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Explore transportation research with Out of My Lane, a CUTR podcast
In collaboration with the National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) and the University of South Florida’s Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications, CUTR’s first podcast, Out of My Lane, began production in late 2021. Hosted by award-winning journalist and USF professor Wayne Garcia, Out of My Lane explores the world of transportation. From research innovations to community outreach, join Out of My Lane to learn more about improvements to your daily commute.
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Season Two – transcripts and show notes
| Release Date | Episode | Guests |
| Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 1. Lessons of Community, Resiliency, and Partnership to Rapidly Responding to Hurricane Ian’s Devastation, featuring FDOT Sec. Jared Perdue | Secretary Jared Perdue, Florida Department of Transportation |
| Wednesday, March 15, 2023 | 2: The promise of private, on-demand transportation mobility, with researchers at the University of California, Berkeley | Susan Shaheen, Ph.D., UCB civil and environmental engineer and professor; Wesley Darling, student researcher; Clarissa Cabansagan, former director of programs at TransForm |
| Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | 3. Comparing pricing mechanisms for managed lanes: speaking with NICR researchers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Part 1 (en español) | Alberto M. Figueroa Medina, Ph.D., P.E., director of the Civil Infrastructure Research Center and associate director of Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| Wednesday, May 31, 2023 | 4. Corridor-Wide Surveillance Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Our conversation with NICR colleagues at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Part 2 (en español) | Benjamín Colucci, Ph.D., director of the Transportation Technology Transfer Center at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. |
| Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | 5. Student Spotlight: Rakesh Rangaswamy's journey into transportation engineering | Rakesh Rangaswamy, doctoral candidate |
Season One – transcripts and show notes
| AirDate | Episode | Guests |
| Monday, August 1, 2022 | 1. What are CUTR and NICR? | Xiaopeng “Shaw” Li, Ph.D., current NICR Director, Susan A. Bracken Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor; Fred L. Mannering, Ph.D., CUTR Executive Director, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Monday, August 15, 2022 | 2. Putting the "Smart" into the Tampa Bay Smart Cities Alliance | Brandon Campbell (City of Tampa) and Sean Barbeau, Ph.D. |
| Thursday, September 1, 2022 | 3. Will this app get me in the carpool lane? | Sara Hendricks |
| Thursday, September 15, 2022 | 4. Forward to the future: connected vehicles | Xiaopeng “Shaw” Li, Ph.D., Susan A. Bracken Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor; Sisinnio Concas, Ph.D. |
| Saturday, October 1, 2022 | 5. Bus 54, where are you? The OneBusAway app | Sean Barbeau, Ph.D. and Kari Watkins, Ph.D. |
| Saturday, October 15, 2022 | 6. What we know about motorcycle risks and safety | Fred L. Mannering, Ph.D., CUTR Executive Director, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chanyoung Lee, Ph.D. |
| Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | 7. I share, you share, we all share: micromobility on roads and sidewalks | Jason Jackman, MPA |
| Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | 8: What makes a Best Workplace for Commuters? | Julie Bond, MPA, and Tom Harrington of Intuit |
| Thursday, December 1, 2022 | 9. How the news talks about crashes makes a difference | Julie Bond and Erin Scheffels, Ph.D. |
| Thursday, December 15, 2022 | 10. Tools for determining transportation equity, diversity and inclusion | Tia Boyd |
| Thursday, January 19, 2023 | 11. Women in transportation: trends and outlook | Jodi Godfrey |