Thinking Transportation

Engaging conversations about transportation innovations

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    Episode 103. 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 assets, while also identifying needed improvements and contextualizing the relative health of these assets over time. Today, we talk to two experts–TTI’s Edith Arámbula Mercado and the Texas Department of Transportation’s Jamie Farris–about ASCE’s 2025 report card and how Texas ranks nationally in terms of the health and reliability of its roads and bridges.

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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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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.

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