Transport Topics Radio

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Transport Topics Radio has expanded its rebroadcast programming on SiriusXM Radio, Channel 146. 

Each week, host Dan Ronan, TT’s managing producer-multimedia/senior reporter, brings listeners up-to-date news from government, business, logistics and other sectors of the industry.

The program initially airs live on Saturdays from 1-3 p.m. ET.

The program is also rebroadcast three times each weekend. In addition to the first airing, you can hear TT Radio at the following times:

•    Saturday nights from 11 p.m. ET until Sundays at 1 a.m. ET
•    Sunday afternoons from noon-2 p.m. ET
•    Sunday nights from 9-11 p.m. ET

SiriusXM is available live and on demand at siriusxm.com with a paid subscription. 

Here's Ronan's lineup for the April 15 show:

• April 17-21 is National Work Zone Awareness Week, and advocacy groups are urging motorists to drive safer in work zones. Joining us to discuss traffic safety is the president/CEO of the American Traffic Safety Services Association, Stacy Tetschner. 
• TT Business Reporter Connor Wolf discusses the big news from FedEx that it plans to consolidate its operations and save $4 billion over the next several years as it attempts to streamline its air and ground divisions. 
• We welcome a new voice to the program, CBS News Senior Transportation Correspondent Kris Van Cleave, as we discuss some of the current trends in transportation. 
• Illinois Trucking Association Executive Director Matt Hart discusses a rash of plaintiff lawsuits against trucking companies because of a 2008 Illinois law that the state Legislature is now trying to fix before the current legislative session expires.  
   

Here's Ronan's lineup for the April 8 show:

• This week, President Joe Biden went to Cummins in Minnesota as the engine manufacturer announced plans to spend $1 billion to transform much of its engine production to hydrogen. We talked with Cummins Managing Director for Hydrogen Technologies Alex Savelli about the president’s visit and what Cummins is doing to move toward zero-emission engines. 
• Florida Trucking Association President Alix Miller joins us to discuss the big win her association had in the Florida Legislature as a bill was signed into law concerning tort reform for the trucking industry. 
• TT Senior Reporter Eric Miller updates us on the latest on the staged accident scandal in Louisiana. 
• This is opening week for the MLB season, and we know many truck drivers are huge baseball fans. So, who better to break down the many new rules and changes in baseball with than retired MLB and American League Umpire Dale Scott, who is also serving this year as a rules analyst for MLB’s Apple TV broadcasts.

Here's Ronan's lineup for the April 1 show:

• It’s our monthly Reporters Roundtable with three great journalists. TT Senior Government Reporter Eugene Mulero, ENR Transportation Reporter Tom Ichniowski, and we welcome a new voice to the program, CQ Roll Call Transportation Reporter Valerie Yurk.  
• From our recent TT Newsmakers series, we present two great guests to discuss business continuity plans and what companies should be doing to prepare for emergencies. In our first segment, we are joined by crisis management expert, Covenant Park Integrated Initiatives consultant Dean Gallup.
•  In our second segment, from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., Scott Godes, a lawyer and cybersecurity expert with the law firm Barnes & Thornburg, discusses cyber-related issues in the business world. 

Here's Ronan's lineup for the March 25 show:

• Iowa Motor Truck Association President Brenda Neville joins us to discuss recent action in the Iowa Legislature that could impact the trucking industry concerning tort reform. 
• Kodiak Robotics director of operations Don Lepard joins us from our recent visit to Dallas and the Natso convention discussing his company’s progress in developing autonomous truck technology.
• Also from Natso, Charge Ahead Partnership Executive Director Jay Smith discusses his Richmond, Va.-based organization and how it’s a coalition of businesses, associations and individuals that share the common goal of efficiently and effectively developing a charging network for electric vehicles across the United States.  
•  Natso Executive Vice President David Fialkov joins us to discuss some of the issues that rest stop and truck plazas are facing, including ways to get more truck parking.