The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution)

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re listening in on a 1 to 1 conversation between HNTB’s Julie Eaton Ernst and Cris Liban, Sustainability Officer for LA Metro.  They chat about the co-benefits of transportation, the evolution of the definition of transportation, and making change in small steps.

To find out more about Mpact's work or the annual conference, visit http://mpactmobility.org

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re joined by Cassidy Boulan and Thom Stead of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. We chat about their work in Philadelphia, Trenton, and greater New Jersey related to complete streets and creating safe infrastructure for biking.

To find out more about Mpact, visit http://mpactmobility.org

This month on the Mpact podcast we’re joined by Dylan Rivera and Jacob Sherman of the Portland Bureau of Transportation to discuss micromobility. We chat about the importance of cities regulating access to transportation markets, importance of bike infrastructure, and alternatives to a parking pass.

Link to Portland's E-Scooter Program - PBOT

Portland Scooter Data - PBOT

For more information, visit http://mpactmobility.org

This month on the Mpact Podcast we have a conversation moderated by Corrie Parrish of Kittleson Associates with Andrea Breault of Cascades East Transit and Amy Schlappi of Hood River County Transportation District discussing Transit service to the Great Outdoors.

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This month on the Mpact podcast we’re chatting with Tracy Hadden Loh of Brookings about impacts of the pandemic on downtowns, activity centers, and transit usage. We chat about creating activity center cluster maps and a recent report entitled Building Better on Philadelphia.

Building Better - Brookings

Mapping Activity Centers - Brookings

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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

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.

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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

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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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