Mike Schlichting, a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin Madison, joins me to talk about Intermodal Connections between air and rail—Railflyer—and how we can “Go Faster” with high speed transportation.

For more information about Mike's projects, check out: Wihst.org.

Kristin Kingsley, an auto safety engineer, joins me to talk about vechicle safety, which falls under the DOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It's not just about the cars themselves, but the drivers as well.

In this discussion of public transit issues, Jenny @MisfitMuser brings her experience of depending upon an inadequate public transit system and Ryan @Omni42 contributes his public policy background as we talk about mass transit needs and the role of the Federal Transit Administration in meeting those challenges.