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 May 6 show:

• The California Air Resources Board is mandating new truck emission standards for drayage trucks in that state. We discuss the issue with the CEO of the Harbor Trucking Association Matt Schrap as well as the latest developments on MLB’s Oakland A’s apparently abandoning plans to build a new stadium at the Port of Oakland. 
• Water levels on the Mississippi River are rising after the winter snow is melting and causing some flooding in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. We discuss the impact the higher water levels are having on transportation and at the beginning of the planting season in the Midwest with Mike Steenhoek, executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition. 
• It is road construction season and much of the money in the bipartison infrastructure law is making its way to cities and states. We discuss how this is going with Professor Joe Schwieterman with DePaul University in Chicago, the executive director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development. 
• June 8-10 is the annual convention of the American Truck Historical Society in Reno, Nevada. We talk about the event and the parade of trucks, some more than 110 years old, that will be displayed, with our guests, Marty Glomb, the president of ATHS, and vice president David Schnautz. 

Here's Ronan's lineup for the April 29 show:

• It’s our monthly Reporter’s Roundtable, where we break down the important issues in transportation with TT Senior Government Reporter Eugene Mulero, Tanya Snyder with Politico and David Shepardson with Thomson Reuters. 
• TT’s Managing Editor for Features Seth Clevenger discusses the release of the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies, now available here.
• From our recent Newsmakers series, we are joined by Joung Lee, the deputy director and chief policy officer at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Here's Ronan's lineup for the April 22 show:

• TT Senior Reporter Eugene Mulero joins us to discuss congressional action on transportation issues. 
• From our TT Newsmakers series, Eugene and I spoke with Rep. Rick Larsen, the ranking Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.   
• Louis Campion, the president and CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, joins us to discuss the recently ended legislative session in Annapolis, and the issues pertaining to the trucking industry.
• From the National League of Cities, policy lead Brittney Kohler joins us to talk about the new, bipartisan rail safety bill that has been introduced in the aftermath of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment. 

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.