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Meet Garrett Dawe, MDOT’s new engineer of traffic and safety

Meet Garrett Dawe, MDOT’s new engineer of traffic and safety

Update: 2024-01-23

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On this week’s edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, a conversation with Garrett Dawe, who was recently named engineer of traffic and safety at the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Dawe succeeds Mark Bott, who is retiring.

Dawe talks about what he’s learned in a variety of positions at MDOT, including as a Transportation Service Center manager and North Region operations engineer, and his keen interest in traffic safety.

He also discusses the perils of drivers becoming too complacent behind the wheel, prompting them to indulge in distractions.

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Meet Garrett Dawe, MDOT’s new engineer of traffic and safety

Meet Garrett Dawe, MDOT’s new engineer of traffic and safety