Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation Innovations

87 Episodes

1. Alone in the Crowd: Long-haul truckers fight isolation through satellite connections.

   Published: 9/26/2023
2. When Mobility Needs Are Like Snowflakes: TTI’s outposts focus on singular urban challenges.

   Published: 9/12/2023
3. Minor Stress Factors Can Cause Major Problems, Even in the Best Driving Conditions

   Published: 8/29/2023
4. Lofty Ambitions Are Fueling the Move Toward Sustainable Transportation

   Published: 8/15/2023
5. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Pedestrian deaths are at a 40-year high.

   Published: 8/1/2023
6. What If? ... How modelers envision the worst to enable the best response.

   Published: 7/18/2023
7. Is America’s Infrastructure Turning a Corner?

   Published: 7/6/2023
8. The Texas Transportation Hall of Honor: Recognizing vision, passion, and purpose.

   Published: 6/20/2023
9. Fewer Motorcycle Safety Coaches, More Unlicensed Riders, More Crashes: Is there a link?

   Published: 6/6/2023
10. Charging Ahead: How the Electrified Mobility Collaborative envisions a radical shift.

    Published: 5/25/2023
11. For Bernie Wagenblast, both career and life have been all about transition.

    Published: 5/9/2023
12. Hidden Treasures: Remote community airports play an essential role in Texas life.

    Published: 4/27/2023
13. Revisited--Highway to the Danger Zone: Hazards abound where road work advances.

    Published: 4/11/2023
14. Off the Rails, On the QT: Train derailments happen daily, though few grab our attention.

    Published: 3/30/2023
15. Turning the Tables: When a transportation journalist is the one answering, not asking, the questions.

    Published: 3/14/2023
16. Engineering a Career Path: Sometimes, a 7th grade dream can actually come true.

    Published: 2/28/2023
17. One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Maintaining our roadway infrastructure demands a varied scientific approach.

    Published: 2/14/2023
18. Bent, But Not Broken: How global supply chains demonstrate post-pandemic resilience.

    Published: 1/31/2023
19. At the Intersection of Engineering and Psychology: How a diverse team manages special event traffic.

    Published: 1/17/2023
20. Uncommonly Deadly: Wrong-way crashes are small in number, immense in devastation.

    Published: 1/3/2023