Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation Innovations
Technology Podcasts
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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United States
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Technology Podcasts
Description:
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/
Twitter:
@TTITAMU
Language:
English
Contact:
979-317-2383
Episodes
The Never Ending Story? Why road projects take so long to complete.
7/16/2024
Building a new highway involves a complex and painstaking process, one that begins years before the folks in hard hats and orange vests arrive on the scene.
Duration:00:29:12
Anchors Aweigh: How maritime interests occupy a vital link in the freight industry.
6/25/2024
We rely upon waterborne shipping for most of the products we buy and use every day. We hardly give that reliance any thought at all – until something goes wrong.
Duration:00:26:17
Is Traffic Back to Pre-COVID Levels? That depends on where you live.
6/11/2024
It’s not enough to know that traffic is bad and getting worse. We also need to know where, when, and why. TTI Senior Research Scientist and urban mobility expert David Schrank joins us to discuss the "how" of answering those questions.
Duration:00:33:04
Revisited--Exit This Way: Research informing upgrades in hurricane evacuation planning.
5/28/2024
As the 2024 hurricane season approaches again, climate experts across the United States are predicting an especially active season, driven largely by higher-than-average sea surface temperatures. This makes ever more important the research and planning that begins long before extreme weather strikes, and continues long after the storm has passed.
Duration:00:20:05
A Two-Edged Sword: In-vehicle technologies can either help us or hurt us.
5/14/2024
As car makers focus on protecting drivers and passengers, do their computer-based innovations really make us safer, or might they in some cases compromise our safety?
Duration:00:37:01
Bhatt and Winfree: Two industry leaders and their shared optimism for the future.
4/30/2024
FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt and TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree reflect upon a wide range of mobility challenges and opportunities, with references to Star Wars, Dick Tracy and hair styles.
Duration:00:45:54
Will AI Help Us Realize Our Highest Hopes or Our Deepest Fears?
4/16/2024
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.
Duration:00:32:10
More Transit Agencies Are Jumping on the Battery-Powered Bandwagon.
4/2/2024
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.
Duration:00:28:47
Neil Pedersen Has a Question: Are we willing to stick our necks out?
3/19/2024
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.
Duration:00:46:23
Roadside Mysteries: When utilities pose unique challenges for roadway construction.
3/5/2024
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.
Duration:00:27:20
Is Public Transit Back to Pre-pandemic Normal? That depends on where you look.
2/22/2024
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.
Duration:00:32:22
Crash Data and an Aging Population Raise an Issue: How old is too old to drive?
2/6/2024
Drivers over age 80 are more prone to serious and deadly crashes. As this population segment grows, researchers are working toward fresh countermeasures.
Duration:00:26:04
Behind the Wheel, What We Think and What We Do Can Define Who We Are.
1/23/2024
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.
Duration:00:25:40
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How it’s easy to overlook our reliance on GPS.
1/2/2024
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.
Duration:00:32:58
How to Ensure That US Infrastructure Remains Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts.
12/12/2023
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.
Duration:00:17:54
Can Imperiled Creatures Survive and Thrive amid Widespread Roadway Construction?
11/28/2023
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.
Duration:00:39:36
Can Solar Panels in Highway ROW Be the Next Big Step in Renewable Energy?
11/7/2023
In using roadsides for the collection of solar power, can we succeed in achieving both environmental and economic goals? It all depends on how you define “success.”
Duration:00:25:22
We Rank the 2,138 Most Congested Roads in Texas. Is your daily drive on the list?
10/24/2023
Traffic congestion is relative, because what constitutes gridlock depends a lot on where you live. Clearly, though, it’s no longer just a big city problem.
Duration:00:29:23
Revisited--Big and Bright: The view from TxDOT CEO Marc Williams’ Chair.
10/10/2023
As we gather for the 97th Annual Transportation Short Course, we're revisiting our interview with Texas Department of Transportation CEO Marc Williams from approximately one year ago. Despite some Texas-sized mobility challenges and worldwide supply-chain obstacles, the guy in charge of the Texas Department of Transportation wants you to know he’s never been more optimistic about our transportation future.
Duration:00:38:28
Alone in the Crowd: Long-haul truckers fight isolation through satellite connections.
9/26/2023
Thousands of long-haul truck drivers in America share a common and constant challenge of remoteness. They find insight and community through the vast reach of satellite radio.
Duration:00:25:18