The Infrastructure Week Podcast

Forbes Tompkins from The Pew Charitable Trusts explains the new flood reality facing America and how the federal government can better protect our communities.

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor explains how he’s rebuilding Lansing for the next generation and beyond.

WSP USA’s President and CEO takes the long view from his start building infrastructure in Philadelphia all the way to his experience running one of America’s largest engineering, advisory, and consulting firms.

William Friedman, CEO of the Port of Cleveland and Chairman of the American Association of Port Authorities, walks us through the ins and outs of inland water ways.

Ed Mortimer, Vice President of Transportation and Infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joins the podcast to talk about the potential for Congressional action on infrastructure and the best policies at the state level.

Robert Puentes, the President CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation joins us for a whirlwind tour of all the transportation ballot initiatives taking place around the country. We talk trends, getting local, and the future of transportation funding.

In the kickoff to 2019’s Infrastructure Week, Parson’s Dan Lukasik walks us through the nuts and bolts of intelligent transportation systems. We talk about all the cool technologies coming to roads across America and hit on the major trends reshaping the way we all get around.

American Federation of Teacher’s President Randi Weingarten teaches us a lesson about the big and small ways that infrastructure investment impacts our lives. It’s about dignity, respect, trust in government and more. We also get to go deep on using pension capital to rebuild America.

Congressman Himes isn’t looking backwards, he’s thinking about what’s next in infrastructure.  Take a few minutes to get a view of what Congress needs to do to address tomorrow’s infrastructure challenges–innovative finance, self-driving cars, and more.  The Congressman also shares some hometown love for Connecticut.

Siemens’ Martin Powell tells us how cities can make better use of data, updates us on some cool projects (including applying blockchain technology to solar), and why cities have to personal.