TDA: On The Go Podcast

On TDA's On the Go podcast, Executive Director Debby Jackson previews a series of conversations highlighting essential transportation workers across the state.

We are all in this together. Debby talks with Pat Goss of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association about the construction industry's efforts to help Wisconsin's frontline health care workers.

The Ryder Cup is coming to Wisconsin later this year, but Gary D'Amato says the world's top players are not the only ones who will be traveling to our state to enjoy the challenges and beauty of our abundant golf courses. Wisconsin's pre-eminent golf journalist says Golf tourism is a huge business in Wisconsin, and that should only grow after the international publicity the Ryder Cup will bring.  ...

Wisconsin is the 5th largest state for growing and exporting Christmas trees and this coming weekend will be the busiest weekend for Wisconsinites who choose to cut and buy a real tree. Greg Hann, owner of Hann's Christmas Farm in Oregon, Wisconsin and president of the Wisconsin Christmas Tree Producers Association joins TDA's Debby Jackson to talk about how important the Christmas tree industry i...

It's National Apprenticeship Week! In this episode of On the Go, Debby interviews Jessica Benson, a third-year carpenter's apprentice and Andrew Disch, Wisconsin Political Director for the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters. They discuss how apprenticeship opportunities help individual apprentices, participating employers and the Wisconsin economy as a whole.

Tom Bressner, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Agri-Business Association joins Debby for this episode of the TDA: On The Go Podcast. Tom details how transportation infrastructure is a key element in his members' economic success.  He also discusses how his organization is training the next generation of leaders and he highlights future challenges they'll have to tackle in the years ahead.

Tracy Johnson, president and CEO of the Commercial Association of REALTORS® Wisconsin, is our featured guest. The trade association executive explains why commercial REALTORS® have a keen interest in infrastructure and transit issues and how infrastructure investments help propel her industry. Tracy and TDA's Debby Jackson also discuss bus rapid transit, the Milwaukee Street Car, real estate indus...

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has launched an innovative reform to save cost and time on local bridge projects in cooperation with Wisconsin's county highway departments. In this episode, Dan Fedderly, executive director of the Wisconsin County Highway Association, joins Debby Jackson of TDA and explains the rationale and implementation of the low-risk bridge pilot program.

Nick Jarmusz is AAA's Director of Public Affairs for Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. An expert on transportation in the Midwest, Jarmusz sits down with TDA's Debby Jackson to discuss the state of Wisconsin's transportation infrastructure and the results of a recent AAA poll which surveyed Wisconsinites' opinion on road quality and the transportation financing options.

Like everyone this time of year, we're talking potholes. But we're not just complaining, the ladies on this podcast are also explaining. Hear from Debbie Schwerman of the Wisconsin Asphalt Pavement Association and Jackie Spoor of the Wisconsin Concrete Pavement Association in our latest episode of On the Go.

In this episode, we hear from Governor Tony Evers and examine his transportation budget proposal.

In our pilot episode, TDA Executive Director Debby Jackson reviews the Just Fix It campaign and previews the upcoming State Budget debate. We also look back to a 2017 interview with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wherein he comments on TDA efforts during the last budget battle and gives us a glimpse of what we may expect in the coming months.