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TRB’s Transportation Explorers: Alicia Trost and COVID Communications
(Mon, 1 Mar 2021 12:30:20 -0400) https://www.nap.edu/trb/podcasts/trost-final.mp3 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.
TRB’s Transportation Explorers: Chris Hendrickson and Transportation "Net Zero"
(Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:30:20 -0400) https://www.nap.edu/trb/podcasts/hendrickson-final.mp3 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?
TRB’s Transportation Explorers: Carlos Braceras and Utah’s Vibrant Transportation Culture
(Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:30:20 -0400) https://www.nap.edu/trb/podcasts/Carlos%20Braceras%20Final.mp3 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.
TRB’s Transportation Explorers: Susan Shaheen and Planning Future Mobility (Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:30:20 -0400) https://www.nap.edu/trb/podcasts/Susan%20Shaheen%20Final.mp3 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.
TRB’s Transportation Explorers: Katie Turnbull and Texas (Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:30:20 -0400) https://www.nap.edu/trb/podcasts/Katie_Turnbull_final.m4a 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.
TRB’s Transportation Explorers: Anthony Foxx and Equity (Tue, 5 Jan 2021 12:30:20 -0400) https://www.nap.edu/trb/podcasts/FoxxFinal.m4a 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. |
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.