About 4 million people in the country watch CBS Evening News each night to learn about critical issues affecting their daily lives, including transportation and road safety. Senior Transportation Correspondent Kris Van Cleave has reported on a number of impactful issues that have led to real change in roadway safety, and is known and respected for his award-winning work that led to changes in federal laws to protect children in the back seat.

Kris normally asks the questions, but this time he’s answering them as the guest on the latest episode of “The Intersection,” hosted by GHSA CEO Jonathan Adkins.

We’re either at the start of a road safety tech revolution or going off course again. Those are the dramatically different viewpoints of the guests for Governors Highway Safety Association CEO Jonathan Adkins’ newest episode of “The Intersection.”

Rick Birt has just joined BusPatrol as Vice President, Government Operations & Safety, after serving as Director of the D.C. Highway Safety Office

Governors Highway Safety Association CEO Jonathan Adkins’ newest episode of “The Intersection” brings together two national leaders focused on traffic safety.

• Leah Shahum is the founder and Executive Director of the Vision Zero Network.

Governors Highway Safety Association CEO Jonathan Adkins enjoys bringing together interesting people to discuss the important issues we face every day. The first guests are excited to join Jonathan as he marks his 25th year of service at the GHSA, now serving as CEO.

Kicking off the first episode:

· Nicole Nason, who’s the former administrator of the Federal Highway Administration and before that was administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. She now leads Nason Group Consulting.

She shares this important perspective: “I think the [Transportation] department needs to look hard at all of the grant programs so they’re not excessively complicated…”

· Lynda Tran, who’s the former senior advisor to U.S. Transportation Sec. Buttigieg and former director of communications of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. She now leads Lincoln Room Strategies and is seen on CBS News and The Hill “Rising.”

Lynda says, “Whatever it is we do, we should start by just lowering the temperature in the room and I feel like [our issue] is an opportunity for everyone in the nation to just take a breath and remember that not everything has to be partisan.”