Latest Intelligent transport Podcast Episodes
Surrogate Measures of Safety and Vision Zero
Transportation Radio - July 26, 2018 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAndrew P. Tarko, Professor of Civil Engineering, Director of the Center for Road Safety, Purdue University and Franz Loewenherz, a principal transportation planner for the City of Bellevue, Washington, discuss surrogate measures of safety and how they help Vision Zero strategies in the July editi...
GEWI Uses Technology to Improve Work Zone Safety
Transportation Radio - May 25, 2018 04:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAccording to the Federal Highway Administration, there were over 96,000 crashes in work zones in the US in 2015. Despite work zone safety being a high priority, drivers and workers are still killed and injured at an astonishingly high rate. Technology can play a role in improving work zone safety...
Road to Zero Report Advances Vision Zero Strategies
Transportation Radio - May 22, 2018 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe Road to Zero Coalition, managed by the National Safety Council, released a comprehensive report in April laying out strategies to end roadway deaths in the US by 2050. It is the first time so many organizations have collaborated to put forth a plan to address motor vehicle fatalities. Road to...
Active Transportation and Health in Minneapolis and Beyond
Transportation Radio - April 24, 2018 04:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMatthew Dyrdahl, bicycle and pedestrian coordinator in the Minneapolis Department of Public Works, Amber Dallman, Minnesota Department of Transportation bicycle and pedestrian coordinator, and Sarah Stewart, senior public health specialist with the Minneapolis Health Department talk about the int...
Transit Equity Research at CTEDD
Transportation Radio - April 12, 2018 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe Center for Transportation, Equity, Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD) is a USDOT (Tier-1) University Transportation Center. As indicated by its name, CTEDD does research into transportation equity issues. Two researchers associated with the center are Dr. Diane Jones Allen of the University of Tex...
Ronnie Hakim: NY MTA Managing Director, ITS NJ Hall of Fame Member, Looks at Technology from Both Sides of Hudson
Transportation Radio - October 06, 2017 04:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAt ITS New Jersey's annual meeting in September, Veronique (Ronnie) Hakim, Managing Director of the MTA, was inducted into the organization's hall of fame. Hakim, who served the Garden State for six years as executive director of NJ Transit and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, has had a unique ...
How Do You Bring 21st Century Communications Technology to a 100+ Year Old Transit System?
Transportation Radio - August 31, 2017 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWhen the New York City subway opened in 1904 even H.G. Wells probably didn't envision the types of communications we take for granted today. Transit Wireless took on the challenge of making it possible to using cellphones in underground subway stations. Not only is cell service now available, but...
Former Florida Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad on Infrastructure
Transportation Radio - June 16, 2017 04:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsFor nearly four years Ananth Prasad served as Florida's Secretary of Transportation. More recently, he's been a senior vice president and National Transportation Practice Leader at HNTB. At the end of 2016 he wrote an op-ed piece on investing in the nation's infrastructure. Five months into the T...
Profile: Virginia Transportation
Transportation Radio - June 14, 2017 04:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsVirginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne has all aspects of transportation under his purview. From highways, to ports, to transit, if it moves people or cargo, chances are he plays a role. In Transportation Radio's ongoing series featuring state transport agencies around the US, we talk ...
Profile: Michigan DOT
Transportation Radio - May 15, 2017 04:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsKirk Steudle, the director of Michigan DOT, is distinguished in many ways but two factors that stand out are his years of service as the leader of the state's transportation agency and the national leadership roles he's had with AASHTO, TRB and ITS America. That experience give him unique insight...
PRT, the Often Overlooked Automated Vehicle System
Transportation Radio - April 17, 2017 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOver the past few years you can barely open a newspaper or watch a newscast and not hear automated and autonomous vehicles mentioned. One form of automated vehicles have been carrying passengers since 1975. West Virginia University's personal rapid transit system connects three campuses and downt...
Profile: Rhode Island DOT
Transportation Radio - March 30, 2017 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe Rhode Island Department of Transportation may have the smallest territory to cover of any state DOT, but there's quite a few transportation facilities packed into that area. The Main Street of the east coast, I-95, carries millions of travelers, both locally and interstate. Amtrak's busiest l...
Ferry Safety and Technology Conference Returns to New York City in May
Transportation Radio - March 29, 2017 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsFor the third year in a row, the Ferry Safety and Technology Conference will take place in Manhattan. This year’s event is May 11 and 12. The conference is presented by the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association and brings maritime experts together to discuss ways to improve ferry service safety and ...
Profile: Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Transportation Radio - February 14, 2017 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWhen it comes to extremes, no department of transportation in the United States comes close to what the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has to deal with. From the coldest weather in the US to the highest mountain in North America, Alaska presents a unique set of challeng...
Parking Industry to Gather at PIE in March
Transportation Radio - February 13, 2017 05:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis year's Parking Industry Exhibition, aka PIE, returns to the Chicago area. A change in this year's event is that there will be tracks focused on different segments of the parking industry, such as airports, municipalities and hospitals. The man responsible for pulling all this together is Joh...
