TRB's Transportation Explorers Podcast

Dec 10 2021 10 ep. 24 mins 11

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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 2021 22 mins

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.

Herby Lissade and Emergency Management for Transportation Agencies

Oct 22 2021 21 mins

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.

Carol Schweiger and Connecting All U.S. Transportation Systems

Sep 17 2021 23 mins

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

Kara Kockelman and How Gas Prices Are Like Orange Prices

Jul 01 2021 22 mins

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.

Robert Sumwalt and Prioritizing Transportation Safety Measures

May 20 2021 22 mins

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

Jane Lappin and Technology to Make Cars Safer

May 07 2021 25 mins

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

Amy Benedick and the Distracted Driving Crisis

Mar 31 2021 23 mins

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.

Norm Augustine and Big Ideas for Interstates

Mar 19 2021 24 mins

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.

Carlos Braceras and Utah’s Vibrant Transportation Culture

Jan 26 2021 29 mins

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.

Katie Turnbull and Texas

Jan 11 2021 26 mins

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.