Thinking Transportation
Engaging conversations about transportation innovations

Thinking Transportation Podcast
Episode 1: Whoa, That Was Close! Can we prevent crashes from happening by studying the ones that almost happened?
Nearly all new vehicles have some degree of self-driving capability and internet connectivity. Every time one of those cars corrects a lane-departing drift, brakes hard, or senses a sharp speed boost, it sends a message. And if we listen to those signals, we could save a lot of lives. Host Bernie Fette talks with TTI’s Research Scientist Eva Shipp and Senior Research Engineer Shawn Turner about a revolutionary approach to preventing crashes.
About Our
Guests
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Shawn Turner
Senior Research Engineer
Shawn Turner is a senior research engineer at TTI, where he has developed, conducted, and managed applied research for 29 years. Shawn is a nationally recognized expert with practical experience in multimodal travel data collection and analysis, performance measures and monitoring, and mobility analysis. He’s pioneered using private-sector GPS probe traffic data for mobility and reliability performance monitoring. Shawn works with FHWA, state, and local agencies to advance the use of best available and high-quality data in planning, performance management, and traffic monitoring.
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Eva Shipp
Research Scientist
Eva Shipp is an injury epidemiologist, research scientist, and program manager in TTI’s Center for Transportation Safety. With more than twenty years of experience in public health research (including injury prevention and novel approaches to tracking injuries), she’s conducted research for the Federal Motor Carrier Association, Texas Department of Transportation, the Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, among other sponsors.
Transcript
Nearly all new vehicles have some degree of self-driving capability and internet connectivity. Every time one of those cars corrects a lane-departing drift, brakes hard, or senses a sharp speed boost, it sends a message. And if we listen to those signals, we could save a lot of lives. Host Bernie Fette talks with TTI’s Research Scientist Eva Shipp and Senior Research Engineer Shawn Turner about a revolutionary approach to preventing crashes.
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Allan Rutter
Senior Research Scientist
Allan Rutter manages TTI’s Freight Analysis Program and is the new host and writer for Thinking Transportation. Affiliated with TTI for 10 years, Allan has more than 35 years’ experience in transportation, mainly in the public sector in Texas. More info on “Big Al” can be found in his TTI bio and at his LinkedIn page.

Bernie Fette
Editor-at-Large
Bernie Fette is TTI’s editor-at-large. After starting out as a newspaper journalist, he has been a storyteller for 31 years at TTI in various forms, including print and web publications, video scripting, thought-piece development, and now as the writer and host for Thinking Transportation.
About
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.
Transportation has a profound impact on our daily existence. So, the conversations you’ll hear on Thinking Transportation are about more than just how we move about. Often, by extension, they’re also about how we live.
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