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Listen in on conversations with experts in the field of road weather and winter road maintenance as they explain how their work helps make roads safer and passable during winter storm events.
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The Extra Mile

Mississippi Department of Transportation

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Tune in to The Extra Mile presented by the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Co-hosts Paul Katool and Will Craft take listeners inside the world of transportation infrastructure in Mississippi.
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Welcome to the TRANsmissions Podcast, broadcasting knowledge across the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. As part of our succession planning and knowledge management in this ministry, Host Russel Lolacher, Web and Social Media Services, will interview ministry staff across our province and at every level to hear about their experiences and best practices. Our focus is to share and learn more about our ministry, the work we do and why we do it. From emergencies to major projec ...
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The 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather gives organizations working in this space an opportunity to showcase their efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This episode features the Transportation Research Board Road Weather Committee. This series …
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The 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather gives organizations working in this space an opportunity to showcase their efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This episode features the Transportation Research Board Winter Maintenance Committee . This …
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The 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather gives organizations working in this space an opportunity to showcase their efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This episode features the No Boundaries Pooled Fund Study. This series is produced in collab…
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The 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather gives organizations working in this space an opportunity to showcase their efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This episode features the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) Pooled Fund Study. This…
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The 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather gives organizations working in this space an opportunity to showcase their efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This episode features the Clear Roads Pooled Fund Study. This series is produced in collabor…
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The 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather gives organizations working in this space an opportunity to showcase their efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This episode features the Aurora Pooled Fund Study. This series is produced in collaboration…
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The 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather gives organizations working in this space an opportunity to showcase their efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This episode features the Winter Weather Management Technical Service Program. This series i…
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The 2024 National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather gives organizations working in this space an opportunity to showcase their efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This episode features the Maintenance Operations Technical Working Group of the Committee on…
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Each year, in cooperation with the AASHTO Committee on Maintenance, the Maintenance Operations Technical Working Group, and the Winter Weather Management Technical Service Program we sponsor a National Briefing on winter maintenance and road weather activities. These briefings give organizations workin gin this space an opportunity to showcase thei…
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The Guide for Snow and Ice Control was first published back in 1999 and with the exception of an addendum has remained unchanged since then. Since then there has been a vast amount of research, field trials, and advancements in winter maintenance and road weather technologies. In 2018 a project was launched through the National Cooperative Highway …
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State Representative Fred Shanks joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about how he got into politics, successful 2024 legislation, his thoughts on the future of the ballot initiative process and more. · Show intro – 00:26 · Fred Shanks background/introduction into politics – 02:09 · Rep. Shanks on the influence of his father, former Jackson city c…
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MEMA Chief Communications Officer Malary White joined The Extra Mile Podcast to discuss a projected above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, talk about disaster anxiety, provide FAQs on MEMA and more. · Show intro/introducing MEMA Chief Communications Officer Malary White – 00:29 · Projected above-normal 2024 hurricane season – 01:17 · What has…
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In 2004 a group of 5 states got together and pooled their money to test winter maintenance materials, equipment and methods for use by highway maintenance operations. The program has grown to 40 states and amassed a large collection of research and training. The Clear Roads Pooled Fund Program is funded through a $25,000 annual contribution per sub…
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The Extra Mile Podcast team took the show on the road to Biloxi to speak with MDOT State Maintenance Engineer Heath Patterson at the State Roadeo. Show intro/introducing MDOT State Maintenance Engineer Heath Patterson – 00:30 History of the Roadeo – 02:14 Different events of the Roadeo – 03:37 Why MDOT does the Roadeo – 04:57 Favorite events to wat…
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MDOT Executive Director Brad White joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to break down how the agency fared during the 2024 session and provide other MDOT updates. Show intro/Brad White intro – 00:45 Legislative session wrap-up begins (Recurring revenue) – 01:20 Money moving into projects – 03:20 Design Build Bill – 04:30 Funding – 05:…
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MDOT Chief of Staff Jeff Ely joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about updates on capacity projects, the MDOT leadership development program, agency recruitment efforts and much more. Show Intro/Jeff Ely intro – 01:14 Regarding capacity projects – 02:49 One-time money put into projects – 04:15 Contraflow/Hurricane evacuation – 05:17 On profession…
