Innovation to Practice with Gregory D. Winfree, J.D. – Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Gregory D. Winfree, Agency Director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to discuss the impact of…
Transportation RadioHow State DOTs Are Dealing With Post-World War II Construction
Since 2020, the AASHTO Committee on Environment and Sustainability has held a weekly webinar series throughout the month of September with each week’s segment…
Transportation RadioAdvancing the Role of Women in Transportation with Laura Chace, ITS America President and CEO
Laura Chace, president and CEO of ITS America, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to discuss the MobilityXX Pledge, an initiative led by ITS America…
Transportation RadioTRB Annual Meeting & SETT Conference Preview
This month's episode of AASHTO's ETAP Podcast will focus on the upcoming 2022 Transportation Research Board’s Annual Meeting as well as provide a preview for…
Transportation RadioA Conversation with Louisiana DOTD Secretary and AASHTO President Dr. Shawn Wilson
“One of the significant advantages of serving as AASHTO president is that it gives me a platform to address issues that matter,” says Dr. Shawn Wilson. Dr…
Transportation RadioAutonomous Vehicles – Development, Deployment, and What’s Next with Kelley Coyner, Innovation4Mobility
Kelley Coyner, CEO and founder of Innovation4Mobility, discusses the current state of autonomous vehicle (AV) development and deployment, and how this…
Transportation RadioInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with Joung Lee
Joining us today to discuss the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (or IIJA) is Joung Lee, AASHTO’s Director of Policy and Government Relations. This…
Transportation RadioNoise Working Group with Noel Alcala
From loss of sleep to loss of hearing, noise can pose a real threat. Recent studies have even identified a possible link between noise exposure and dementia…
Transportation RadioWhat’s New in the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition
ITE’s Lisa Fontana Tierney and Kevin Hooper discuss the newly released 11th edition of ITE’s Trip Generation Manual on this episode of the ITE Talks…
Transportation RadioEvolution of Urban Form and Function
ITE Talks Transportation host, Bernie Wagenblast, shares hosting duties for this podcast with Justin Ward, Head of Policy and Practice, CIHT (Chartered…
Transportation RadioRolling Resistance and Vehicle Efficiency
Mark Hoffman, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Auburn University, and his graduate research assistant Karl Bohnenberger have been studying…
Transportation RadioDeployment of MaaS/MOD Strategies
This month, Bernie Wagenblast talks with Carol Schweiger, president at Schweiger Consulting LLC and co-chair of the TRB Committee on Innovative Public…
Transportation RadioMonarch Butterfly Conservation with Arizona DOT's Kris Gade
Once ubiquitous in North America, the monarch’s striking orange and black wings are likely the first image that comes to mind when picturing a butterfly. The…
Transportation RadioMoving a Public Agency into the Future of Active Transportation
On this episode of the ITE Talks Transportation podcast, the director of the California Department of Transportation, Toks Omishakin, discusses how the agency…
Transportation RadioRoadside Vegetation & The Ray
In this month’s episode of AASHTO’s ETAP Podcast, host Bernie Wagenblast sits down with Matthew Quirey, a Landscape Design & Research Fellow at The Ray. For…
Transportation RadioA Safer, More Equitable Post-COVID Future for Transportation – Eulois Cleckley, Denver DOT Executive Director and NACTO President
Eulois Cleckley, the outgoing Executive Director of the Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure, discusses how he helped launch a new…
Transportation RadioConnecticut DOT Climate Initiative Program and Partnership with Department of Environmental Protection
This month's AASHTO ETAP Podcast will focus on how state agency partnerships are helping Connecticut both achieve its state climate goals and implement the…
Transportation RadioManual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices: Looking Back, Looking Forward with Jeff Lindley, PE, ITE Chief Technical Officer
The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has been around for nearly 100 years, and is the federal…
Transportation RadioTransportation Equity and Minnesota's Rethinking I-94 Project
This episode of the AASHTO ETAP podcast will focus on transportation equity and environmental justice. Transportation systems are critical to people’s ability…
Transportation Radio2020 Motor Vehicle Fatalities Estimates and COVID-19 Safety with Lorraine Martin, National Safety Council President and CEO
Lorraine Martin, President and CEO of the National Safety Council, discusses the NSC 2020 Motor Vehicle Fatalities preliminary data, which estimate that as…
Transportation RadioAASHTO ETAP Podcast: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure and Implementation with Shoshana Lew
State departments of transportation will play a critical role in rolling out electric vehicle infrastructure. Shoshana Lew, the Executive Director of Colorado…
Transportation RadioRyan Russo, OakDOT Director – Lessons Learned from the Slow Streets Program
Ryan Russo, Director of Transportation at the Oakland, California Department of Transportation, is the guest on the ITE Talks Transportation podcast and…
Transportation RadioWomen In Transportation With Paula Hammond
In this episode of the AASHTO ETAP Podcast, Paula Hammond – market leader-multimodal at consulting firm WSP USA and a former secretary of the Washington State…
Transportation RadioINRIX President and CEO Bryan Mistele Talks Transforming Transportation with Big Data
On the February edition of the ITE Talks Transportation podcast, Bryan Mistele, President and CEO of INRIX, talks about the impact of big data and data…
Transportation RadioDC DOT Advancing Transportation Equity
Jeff Bennett — head of the Transit Delivery Division of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation and president of the DC Chapter of the Conference…
Transportation RadioAASHTO's Jim Tymon on Transportation and COVID-19, Working with a New Administration, and More
Jim Tymon, Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on the…
Transportation RadioEnvironmental Topics at the Virtual TRB Annual Meeting
The January AASHTO ETAP Podcast focuses on the Transportation Research Board’s 2021 Annual Meeting, taking place throughout the month of January. Like most…
Transportation RadioComplete Streets in a Pandemic and Beyond with Jennifer Toole, Toole Design
Jennifer Toole, founder and president of Toole Design, discusses the implications of COVID-19 for complete streets in communities and whether they will last…
Transportation RadioAASHTO's ETAP Podcast: Georgia DOT's Innovative Planning and Environmental Linkage (PEL) Study
In this episode, host Bernie Wagenblast interviews Jannine Miller and Charles Robinson of the Georgia Department of Transportation about the I-85 Corridor…
Transportation RadioProfessional Development in a Virtual World with Shelley Row - Founder, Blue Fjord Leaders
Shelley Row, P.E., CSP, CEO and founder, Blue Fjord Leaders, discusses effective professional development within this new virtual landscape brought on by…
Transportation RadioCaltrans' Director Toks Omishakin Talks Active Transportation
California DOT Director Toks Omishakin about the important role active transportation — primarily walking and cycling — plays in a healthy transportation…