
Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation Innovations
Our ability to get from Point A to Point B is something lots of us take for granted. But transporting people and products across town or across the country every day is neither simple nor easy. 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. Find out more: https://tti.tamu.edu/thinking-transportation/
Podcasting since 2021 • 104 episodes
Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation Innovations
Latest Episodes
Ride Smart, Stay Alive: Motorcycle Helmets Reduce Risks for Injury or Death for Riders
Motorcyclists love the freedom of the open road. But freedom isn't free, and sometimes the price incautious riders pay after a crash is severe brain injury or even death; both, the statistics tell us, are avoidable by wearing a helmet certified...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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32:12

Score! We look at Texas roads and bridges in light of ASCE's 2025 Infrastructure Report Card.
Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) issues its Report Card for America's Infrastructure. Expressed in reader-friendly letter grades, the ratings document the current state of the country's major infrastructure asset...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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32:46

Eyes on the Road! Encouraging Behaviors to Reduce Distracted Driving
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that more than 40,000 Americans died on U.S. roadways in 2023. We talk with TTI safety experts Emily Martin and Srinivas Geedipal...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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32:19

It Takes a Village: In the Air or on the Ground, Safety Takes Teamwork
Tracing its origins to the Air Commerce Act of 1926, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was established in 1967 as an independent agency inside the U.S. DOT charged with investigating why transportation accidents happen. In 1974, i...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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36:45

Our 100th Episode! Celebrating 75 Years of the TTI-TxDOT Partnership
In 1950, the Texas A&M Board of Directors charged the Texas Transportation Institute (now the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, or TTI) to enlist the broad resources of the college across the spectrum of transportation research to ben...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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47:37
