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.
Podcasting since 2019 • 223 episodes
Talking Michigan Transportation
Latest Episodes
Reprise: Managing traffic during road construction; and what about the zipper merge?
As road work continues across Michigan, police are on high alert for speeding and distracted drivers causing crashes during backups. On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, a conversation about efforts engineers take to ...
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Season 7
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Episode 223
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23:46
Predicting how long a road will last
On this week’s edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, a conversation with a trunkline pavement strategy specialist about how the work in his area helps inform investment decisions. Tim Lemon, who works in the Michig...
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Season 7
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Episode 222
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21:53
Will congress move quickly on a highway bill?
Congressional leaders of various infrastructure committees have shown some interest in adopting a multi-year surface transportation reauthoriza...
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Season 7
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Episode 221
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23:55
The future of road funding
On this week’s episode of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, a conversation about states studying or piloting road usage charges (RUC).John Peracchio, a strategic adviser on intelligent transportation systems and mobility,<...
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Season 7
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Episode 220
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25:15
Some good news for understanding wildlife-vehicle collisions
Earth Week 2025 came with a positive development for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) on efforts to implement a pilot program for analyzing wildlife-vehicle collisions (WVCs) a...
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Season 7
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Episode 219
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18:15
