The Texas Department of Transportation has introduced a podcast program that will cover statewide transportation-related topics.

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It’s the first state-sponsored transportation podcast in the United States.

Five were available online Friday.

The weekly podcast is part of the department’s effort to find new ways to share issues.

Larry Krantz, the host of the downloadable audio segment, said in a news release that the podcast is a good way for people to find out information TxDOT sends out.

The statewide podcasts will run under 10 minutes. They will include interviews with experts.

Krantz started the podcasts in the Tyler TxDOT district in 2006.

“My little Tyler district podcast got some 5,800 hits last month alone," Krantz said in a news release. "That's not bad for something that's never been advertised commercially. Hopefully the statewide podcast will be just as successful, but on a larger scale.”

The podcasts are on TxDOT’s website, and can also be found on iTunes.