TRB's Transportation Explorers Podcast

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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

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    • Dec 29, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    Jacky Grimshaw and Pinpointing Community Needs for Policymakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 20:10


    Jacky Grimshaw, Vice President of Government Affairs at the Center for Neighborhood Technology, discusses how to get engineers and policymakers to understand equity.

    Anne Strauss-Wieder and the Rapidly Evolving Modern Supply Chain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 22:25


    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.

    Alan Jette and Gary Weissel and Wheelchairs on Airplanes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 24:37


    Alan Jette and Gary Weissel discuss a National Academies/TRB report that finds securing personal motorized wheelchairs on commercial airplanes is challenging but feasible.

    Herby Lissade and Emergency Management for Transportation Agencies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 21:09


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 23:32


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

    Shawn Wilson and Dealing with a Wetter, Weirder, and Wilder World

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 46:15


    Shawn Wilson, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, discusses how his state is handling the effects of climate change and building more resilience.

    Gloria Jeff and How Transportation Equity is a Pizza

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 50:26


    Gloria Jeff, the Director of Rethinking I-94 at the Minnesota Department of Transportation, discusses how transportation planners can learn from the past and bake equity into their processes moving forward.

    Kara Kockelman and How Gas Prices Are Like Orange Prices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 22:13


    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.

    Stewart Mader and How Transit Gets People to Vaccinations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 23:48


    Stewart Mader of VaxTransit discusses transit innovations and ways to communicate its benefits.

    Robert Sumwalt and Prioritizing Transportation Safety Measures

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 22:34


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 25:11


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

    Amy Benedick and the Distracted Driving Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 23:15


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 24:20


    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.

    Alicia Trost and COVID Communications

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 25:33


    Alicia Trost, Chief Communications Officer at the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), discusses where San Francisco is in the vaccination effort and how excellent communications is crucial to getting riders back on transit.

    Chris Hendrickson and Transportation "Net Zero"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 26:03


    Chris Hendrickson, NAE member and professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses how transportation, still dependent on petroleum, is now the single-largest sector for greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. How do we get to "net zero" transportation emissions by 2050?

    Carlos Braceras and Utah's Vibrant Transportation Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 29:55


    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.

    Susan Shaheen and Planning Future Mobility

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 22:15


    Susan Shaheen, co-director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center and professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses her latest study, "Future of Public Transit and Shared Mobility Scenario Planning for COVID 19 Recovery". She also discusses research needed both within the transportation sector and across other industries.

    Katie Turnbull and Texas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 26:39


    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.

    Anthony Foxx and Equity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 25:12


    Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx grew up in a Charlotte neighborhood surrounded by freeways that he thought of as "literal walls." In this episode, he explores equity issues in transportation.

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