Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation Innovations

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Our ability to get from Point A to Point B is something lots of us take for granted. But transporting people and products across town or across the country every day is neither simple nor easy. Join us as we explore the challenges on Thinking Transportation, a podcast about how we get ourselves — and the things we need — from one place to another. Every other week, an expert from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute or other special guest will help us dig deep on a wide range of topics. Find out more: https://tti.tamu.edu/thinking-transportation/

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Will AI Help Us Realize Our Highest Hopes or Our Deepest Fears?

Apr 16 2024 32 mins

Artificial intelligence seeks to replicate the analytical and creative capabilities of the human brain. Perhaps that lofty ambition helps to explain why so many humans are leery of the idea.

More Transit Agencies Are Jumping on the Battery-Powered Bandwagon.

Apr 02 2024 28 mins

Cities working to become leaders in clean transportation are electrifying their bus fleets, and learning that the road to success can be a bumpy one.

Neil Pedersen Has a Question: Are we willing to stick our necks out?

Mar 19 2024 46 mins

The former leader of TRB may have stepped away from full-time employment, but he hasn’t stepped away entirely from the industry he has helped to guide for half a century.

Roadside Mysteries: When utilities pose unique challenges for roadway construction.

Mar 05 2024 27 mins

Every road construction project involves the hidden element of utilities in the right of way. That work isn’t necessarily as visible, but it’s every bit as consequential.

Is Public Transit Back to Pre-pandemic Normal? That depends on where you look.

Feb 22 2024 32 mins

The transit industry is better equipped to work through a public health crisis than it was before COVID-19. And even as it faces persistent challenges, public transportation continues to play a central role in everyday mobility.

Crash Data and an Aging Population Raise an Issue: How old is too old to drive?

Feb 06 2024 26 mins

Drivers over age 80 are more prone to serious and deadly crashes. As this population segment grows, researchers are working toward fresh countermeasures.

Behind the Wheel, What We Think and What We Do Can Define Who We Are.

Jan 23 2024 25 mins

Attitudes and behaviors related to driving reveal our traffic safety culture. Like other forms of culture, it has a way of changing over time— and not always for the better.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How it’s easy to overlook our reliance on GPS.

Jan 02 2024 32 mins

With near-magical precision, GPS applications reliably guide multiple functions for us every moment of every day. But as they hold great promise, those applications also face vulnerabilities.

How to Ensure That US Infrastructure Remains Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts.

Dec 12 2023 17 mins

America’s infrastructure was built to last, but it wasn’t built to last forever. The Center for Infrastructure Renewal is focusing on how to ensure the resilience of the collective physical systems that America runs upon.

Can Imperiled Creatures Survive and Thrive amid Widespread Roadway Construction?

Nov 28 2023 39 mins

The well-being of creatures protected under the Endangered Species Act is a high priority for transportation agencies. That’s good for the critters, and for agency operations as well.