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