The DOT POD will give listeners a peek behind the curtain at the New York State Department of Transportation. With interviews and infrastructure updates, we pro...
As DOT works to rebuild and enhance our vast transportation network, we're often reminded that our state has a rich history far older than our modern infrastructure. Sometimes our projects reveal what life was like hundreds, even thousands of years ago and on this episode of The DOT POD we dig into the kind of discoveries that are being made as w shape our transportation system.Josh and Anya are joined by Sean Higgins and Kyle Sommerville who are both with DOTs Office of Environment to shed some light on how the Department is preserving cultural heritage and artifacts amid our goals for modernization and progress. Click to see the interactive story map: Enduring Connections
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Carolyn Ryan & the Office of Sustainability
In June of 2019, New York signed into the law the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) to help address climate change. This was furthered by Governor Hochul's Executive Order 22: which directs state agencies to adopt a sustainability and decarbonization program.
On this episode of The DOT POD, we welcome in someone who is helping to lead the charge, New York State Department of Transportation's Assistant Commissioner for Sustainability, Carolyn Ryan.
Josh and Anya had a chance to talk with Carolyn about her office, and the critical role they play in helping to achieve New York State's lofty climate goals.
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Can You Dig It - DOT Drillers
While we don't often think of what goes on under our feet, the drillers of DOT's Geotechnical Engineering Bureau are tasked with exactly what makes up the ground beneath us.
On any given project, drillers will take core samples, allowing engineers to create a soil profile and select the most appropriate foundation type for the structure being analyzed.
On this episode of The DOT POD, Josh and Anya welcome in two members of the Geotechnical Engineering Bureau, Steve Heiser and Ernie Holmberg, to find out more about this crucial work that often goes unnoticed.
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28:45
64 Years at DOT and Counting...Ed Donovan Joins The DOT POD
In 1960, Ed Donovan joined what is now the New York State Department of Transportation, and 64 years later, he is still at it, serving as an Engineer in Charge on Long Island.
Josh and Anya traveled to Long Island to meet with Ed and talk about his history, his longevity, and his wealth of knowledge, built over 60 years at the Department.
In this episode, Ed discusses working on extended and constructing the Long Island Expressway, his first job with DOT, and how things have changed over the course of nearly six and half decades of transportation.
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Bascule Bridges - NYSDOT and Drawbridges
In this episode of The DOT POD, Josh and Anya are on location in Hauppauge, NY on Long Island to talk about bascule bridges - what they are, how they work, and how we maintain them.
There are five bascule bridges, essentially drawbridges, on Long Island that are owned and operated by New York State DOT. We sat down with a couple of employees who work with these bridges daily.
Mitch Rippe is a bridge repair supervisor and Paul Barnes is a bridge operator. They shed light on what it takes to operate and maintain these bridges, some of which are over 90 years old, and how the DOT is working tirelessly to keep New Yorkers safe and connected.
The DOT POD will give listeners a peek behind the curtain at the New York State Department of Transportation. With interviews and infrastructure updates, we provide the stories behind the agency that keeps you moving.
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