This month on the Mpact Podcast we’re joined by Erin Clark, Chief Real Estate Investment Officer of the Denver Housing Authority. We chat about the redevelopment of Sun Valley, a public housing project built in the 1950s that is being reinvigor

Episode 78: Culture Change in Cleveland

Mar 7th, 2024 52m 59s

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re featuring a one to one conversation featuring Billy Terry, Executive Director of the National Transit Institute at Rutgers University, and India Birdsong Terry, General Manager and CEO of the Greater Clevel

Episode 77: Public Sentiment and Public Transit

Feb 8th, 2024 44m 52s

This month on the Mpact podcast, Adelee Le Grand of Intellectual Concepts is joined by Scott Wilkinson of AlphaVu for a 1 on 1 conversation. They chat about how transit agencies can get a better handle on how riders and non-riders alike feel ab

Episode 76: Displacement is More than Housing

Jan 11th, 2024 55m 16s

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re joined by Dr. Kathryn Howell, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland. We talk about her daily e-bike commute, organizing around the Purple Line, the importance of evi

Episode 75: Health in All Places

Dec 14th, 2023 35m 42s

This month on the Mpact Podcast we’re at the 2023 Mpact Conference in Phoenix Arizona. Jon Ford of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco leads a panel discussing the connections between transportation, housing, and public health. Moderato

Episode 74: Downtown or Not Downtown

Nov 16th, 2023 59m 41s

This month on the Mpact podcast, we’re at the closing plenary of the Mpact Transit & Mobility conference in Phoenix. Christopher Coes, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at USDOT moderates a panel of experts discussing the evolution

Episode 73: Older Adults and Climate Emergencies

Oct 12th, 2023 44m 35s

This month on the MPact podcast we’re joined by Danielle Arigoni, Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at The National Housing Trust. We chat about Danielle’s new book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation and housing policy that benefi

Episode 72: Leveraging TOD at BART

Sep 14th, 2023 38m 49s

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re joined by Abby Thorne-Lyman, Director of Real Estate and Property Development at BART. We talk about BART’s development projects and priorities, and the importance of real estate to BART’s future. For more

Episode 71: Developing with Creativity

Aug 10th, 2023 44m 35s

This month on the Mpact Podcast we’re joined by Phoenix community builder Tim Sprague. We chat about supporting local culture through development projects and the importance of sustainable development. For more information, visit http://mpactmo

Episode 70: Do It for the Neighborhood Part 2

Jul 20th, 2023 41m 15s

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re listening in on part 2 of a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix, and Ryan Winkle from RAIL CDC. The two of them discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa and the impac

Episode 69: Do It for the Neighborhood Part 1

Jul 13th, 2023 47m 38s

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re listening in on a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix, and Ryan Winkle from RAIL CDC. The two of them discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa, what it takes to earn

Episode 68: Micromobility and Access

Jun 8th, 2023 52m 40s

This month on the Mpact podcast, we’re joined by Hussain Mahfouz of Transport for Cairo and Adham Kalila of Streetlight Data to talk about their new report created for NUMO All Possible Commutes: How Micromobility and Realistic Car Travel Time

Episode 67: Building Statewide Wins for Housing and Climate

May 4th, 2023 44m 14s

Today on the Mpact podcast we’re chatting with Alex Brennan, Executive Director of Futurewise in Washington State. We chat about this most recent legislative session and bills on missing middle housing, climate change, and TOD. We chat about th

Episode 66: Women Who Ride Transit

Apr 13th, 2023 52m 1s

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re chatting with Meghna Khanna of LA Metro and Scarlett DeLeon of the Alliance for Community Transit LA about women who ride transit. We talk about LA Metro’s first of its kind Gender Action Plan and ACT LA’s

Episode 65: Caretakers of the Public Realm

Mar 9th, 2023 50m 8s

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re joined by Andrew Jones, Program director for the Uptown and Downtown Oakland Community Benefits District. We chat about urban place management, how urban spaces are taken care of, and what it takes to keep

Episode 64: A County Voice for Transit

Feb 2nd, 2023 36m 2s

This month on the Mpact podcast we are back at the Rail~Volution conference in Miami last fall. We chat with Commissioner Eileen Higgins about the South Dade Busway, the importance of FTA ratings in getting projects built, and why she thinks i

Episode 63: Homelessness and Public Transportation

Jan 5th, 2023 54m 18s

This month on the Mpact podcast, we’re going back to Railvolution Miami for the Tuesday plenary. Daniel Gibson moderates a panel featuring LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins, SEPTA CEO Leslie Richards, and Diana Stanley, CEO of homeless services pr

Episode 62: Community Centered Transit with Tamika Butler

Dec 8th, 2022 34m 33s

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re going back to Miami for the closing conference plenary featuring the amazing Tamika Butler. Tamika discusses community centered transit, equity, and thinking about who we’re actually planning for. Find out

Episode 61: Building Resilience

Nov 10th, 2022 43m 26s

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we’re going to the Monday morning plenary at this year’s conference in Miami. We have a panel on Building Resilience in Miami and Across the Country hosted by NRDC Chief Climate Strategist Shelley Potich

Episode 60: Bike to Bus in Detroit

Oct 6th, 2022 43m 55s

This month on the Railvolution podcast we’re joined by Jacob Graham, a Program Manager for MoGo Bike Share in Detroit. Jacob chats with us about how the system works in Detroit, how bike share riders and bus riders coincide, the benefits of E-B

Episode 59: A New World of Transportation Demand Management

Sep 8th, 2022 55m 29s

This month on The Rail~volution Podcast Tien-Tien Chan of Nelson Nygaard and Jessica Roberts of Alta Planning and Design join the show to talk about Transportation Demand Management or TDM. Tien-Tien and Jessica discuss how TDM acts as the soft

Episode 58: The Evolution of Broward County

Aug 18th, 2022 55m 34s

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast, Broward MPO Executive Director Greg Stuart joins the show to talk about the history of Broward County, it's connections to the rest of South Florida, the historic MAPS transportation plan, and how they a

Replay: Episode 29 - Resiliency in South Florida

Aug 11th, 2022 44m 4s

Today on the podcast we’re going back in time to a discussion we had with Jim Murley, Chief Resilience Officer for Miami Dade County, about resiliency in south florida. Jim talks about climate change, sea level rise, and how South East Florida

Episode 57: Transit Stop Transformation

Jul 14th, 2022 52m 28s

This month on the RailVolution podcast Kim Cella of Citizens for Modern Transit and Sheila Holm of AARP discuss how they are transforming transit stops in St. Louis. We chat about how they involve the community, engage transit operators, and br

Episode 56: Inside the Phoenix TOD Community Plan

Jun 2nd, 2022 1h 1m

This month on the Railvolution podcast… we’re listening in on a 1 to 1 conversation between City of Phoenix planner Elias Valencia, and community champion Victor Vidales. Elias and Victor talk about the process of creating the South Central TOD