Latest Intelligent transport Podcast Episodes
Lessons of Superstorm Sandy Prominent as NJ Transit Works to Strengthen System
Transportation Radio - February 23, 2016 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOne of the biggest impacts of Superstorm Sandy on NJ Transit's rail network was on its power systems. Eric Daleo is the Senior Director of NJ Transit's Resilience Program and he recently spoke at an ITS New Jersey technology forum that examined what transportation agencies are doing to quickly bo...
New Jersey DOT Looks to Strengthen Resiliency
Transportation Radio - February 23, 2016 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsTransportation systems are quite vulnerable to the forces of nature. This is especially true of the technology that is used to better manage the transport networks. C. William Kingsland is the Assistant Commissioner for Transportation Systems Management in the New Jersey Department of Transportat...
Cranford Fire Department Offers Winter Fire Safety Tips
Transportation Radio - January 28, 2016 05:00 - 50 seconds ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWinter means a lot of great things; sledding, skiing and, of course, hot chocolate. Unfortunately, it's also the season when the most home fires occur. The Cranford Fire Department has some tips on staying safe during this season of cold weather.
North/West Passage Helps Guide Drivers Along I-90 and I-94
Transportation Radio - December 10, 2015 05:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWinter weather and long, lonely stretches of highway can make traveling along Interstates 90 and 94 treacherous. Having a wide variety of both real-time and reference information can make for a safer trip and provide confidence before heading out. The Western Transportation Institute recently lau...
Dutch Professor Writing Book on RFK Funeral Train
Transportation Radio - December 07, 2015 05:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsRein Jelle Terpstra is a professor of art and photography at the Minerva Academy of Fine Arts in Groningen, Netherlands. He's in the midst of writing a book about the funeral train that carried the body of assassinated US Senator Robert F. Kennedy from New York to Washington, DC. Transportation R...
Arthur Imperatore - Founder of NY Waterway
Transportation Radio - November 20, 2015 05:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsSince colonial times ferries were a primary means of travel between New Jersey and New York. For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, many of those ferries were run by railroads. Those ferry services disappeared in the 1960s but in 1986 a new company, NY Waterway, brought ferries back to the Huds...
HNTB Survey Looks Into Why Americans Use Transit
Transportation Radio - November 13, 2015 05:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsIt's not always available as a choice, but when it is millions of Americans choose to use public transportation rather than drive. HNTB just released a survey the examined why they are making that choice. Michael Townes, HNTB's transit sector market leader and a senior vice president, spoke with ...
Interview with NJ Transit Executive Director Ronnie Hakim
Transportation Radio - November 02, 2015 05:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsNJ Transit Executive Director Ronnie Hakim spoke to the ITS New Jersey annual meeting on Friday and talked about how the agency is using technology to improve the experience for customers. Transportation Radio's Bernie Wagenblast caught up with her after her speech to learn more.
Ken Philmus Inducted into ITS New Jersey Hall of Fame
Transportation Radio - November 02, 2015 05:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe highest honor ITS New Jersey can bestow is induction into its Hall of Fame. At this year's annual meeting, the organization added Xerox's Ken Philmus to the HOF. Philmus spoke with Transportation Radio's Bernie Wagenblast.
The Rahway Valley Railroad Still Loved Decades After Its Last Run
Transportation Radio - November 02, 2015 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAt the end of the 19th century, a railroad was built in then rural Union County, New Jersey. For nearly a hundred years the Rahway Valley Railroad served a handful of towns on its 11 miles of track. Richard King has written two books about the short line and he talked with Transportation Radio's ...
Interview with Sam Schwartz
Transportation Radio - November 01, 2015 04:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsSam Schwartz, a former New York City Traffic Commissioner and Chief Engineer of the NYC Department of Transportation, recently authored Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars. The book looks at how America's cities are changing as people, especially ones, are driving less. Sam talk...
Rasmus Lindholm of ERTICO - ITS Europe
Transportation Radio - September 28, 2015 04:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsTransportation professionals from around the world will have an opportunity to network and see the latest in intelligent transportation systems at the ITS World Congress in Bordeaux, France October 5-9. Transportation Radio spoke with Rasmus Lindholm, ERTICO's Director of Partnership Development ...
ITS California Prepares for Annual Meeting - September 21-23
Transportation Radio - September 11, 2015 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOne of the largest ITS America state chapters, ITS California, will be holding its annual meeting in Los Angeles September 21 through 23. In the first of a series of podcasts sponsored by Econolite, Transportation Radio spoke with Josh Peterman, the Chairman of ITS California, to learn more abo...
Melbourne to Host 2016 ITS World Congress
Transportation Radio - August 04, 2015 04:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsAlthough it's more than a year away, preparations are already underway for the 2016 ITS World Congress in Melbourne, Australia. I had the opportunity to talk with Rob Fitzpatrick, Director of Intelligent Transport Systems Australia, to get a preview of what will be happening.
