80 episodes
The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) MPact
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Welcome to the Mpact Podcast (Formerly Rail~Volution). Mpact is a network and an annual conference focused on ways that communities leverage major transit investments (including rail, bus rapid transit, bus, as well as bicycling walking, sharing and emerging options) to connect people with employers and neighborhoods. With the Mpact Podcast, we're delving deeper into aspects of building livable communities, with special focus on equity and community participation.
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Episode 79: A New Model for Public Housing at Sun Valley
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 reinvigorated by new investments in public housing, parks, and community.
To find out more about Mpact, visit http://mpactmobility.org
For more on Sun Valley:
http://denverhousing.org
http://thrivedenverliving.com
http://greenhausdenverliving.com
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Episode 78: Culture Change in Cleveland
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 Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.
For more information, visit http://mpactmobility.org
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Episode 77: Public Sentiment and Public Transit
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 about their service.
For more information on the annual conference or resources, visit http://mpactmobility.org
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Episode 76: Displacement is More than Housing
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 eviction data, and commercial displacement.
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Episode 75: Health in All Places
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.
Moderator: Jon Ford, Senior Regional Field Manager, Community Development, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA | Debarati “Mimi” Majumdar Narayan, Ph.D., Officer, Health Programs, Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC | John Vu, Vice President of Strategy for Community Health, Kaiser Permanente, Berkeley, CA -
Episode 74: Downtown or Not Downtown
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 of downtowns.
Learn more about Mpact and the annual conference at http://mpactmobility.org
Moderator: Christopher Coes, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, Office of the Secretary, USDOT, Washington, DC
Karen Chapple, Ph.D., Director, School of Cities, University of Toronto / Professor, Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Nichol Bordeaux, Chief Planning and Engagement Officer, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, UT
Dee Brewer, Executive Director, Downtown Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT
Emeke Moneme, President, Capitol Riverfront, Washington, DC
Ryan Johnson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Culdesac, Tempe, AZ