About this episode

This episode discusses how DOT played a crucial role in planning for the World Cup, ensuring safe and efficient transportation for fans.

The world's biggest sporting event is going on right now - the World Cup. Behind the scenes, months and years of planning have gone into making sure fans can get to where they need to go safely and efficiently...and DOT has played a major role in making that happen. In this episode of the DOT POD, Josh and Anya are joined by Ken Bibbins, DOT's Assistant Commissioner for Operations, and Matt Vasilow, Director of the department's Emergency Transportation Operations and Security Programs Bureau, to give us an insiders look into how DOT helped plan for this historic event, how we coordinated with various agencies, and what we learned from previous large scale events.

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh, Anya

Guests: Ken Bibbins, Matt Vasilow

Topics covered

• transportation planning
• event coordination
• safety
• emergency operations
• World Cup

Keywords

• World Cup
• DOT
• transportation
• planning
• safety
• operations
• coordination
• emergency

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DOT

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