Talking Michigan Transportation
The Talking Michigan Transportation podcast features conversations with transportation experts inside and outside MDOT and will touch on anything and everything related to mobility, including rail, transit and the development of connected and automated vehicles.
Talking Michigan Transportation
Latest Episodes
How MDOT is protecting people, animals and plants on Earth Day 2026
On this week’s edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, Amanda Novak returns to talk about progress on a federal grant to implement a pilot program for analyzing wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) in the hope of designing safer c...
Historic flooding takes a toll on roads and bridges across Michigan
As rains continue and in some areas of Michigan, rivers and tributaries continue to rise, crews from across state government and local agencies
A look at crash fatality numbers and an update on work zone safety cameras
On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, a follow-up conversation on numbers recently released by the National Highway Transportation Safety Adminis...
Reprise: After a pandemic spike in crashes, 2025 stats show positive trends
Annual numbers are out from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the rate of fatal crashes on our nation’s roads continued to trend in the right ...
Why falling ice leads to closing the Mackinac Bridge
On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, questions and explanations about the increasing frequency of melting ice falling from the Mackinac Bridge cables, creating hazards for motorists and the need to close the bridge for many h...