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Twenty years ago in 2004 “Where The Weather Meets The Road” was published by the National Academy of Science and it proposed a research roadmap over the next 20-years to advance road weather services. Now in 2024 the future described in Where The Weather Meets The Road is here Paul Pisano, Chair of the TRB Road Weather Committee and Dr. Gina Eosco,…
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U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to talk about how she got started in politics, THUD Bill funding, her January 6 experience, the link between strong transportation infrastructure and economic growth and development and much more. Show intro/Cindy Hyde-Smith intro – 01:12 Relationship with MDOT Executi…
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Transportation Commission Chairman Willie Simmons joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to talk about the need for recurring revenue for Mississippi highways, anti-litter efforts, current projects and future projects possible with more funding. Show Intro/Willie Simmons intro – 01:14 Willie Simmons on being Chairman – 01:54 Conversatio…
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State Treasurer David McRae joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to talk about his path to public service, promote the Unclaimed Property Program, provide his thoughts on PERS and much more. Show Intro/ State Treasurer David McRae intro – 01:14 David McRae background/position – 01:42 Highlights/Big projects as the Treasurer - 04:37 Un…
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Full scale testing of modern snowplow blades can be a difficult and often unrepeatable proposition depending on the weather and where your test track is located. In this episode Alex Klein-Paste of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) set about to design scale model testing of a particular snowplow blade design in a laboratory …
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State Senator Joel Carter joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to talk about how he got into politics, updates from the Energy Committee, his favorite place to grab a bite to eat during the session and more. Show intro/State Senator Joel Carter – 01:15 Joel Carter background/Journey to politics – 02:06 The benefit of working in the fo…
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You would think that it wouldn’t be difficult to see something as big as a snowplow but during a winter storm event at night you’d be surprised how hard it is recognize a slow moving maintenance vehicle. In this episode Jeff Pifer, Director of the Equipment Division at the West Virginia Division of Highways discusses techniques that are being used …
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Today, we’re getting into emergencies. We’ve gotten into them a few times on this show and we should, we seem to be getting into them more and more, every year. We’re either in an emergency, preparing for an emergency or recovering from an emergency. It’s almost like our ministry needs an Emergency Program. Oh wait, we do. And we’re digging into th…
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MDOT Executive Director Brad White joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to provide an update on efforts to find recurring revenue for Mississippi highways among other topics. Show Intro/Brad White Intro – 01:15 Brad White speaking tour/goals – 01:50 Plans/Conversations for revenue – 04:35 Brad White on Legislative support – 07:40 Remo…
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MDOT Alternative Program Deliveries Division Director Jessica Dilley joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to explain the benefits of alternative delivery transportation projects. Show Intro/Jessica Dilley Intro – 01:13 Jessica Dilley history/New Position in MDOT – 03:06 Jessica Dilley on Design Build Projects – 04:10 Design Build Proj…
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Southern District Transportation Commissioner Charles Busby joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to talk his first two months as Commissioner, the future of transportation funding in Mississippi and more. Show into/Charles Busby Intro – 01:15 Charles Busby Update/Project plans – 02:06 Legislature/Relationship with Steve Massengill – 0…
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On this episode of the Urban Theories Podcast, Moose reveals his two homes and a basement suite, Jonah sounds-off about sound, and we find out what Luxury living really means. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Rebranding 00:23:54 The ‘Cost’ of ‘Living’ 00:37:35 Living With People 00:56:55 The State of Content Creation 01:30:54 Final Thoughts Jonah: twitch.tv/th…
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Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to discuss his recent op-ed in support of additional transportation funding, provide updates on The Dixie National Rodeo and more. Show Intro/Andy Gipson Introduction – 01:15 Rodeo update/review – 02:02 Mississippi AG and Outdoor Expo – 03:00 And…
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Whenever you mix snowplows, winter storms, and motorists on the same stretch of pavement everyone needs to be at the top of their game in vehicles equipped for conditions. Most of the time folks get where there headed and the roads get cleared without incident. But, there are times when vehicles get tangled up with a snow plow and the outcomes can …
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State Representative Steve Massengill joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to introduce himself and talk about his new role as House Transportation Committee Chairman. Show intro/Steve Massengill intro – 01:15 Steve Massengill position specifics – 03:14 Steve Massengill districts – 04:14 Differences as Chairman – 04:50 Big projects/Fo…
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In this episode of Urban Theories, we're back! Jonah wants to yuck yums, Moose has a multitude of reasons, and we dive deep in to an interactive paradox. Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:28 Where have we been? 00:29:00 Cities Skylines II: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 01:06:27 Hope 01:10:20 Moving on 01:13:25 Lessons Learned 01:25:25 One Other Thi…
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State Senator Jenifer Branning joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to provide updates on transportation-specific legislative happenings and other priorities for the 2024 session. Show intro, introducing State Senator Jenifer Branning – 01:18 Jenifer Branning recap of Legislative Session so far – 02:05 Jenifer Branning addressing new …
