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 • 95 episodes
Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation Innovations
Latest Episodes
Trending Teens: What TTI's Latest Research Says about Young Driver Attitudes and Behaviors
For more than two decades, TTI has championed young driver safety, preventing injury and saving lives through education, empowerment, and peer-led outreach. Supported by public- and private-sector sponsors, the Institute's Youth Transportation ...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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22:53
Bridge to Everywhere: How to Keep International Trucks Moving While Expanding The Bridge of the Americas.
International commerce depends on trucks crossing national borders regularly, reliably, and securely. Ports of entry like the bridges connecting the United States and Mexico in El Paso, Texas, are vital to both nations' economic vitality. But w...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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30:52
Virtual Degree, Real-World Opportunity: Texas A&M Online Master's of Engineering Offers Recipients New Career Options
Texas A&M University's Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering offers an online master of engineering in engineering degree design...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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25:29
Long Trains Runnin': How Freight Trains Impact U.S. Communities According to a Recently Released Study Requested by Congress
On September 17, 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a report following a study of freight trains longer than 7,500 feet and their impacts on local communities. Requested by the U.S. Congress, the report ...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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36:29
EVolving Attitudes, Expanding Infrastructure: Electric Vehicles Are Charging Ahead Thanks to Public Sector Incentives.
The Washington Post recently reported that electric vehicles (EVs) now outnumber gas-powered cars in Norway, the first country to claim that distinction. The U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transpor...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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50:21