Thinking Transportation
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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.
Thinking Transportation
1w ago
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 ..read more
Thinking Transportation
1M ago
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 ..read more
Thinking Transportation
1M ago
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 ..read more
Thinking Transportation
2M ago
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 ..read more
Thinking Transportation
2M ago
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 ..read more
Thinking Transportation
3M ago
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 ..read more
Thinking Transportation
3M ago
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. ..read more
Thinking Transportation
4M ago
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 ..read more
Thinking Transportation
4M ago
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 ..read more
Thinking Transportation
5M ago
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. ..read more