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When it comes to liquid deicing products how do you know you’re getting what you paid for and that it’s likely to perform as promised? The Nebraska DOT has been working on developing a easy to run, repeatable, and cost effective test method to determine the ice melting capacity of liquid deicing products. Mike Mattison and Jasmine Dondlinger of the…
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MDOT Deputy Executive Director/Chief Engineer Earl Glenn joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to introduce himself and break down the agency's response to January's winter weather. Show intro, introducing Deputy Executive Director/Chief Engineer Earl Glenn – 01:15 Earl Glenn background/experience – 02:07 Earl Glenn taking over as Chie…
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Mississippi Speaker of the House Jason White joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to talk about his path to public service, outline legislative priorities, namedrop some of his favorite Mississippi eateries and more. Show intro, introducing MS Speaker of the House Jason White - 01:36 Jason White's background - 02:30 Overview of Jason …
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MDOT Executive Director Brad White joined The Extra Mile Podcast: Legislative Session to discuss the top priorities for the agency during the 2024 legislative session among other topics. Show intro, introducing MDOT Executive Director Brad White - 01:17 Mississippi Transportation Commission updates - 02:10 Overview of staff changes at MDOT - 03:37 …
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Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney joined The Extra Mile Podcast to provide an overview of his department, discuss tie-ins with MDOT, talk about a recent visit to a Willie Nelson concert and more. Show intro, introducing Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney - 01:41 Plans for Thanksgiving - 02:50 What the Mississippi Insurance Department h…
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Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann joined The Extra Mile podcast to discuss the 5th anniversary of the completion of I-269 and more. Show intro, introducing Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann - 01:23 Lt. Governor Hosemann's November plans - 03:03 Progress for education in Mississippi - 03:47 Reflecting on this year's infrastructure …
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There’s lots of discussion going on these days regarding artificial intelligence or AI. Like it or not you’re probably using or at least taking advantage of AI applications right now and you might not even know it. Winter operations takes place in an environment well suited for AI applications to provide assistance across a broad spectrum of activi…
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What do we have 28 of, across our province, that ensures our roads are well maintained through our many seasons? Maintenance Contracts! We work with various maintenance contractors across our province to keep our roads in working condition and travel ready. But what does that even mean? Host Russel Lolacher chats with Manager of Maintenance Program…
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Public works agencies have struggled for years recruiting and retaining a skilled workforce. These challenges have reached critical levels for many agencies since the pandemic. In this episode were Talkin’ Winter Ops with the City of Columbus Department of Public Service Human Resource Officer Lauren Hunter and Infrastructure Operations Coordinator…
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Biloxi Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich joined The Extra Mile podcast to talk Cruisin' the Coast, working with MDOT at the local level, his days playing in a rock and roll band and much more. Show intro, introducing Biloxi Mayor Andrew "FoFo" Gilich - 01:22 On Mayor Gilich's background - 02:57 Why the nickname "FoFo" - 03:54 Important visitors from Croat…
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Part 3 of our workforce recruiting and retention series showcases a grass roots program the Washington State DOT launched a few years back to encourage high school students to consider a career in transportation maintenance. Pasco Bakotich, State Maintenance Engineer for the Washington State DOT explains the program, the benefits they’ve seen, and …
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MDOT State Safety Engineer Mark Thomas joined The Extra Mile podcast to give an overview of the Highway Safety Division, talk about the Buckle Up Phone Down campaign, promote roundabouts and more. Show intro, introducing MDOT State Safety Engineer Mark Thomas - 01:35 About the Highway Safety Division - 02:39 How the Highway Safety Division gets inv…
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Part 2 of the workforce series focuses on the No Boundaries synthesis Innovation strategies in Recruiting and Retention with Sandi Sauter, Deputy Director of Operations for the Maryland State Highway Administration. This episode zeros in on recruiting and retention and steps that some states are taking to include all segments of the applicant pool.…
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Accelerate MS Executive Director Ryan Miller joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about the exciting work his office is doing in the realm of workforce development among other topics. Show intro, introducing Accelerate MS Executive Director Ryan Miller - 01:28 What Accelerate MS does - 02:41 Ryan Miller's background - 03:39 Second annual MS Horizo…
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The topic of workforce, recruiting, and retention has dominated the discussion for years, but nowadays the issue seems particularly acute. In Part 1 of a 4 part series on workforce we’re focusing on a domestic scan conducted by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) recently conducted titled Leading Practices in Strategic Workfor…
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MDOT State LPA Engineer Lee Frederick joined The Extra Mile Podcast to talk about how his division helps to facilitate countless local, public projects across Mississippi among other topics. Show intro, introducing MDOT State LPA Engineer Lee Frederick - 01:28 What LPA means - 02:51 How MDOT works with local public agencies - 04:32 Types of LPA pro…
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Introducing the transformation of SICOP to the AASHTO Winter Weather Management Technical Service Program and SICOP Talks Winter Ops to Talkin Winter Ops. With the re-branding of SICOP we're re-branding the podcast as well. Same program, same podcast, with a new look. Sign up for email notifications on future episodes and other communications assoc…
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