ITS New Jersey Wins State Chapter Award from ITS America
Transportation Radio - June 02, 2015 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsITS New Jersey, was one of the winners of the State Chapters Awards from ITS America at their annual meeting in Pittsburgh. Rizwan Baig, of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and Second Vice President of ITS New Jersey, received the award on behalf of the chapter. He later spoke with Be...
Interview with USDOT Asst. Secretary Gregory Winfree
Transportation Radio - June 02, 2015 04:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsGregory Winfree serves as the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology in the US Department of Transportation. This week he's in Pittsburgh at the ITS America annual meeting and he sat down to talk with Transportation Radio.
Meet ITS America's New President & CEO, Regina Hopper
Transportation Radio - June 02, 2015 04:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsJust 11 days before ITS America held its annual meeting in Pittsburgh, its new president and CEO, Regina Hopper joined the organization. Many ITSA members had their first chance to meet her at the meeting. Transportation Radio spoke with her to learn a little more about her background and what se...
PATCO Introduces Next-Generation Train Cars
Transportation Radio - May 28, 2015 04:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe public had their first opportunity to ride refurbished PATCO cars on Thursday.
Workshop Looks at How Social Media & Apps Are Changing Transportation
Transportation Radio - May 18, 2015 04:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWhat started as a means for friends to stay-in-touch has grown to be much more. Today, many transportation agencies and private-sector companies, are using social media and apps to change the face of transportation. ITS New Jersey hosted a forum Monday that examined what's being done and what lie...
ITS New Jersey, ITS New York & ITS Pennsylvania Meet
Transportation Radio - April 19, 2015 04:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe leadership of the ITS state chapters in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey held their first coordination meeting last week at the World Trade Center in New York City. The gathering, hosted by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, provided an opportunity to look at what the three sta...
New Jersey TransAction Conference to Be Held in Atlantic City
Transportation Radio - April 01, 2015 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOne of the biggest state transportation conferences in the nation will be held in Atlantic City in April. Frank Reilly is the long-time chairman of the New Jersey TransAction Conference and he spoke with Transportation Radio about the event.
SYSTUF: Breaking New Ground in Rail Communications
Transportation Radio - March 23, 2015 04:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsA project underway in France hopes to demonstrate how LTE technology can be used for both critical and non-critical communications. Alcatel-Lucent is serving as manager of the project which will initially be deployed on Paris Metro Line 14. I spoke with Alcatel-Lucent's Niren Choudhury at Bell La...
VTA Creates Innovation Center
Transportation Radio - March 09, 2015 04:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe history of transportation is a history of innovation. In recent decades it seems the pace of innovation has increased exponentially. California's Valley Transportation Authority recently opened the VTA Innovation Center to serve as a place where a variety of groups can come together to collab...
I-70 Mountain Travel Radio Sample
Transportation Radio - February 15, 2015 05:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis is a 10-minute sample of Colorado DOT's I-70 Mountain Travel Radio from Sunday morning, February 15, 2015.
Colorado DOT Uses Unique "Radio" Station to Help Drivers Navigate Mountain Corridor
Transportation Radio - February 13, 2015 05:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsMost winter weekends the I-70 corridor between Denver and the mountain resorts to the west is crowded with drivers heading for the ski slopes. In January, Colorado DOT launched a unique online broadcast service to inform and guide motorists. Amy Ford, the Director of Communications for the Colora...
Assemblyman John Wisniewski Addresses Transportation Trust Fund
Transportation Radio - January 26, 2015 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsOne of the biggest issues facing New Jersey is the financial status of the state's Transportation Trust Fund. Assemblyman John Wisniewski, the chairman of the Transportation Committee, has called for a 25 cent increase in the state's gas tax so that the trust fund can do more than pay down debt. ...
Steve Dilts New President of ITS New Jersey
Transportation Radio - January 20, 2015 05:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThe January meeting of the ITS New Jersey Board of Directors saw Steve Dilts elected president of the organization. Dilts is a Vice President for HNTB and he talked with Transportation Radio's Bernie Wagenblast about his goals for the organization as well as his background.
New National Operations Center of Excellence Opens
Transportation Radio - January 15, 2015 05:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsTransportation Systems Management and Operations is key to keeping people and freight moving smoothly. The field is constantly evolving and the new National Operations Center of Excellence is designed to help all transportation professionals stay up-to-date on TSM&O best practices. The center is ...
TomTom's Nick Cohn
Transportation Radio - January 15, 2015 05:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsThis week it was announced the I-95 Corridor Coalition had selected TomTom as a preferred provider of real-time traffic information. Nick Cohn, Senior Business Developer at TomTom sat down with Transportation Radio's Bernie Wagenblast to talk about what else is happening with the company.
Dennis Motiani Discusses New National Operations Center of Excellence
Transportation Radio - January 15, 2015 05:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsFormer ITS New Jersey President Dennis Motiani is the executive director of the new National Operations Center of Excellence. Following the center's ribbon-cutting, Transportation Radio's Bernie Wagenblast spoke with Motiani.
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