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Talking Michigan Transportation

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About the show

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.

Latest episodes

  • Making the rapids grand again

    September 30, 2026 · 41 min

    This week’s edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast features conversations with two people instrumental in a project to restore the rapids to the Grand River in Grand Rapids. First, Matt Chapman, executive director of Grand…

  • It’s National Roundabouts Week. Who knew?

    September 24, 2026 · 22 min

    The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has declared this week, Sept. 21-25, as National Roundabouts Week. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has installed roundabouts at various intersections, when appropriate, for several…

  • What’s next for the iconic Tunnel of Trees?

    September 17, 2026 · 32 min

    Just as crews began repairing sections of M-119 (also known as The Tunnel of Trees) damaged by April flooding, heavy rains in June wreaked havoc on more sections of the popular tourist route in Michigan's northern Lower…

  • Reprise: DNR boosts hunting to help farmers, reduce car-deer crashes

    September 10, 2026 · 21 min

    As fall approaches, and on the heels of last week’s discussion about creating safe crossings to prevent deadly and costly vehicle-wildlife crashes, we are reprising an episode from 2024 featuring a discussion with Michigan Department of…

  • Study moving forward to prevent vehicle-wildlife crashes

    September 2, 2026 · 21 min

    Research indicates as many as 2 million vehicles collide with large wildlife in the United States each year, resulting in as many as 200 human deaths, more than 26,000 injuries and billions of dollars in property damage. Officials in…

  • Progress on a Michigan road user charge project

    August 27, 2026 · 25 min

    On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, a conversation with Jennifer Roberts, national road usage charge (RUC) discipline lead at CDM Smith, the consultant selected by the Michigan Department of Transportation to study and…

  • Feds ease rules to expedite deployment of robotaxis

    August 20, 2026 · 25 min

    This week’s edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast features another conversation with Joann Muller, who writes the Axios Future of Mobility newsletter.  Muller talks about her recent reporting on Amazon’s Zoox (pronounced…

  • The Gordie Howe International bridge: Memories from the trenches

    August 12, 2026 · 42 min

    On July 27, with little fanfare, the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge (GHIB) opened, creating a vital commercial link between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, conversations…