Meet Michigan DOT’s new director Paul Ajegba! For more than 29 years as a civil engineer at MDOT, to now leading the department, the director has a lot to say about how he plans on building on Michigan’s role as a leader in traditional and new transportation infrastructure.   In this edition of POLICYSMART, hear his views on Michigan’s new governor’s gas tax proposal, balancing the deployment of traditional infrastructure with new technologies, shared mobility, DSRC v. 5G and maintaining Michigan’s leading role in research in the connected and autonomous spaces.   It was also a pleasure to hear his work in advancing diversity in the field of transportation as he discusses the program that earned him The National Society of Black Engineers very first Transportation and Infrastructure Special Interest Group Lifetime Achievement Award.