Claude Carette, Chair of 2017 ITS World Congress, Provides a Preview
Transportation Radio - February 10, 2017 05:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe ITS World Congress returns to North America this year via Montréal. Claude Carette is the Director of Infrastructure, Roads and Transport Services for the City of Montreal and serves as the chair of this year's event. He talked with Transportation Radio about the conference and some of what v...
Profile: Idaho Transportation Department
Transportation Radio - January 11, 2017 05:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsBrian Ness has served as the director of the Idaho Transportation Department since 2010. That's given him a lot of time to not only know the department but to make his mark on the agency. In the second of Transportation Radio's series profiling state DOTs, Director Ness talks about innovation, "N...
ITS Canada Prepares for 2017 ITS World Congress
Transportation Radio - December 01, 2016 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIn less than a year the ITS community will be focused on Montreal when the ITS World Congress is held in the city. ITS Canada is the host, but long before the event the organization has brought together industry and public agencies to advance intelligent transportation in the country and to repr...
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Uses Technology to Help Manage Two of the Busiest Highways in America
Transportation Radio - November 21, 2016 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe New Jersey Turnpike Authority runs both the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike. The two toll roads have a variety of tools that are used to keep traffic running smoothly and to help respond when things go wrong. Barry Pelletteri is the CIO for the Turnpike Authority and he talke...
Profile: Mississippi DOT
Transportation Radio - November 18, 2016 05:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMelinda McGrath is the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. In the first of a series of interviews with the leaders of state DOTs, Transportation Radio's Bernie Wagenblast talks with her about MDOT and her career with the agency.
Cummins and Indiana Rail Road Demonstrate New Tier 4 Locomotive Engine
Transportation Radio - November 09, 2016 05:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsCummins has been testing their new QSK95 locomotive engine with the Indiana Rail Road since last March. On Wednesday, the two companies provided media representatives an opportunity to see the diesel engine at the Indiana Rail Road's Indianapolis terminal. Transportation Radio was there and spoke...
Ex-Lehigh Valley Railroad Employee Revisits Train Line on Amtrak Autumn Express
Transportation Radio - October 31, 2016 04:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWhile there were approximately 1,300 people on the Amtrak Autumn Express this weekend, one woman had a special reason to take the train. Jeanne Remmel of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania once worked for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The Amtrak train traveled along parts of the old LVRR in New Jersey and P...
Amtrak Autumn Express Brings Passenger Train to New Lines for a Weekend
Transportation Radio - October 30, 2016 04:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsFor the fourth year in a row, Amtrak's Autumn Express brought passenger trains to lines that haven't seen such service in decades. The fourteen car trains were filled with people eager to see the countryside and excited to travel places they can't go. Chris Jagodzinski, Amtrak's vice president of...
FM Radio Station One Unique Way Maryland Transit Administration Keeps Its Riders Informed
Transportation Radio - October 26, 2016 04:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe Maryland Transit Administration may be the only transit agency in the country to have its own radio station. It's just one of the innovations the MTA uses to keep its riders informed. CEO Paul Comfort talks with Transportation Radio about the various methods it uses to keep the communication ...
Sound Transit: Communication Challenges in a High-Tech Capital
Transportation Radio - October 25, 2016 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe Seattle area is headquarters to a number of high-tech companies, including well-known firms such as Amazon, Microsoft and Inrix. Those companies also attract a number of young workers. It's against that backdrop that Sound Transit has to plan and measure its communication efforts. Tim Healy i...
Matthew Edelman Inducted Into ITS New Jersey Hall of Fame
Transportation Radio - October 24, 2016 04:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe recently retired executive director of TRANSCOM, Matthew Edelman, has been inducted into the ITS New Jersey Hall of Fame. Matt spent a few minutes with Transportation Radio's Bernie Wagenblast to talk about the honor and how TRANSCOM has evolved during its time as its leader.
High-Tech at the Port Authority of NY & NJ
Transportation Radio - October 21, 2016 04:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe Port Authority of New York & New Jersey operates some of the busiest transportation facilities in the world. Additionally, they also cover many modes, including bridges, tunnels, airports, bus terminals, ports and rail. Pat Foye is the agency's executive director and in an address to the annu...
SmartTransit USA Being Held in October
Transportation Radio - September 02, 2016 04:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsSmartTransit USA will be held in Elizabeth, New Jersey on October 25 and 26. Dan Loosemore, the Director and General Manager of Global Transport Forum talked with Transportation Radio about event.
A Preview of the 23rd ITS World Congress in Melbourne
Transportation Radio - June 01, 2016 04:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWhen the 23rd ITS World Congress opens its doors in Melbourne on October 10, it will feature many of the same elements attendees have come to expect; exhibits, plenary and executive sessions, along with technical tours. But this is the first ITS World Congress in Australia since 2001 and the nati...
Vermont's Transportation Research Center
Transportation Radio - March 31, 2016 04:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAcross the US, University Transportation Research Centers are charged with doing transportation research and helping to prepare people to work in the transportation field. One of these centers is located at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Transportation Radio talked with two members of t...
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