Before a snowplow or snowblower can move a mountain of snow, there's a team of people working behind the scenes to make sure everything runs right. And if equipment breaks down during a storm, they're the ones who go out and fix it.

This episode of the DOT POD focuses on the employees who work year round to inspect maintain, and repair everything from heavy trucks and plows, to loaders and snowblowers.

Josh and Anya welcome in Gene Hatton, who runs the DOT Fleet Shop in Binghamton, and Mike Cardillo, a service and repair mechanic who is based out of the Delhi Sub-Residency.

When you think about transportation, you may picture the projects that are happening today. But behind every project is years of planning. And one of the biggest planners of them all is the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, or NYMTC.

On this episode, Josh and Anya welcome in two people who spend every day looking decades into the future: Executive Director Adam Levine, and Rossana Weitekamp, Public Information Officer.

This episode of the DOT POD talks about something every single employee experiences at some point in their career - learning.

The New York State Department of Transportation's Learning & Development Bureau is the driving force behind this learning from leadership and professional development, to organizational improvement, mentoring, and educational partnerships.

Josh and Anya welcome Assistant Bureau Director Kiersten Hall to the show to talk about what DOT is doing now, and what they plan on doing in the future.