This podcast features Gregg Brunner, chief operations officer at the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), reflecting on two recent fatal crashes in or near highway work zones. Brunner … [Read more...] about Talking Michigan Transportation: After a Series of Work-Zone Crashes, What Can Be Done?
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The Safety Zone Podcast – Episode 2: Mental Health & suicide Prevention in the Transportation Construction Industry
In this episode we talk to Zachry Construction Corporation about how and why they decided to investment in mental health support for their employees and what the impact has been. Recognizing they … [Read more...] about The Safety Zone Podcast – Episode 2: Mental Health & suicide Prevention in the Transportation Construction Industry
Talking Michigan Transportation: Slow but Steady Progress on Legislation to Protect Road Workers
The Michigan Senate committee recently advanced legislation to authorize automated technology for enforcing speed limits in construction zones, following the successful example of states like … [Read more...] about Talking Michigan Transportation: Slow but Steady Progress on Legislation to Protect Road Workers
The NWZSIC Safety Zone Episode 1
This inaugural episode of the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse (NWZSIC) Safety Zone podcast features an interview with Dr. Vince Hafeli, President of Ajax Paving Industries of … [Read more...] about The NWZSIC Safety Zone Episode 1
Talking Michigan Transportation: How Automated Speed Enforcement Could Save Road Workers Lives
This edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast includes conversations with two people working on initiatives to protect workers on Michigan’s roads and bridges. John Osika, a veteran of … [Read more...] about Talking Michigan Transportation: How Automated Speed Enforcement Could Save Road Workers Lives
Talking Michigan Transportation: How Using Technology to Curb Speeding in Work Zones Has Worked in Other States
Automated traffic enforcement programs were implemented in Illinois, the first state to authorize the use of automated traffic enforcement programs to enforce speed limits in highway work zones in … [Read more...] about Talking Michigan Transportation: How Using Technology to Curb Speeding in Work Zones Has Worked in Other States