We welcome Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Yassmin Gramian to Business as Usual. She assumed the role of secretary amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. This challenging time necessitated quick, decisive action to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 to best protect citizens, employees, and business partners.

As secretary, she oversees programs and policies affecting highways, urban and rural public transportation, airports, railroads, ports and waterways. Secretary Gramian manages PennDOT's annual budget of $9.5 billion, which is invested in all of Pennsylvania's approximately 120,000 miles of state and local highways and 32,000 state and local bridges.

During our time with Secretary Gramian, we will explore how technology and innovation help bring the Department of Transportation achieve its goal of developing safer and more efficient infrastructure in the Commonwealth. We’ll also discuss how critical our roads, airports and mass transit systems are to supporting a vibrant innovation economy in the Commonwealth.