ITE Talks Transportation

Jan 28 2025 96 ep. 24 mins 349
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ITE Talks Transportation is a collaboration between ITE and Bernie Wagenblast, founder and editor of the Transportation Communication Newsletter and host of Transportation Radio. Each month, a new podcast features a thought leader within the transportation industry. In keeping with #transportationtuesday, a new episode will be available the 4th Tuesday of every month.

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Karen Aspelin, P.E., PTOE, ITE International President — Perspectives on Leadership

Jan 28 2025 19 mins  
Karen Aspelin, P.E., PTOE (F), joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to discuss her involvement with ITE and how it's culminated in her current position as International President. She addresses her views on leadership, what it means to be a leader, and offers her perspective on achieving a work-life balance for volunteer leaders. Karen also shares more about her own career pa

Dale Picha, P.E., PTOE, Texas Department of Transportation – Crash Responder Safety Week

Dec 03 2024 21 mins  
Dale Picha, P.E., PTOE, Director of Transportation Operations for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) San Antonio District, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to talk about Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW). Dale highlights the importance of this critical information campaign that promotes safety for first responders responding to crash sites and ITE's role in C

Transportation Resilience with Aimee Flannery, Global Principal – Transportation Risk & Resiliency, Jacobs

Oct 22 2024 17 mins  
Aimee Flannery, Ph.D., P.E., Global Principal – Transportation Risk & Resiliency at Jacobs, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to talk about making the transportation system more resilient and steps the industry can take to set standardized methods to measure resilience. She discusses several strategies to improve transportation resilience, including hardening assets,

Brian Cronin, Director, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office – National V2X Deployment Plan

Sep 26 2024 21 mins  
Brian Cronin, Director of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office of the U.S. Department of Transportation, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to discuss the recently released National V2X Deployment Plan. The plan, drafted and advanced with collaboration across public and private partnerships, provides stakeholders with vital information to enable

Cipriana Patterson, P.E., PTOE, Toole Design – Equity in the Transportation Profession and Beyond

Aug 27 2024 21 mins  
Cipriana Patterson, P.E., PTOE, Director of Operations, Mid-Atlantic Region for Toole Design, joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to delve into issues of equity, representation, and collaboration. She shares both her background and her experience as a Black woman in transportation, and discusses what more can be done to make both the profession and the built environment a be

From Student to Younger Member: Sam Harris, ITE Young Member of the Year, Georgia Department of Transportation

Jun 25 2024 16 mins  
ITE's 2024 Young Member of the Year Sam Harris, P.E., joins the ITE Talks Transportation podcast to share his journey from beginning at ITE through a Student Chapter to his current leadership roles on the Safety Council and the ITE Georgia Section. He also shares his passion for safety and how he has progressed in his career, as well as what he looks forward to accomplishing in the

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Transportation with Venkat Nallamothu, toXcel

May 28 2024 17 mins  
​Venkat Nallamothu, P.E., Director, Transportation Operations and Safety at toXcel, joins the ITE Talks Transportation Podcast to talk about the influence technological innovations are having on the transportation industry, specifically artificial intelligence (AI). He discusses the potential implications of AI on transportation infrastructure such as connected and automated vehi

What's New in the 11th Edition of the MUTCD with Kathy Falk, Vice President, Kimley-Horn

Apr 23 2024 31 mins  
Kathy Falk, Vice President with Kimley-Horn, joins the ITE Talks Transportation Podcast to discuss the newly released edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). She discusses the significant changes within the 11th edition, and highlights how the manual addresses safety concerns surrounding pedestrians and bicyclists, including bicycle lanes. She covers other

Rachel Carpenter, Chief Safety Officer, Caltrans – An Innovative Approach to Safety

Mar 26 2024 15 mins  
Rachel Carpenter, Chief Safety Officer at the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), joins the ITE Talks Transportation Podcast to discuss why the department adopted the Safe System Approach in an effort to reverse traffic fatality rates and address speed, among other safety improvements. She also explains their work with the Safe Systems Pyramid which takes a public h

The Power of Community Engagement in Transportation – Odessa L. Phillip, PE, President and CEO, Assedo Consulting

Feb 27 2024 29 mins  
Odessa L. Phillip, P.E., President and CEO of Assedo Consulting, LLC, joins the ITE Talks Transportation Podcast to discuss community engagement as part of the decision-making process for transportation planning and project design, addressing the challenges of this process as well as the most effective strategies she's found. She also speaks to the importance of equity consideratio