Host Natalie Dale chats with Georgia DOT's Intermodal - Transit Program team about how GDOT supports transit programs across the state, especially in rural areas.

In this episode, Natalie Dale chats with Assistant State Maintenance Engineer for Emergency Operations Emily Fish and GEMA State Meteorologist WIll Lanxton about how Georgia DOT stays prepared for a hurricane or tropical storm that impacts our state.

Host Natalie Dale chats with State Environmental Liaison Sandy Lawrence about the purpose of the Interagency Office of Environmental Quality and its collaboration with state and federal agencies. Natalie also interviews US Army Corps Biologist Nicole Liette and Georgia DNR Environmental Specialist RJ Hunter on how their partnership with GDOT helps keep projects on track.

Host Natalie Dale chats with Georgia DOT Director of Policy and Government Affairs Josh Waller and Policy Analysis Bureau Specialist Abigail Handel about the importance of GDOT's involvement in the legislative process.

Host Natalie Dale is joined by Georgia DOT’s Division of Permits and Operations Director John Hibbard and Executive Director of The Ray C. Anderson Foundation Allie Kelly to discuss the innovations happening on an 18-mile stretch of I-85 in West Georgia known as The Ray Highway.

In this episode, host Natalie Dale interviews GDOT’s Assistant State Environmental Administrator Doug Chamblin and Georgia Department of Natural Resources Program Manager for Wildlife Conservation Trina Morris about the landmark Endangered Species Act agreement and what it means for Georgia and the bats that live here.

Georgia’s population is growing. It is anticipated that our state will have approximately 1 million more people on our roads in just 10 years. In today’s episode, Host Natalie Dale talks with Georgia Commute Options’ Program Administrator and Marketing Communications Director Jill Goldberg and Livable Buckhead’s Executive Director Denise Starling about how their organizations plan their programs to be as efficient and beneficial in saving commute times and costs, as well as creating more sustainable transportation options for commuters both now and in the future.

Links

• 2013 Census Data
• Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget Population Projections
• Livable Buckhead – Transportation Demand Management
• Buc Shuttle
• Livable Buckhead Employer Assisted Housing
• Path 400
• 2023 Regional Transportation Demand Management Plan – ARC
• Livable Buckhead Initiative
• Georgia Commute Options

Created in 1982, the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE) is a legislatively mandated U.S. DOT program that applies to Federal-aid highway dollars expended on federally-assisted contracts issued by state DOTs like GDOT.

In this episode, Host Natalie Dale talks with Georgia DOT’s Equal Employment Opportunity Director Kimberly King and State Transportation Board Member Stacey Key about the agency’s DBE program, the resources available to DBEs, and how Georgia’s small, minority, or veteran-owned businesses can become DBE certified.

Links

• Georgia DOT State Supported Funding Program (SSFP) - An overview of Georgia DOT's State Supported Funding Program.
• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) - GDOT - An overview of Georgia DOT's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program.