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The Road We Travel

The Road We Travel

Written by: DRIVE SMART Virginia
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The Road We Travel, presented by DRIVE SMART Virginia, is an interview-format podcast focused on driver behavior, traffic laws, and emerging transportation technology. Email topic suggestions to info@drivesmartva.org. The opinions of the guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of DRIVE SMART Virginia or its board or employees.DRIVE SMART Virginia 2020 Economics Management Management & Leadership Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Vulnerable Road User Safety, Brandy Brubaker, Virginia DMV

    Vulnerable Road User Safety, Brandy Brubaker, Virginia DMV
    May 18 2026

    Brandy Brubaker, Director of Virginia's Highway Safety Office, discusses the unique challenges to keeping pedestrians, bicyclists, and other vulnerable road users safe on our roadways.
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    22 mins
  • Speed Cameras vs Post-COVID Baddies (and more)

    Speed Cameras vs Post-COVID Baddies (and more)
    Nov 18 2025

    New Kent County Sheriff Lee Bailey is our guest. We take a look at pre- and post-COVID traffic trends, then talk about New Kent's automated speed limit enforcement campaign.

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    32 mins
  • Missy Cummings, PhD, on Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Vehicles

    Missy Cummings, PhD, on Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Vehicles
    Oct 14 2025

    A naval officer and aviator from 1988-1999, Mary "Missy" Cummings was one of the U.S. Navy's first female fighter pilots. She is now the director of George Mason University's Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) and a professor at George Mason. She recently served as the senior safety advisor to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

    Dr Cummings received her BS in Mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1988, her MS in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994, and her PhD in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004.

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    23 mins
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