The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution)

On this month's episode of the Rail~Volution podcast, Angie Rivera Mal-pied-e, Board Chair of the Regional Transportation District in Denver talks with Cindy Chavez, Former Board Chair of the VTA and Current Santa Clara County Supervisor.  These two Latina leaders chat about leadership and getting communities involved in transportation. 

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast, we're sharing the closing keynote discussion of the 2020 conference. Moderated by Smart Growth America CEO Calvin Gladney, Roberto Requejo of Elevated Chicago, Dr. Adonia Lugo, and Joshua Schank of LA Metro discuss the challenges and hopes the future of livable communities bring.  They discuss equity in decision making, thinking outside of silos, whether me...

As Transit Oriented Development has evolved over 25 years the transit and mobility landscape has been radically transformed by new technology, land-use patterns, and the sharing economy, especially in recent years. Peter Calthorpe, a pioneer of innovative approaches to urban revitalization, suburban growth, and regional planning, will share new research with some win-win models to consider with mo...

On this month's episode of the Rail~Volution podcast, Nilda Ruiz and Rose Gray of Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) join the show to talk about how they've been able to build community through TOD while promoting health, wellness, and a green future.    

On this special episode of the Rail~Volution podcast, Verdran Dzebic and Ntianu Eastmond-Visani join us to talk about wayfinding apps and how improved wayfinding can enhance the customer experience.

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast, Mesa Arizona City Council Member Francisco Heredia and Charlotte City Council Member Braxton Winston talk with each other about their journeys from being an advocate to elected officials.  They talk about the challenges and opportunities their cities have related to transportation and development of the city.

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we are chatting with Stephanie Gidigbi , Director of Policy and Partnerships for the Natural Resources Defense Council.  Stephanie joins us to talk about federal policy, connections between transportation and race, and much more!

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast, we're joined by David Huffaker, Chief Development Officer for the Port Authority of Allegheny County in the Pittsburgh region. David joins us to chat about transit operations during the pandemic, emergency planning, the agency's equity index, and the future of streets.

This month on the Railvolution podcast, we're joined by Dr. Georges Benjamin , Director of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Benjamin joins us to talk about the determinants of health and how certain investments can change health outcomes for the better.

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we are chatting with Jim Murley, Chief Resilience Officer for Miami-Dade County Florida.  Jim talks about climate change, sea level rise, and how South East Florida is responding with policy and planning.

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast, April Bertelsen, Transit Modal Coordinator with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) joins us to talk about the Rose Lanes Project .  April chats about implementation, public engagement, and the benefits of the pilot project approach.

This month we're joined by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner to talk about the city's Complete Communities program.

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we're joined by Lindiwe Rennert, Transit Planner at the City of Boston.  She chats with us about her work on the Warren Street corridor ; the creation of bus priority for the many riders on the corridor and how to get feedback on projects. For more information go to Http://railvolution.org or follow us on twitter @railvolution

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we are chatting with Adrienne Heim and Rafe Rabalais from the SFMTA about the Potrero Yard electric bus and housing project . We chat about modernization, planning, electricity use and much much more!

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we are chatting with Alice Bravo and Carlos Cruz-Casas, Director and Assistant Director respectively of Miami Dade County's Department of Transportation and Public Works.  We chat about better buses, managing the right of way, privacy and data, and their contactless fare payment system.

This month we're joined by Grace Crunican, former GM at BART. Grace chats about her long and distinguished career as a leader in transportation and what it takes to lead, to mentor, and gives lessons for the next generation of advocates and public officials.

This month we're back at the 2019 Rail~Volution conference in Vancouver BC. We chat with GB Arrington and Steve Dotterer about the early days of Rail~Volution and what the conference has meant to transportation in the United States. They also tell stories about conferences past from when Al Gore came to Portland to having to move the conference date due to 9/11. Join us for a fun look at the past...

This month we're at the Rail~Volution conference and join the final plenary of Vancouver 2019.  Mac McCarthy of the Lincoln Institute, Lisa Bender, President of the City Council for Minneapolis, and Odetta MacLeish-White Managing Director of the Transformation Alliance.  The panel, moderated by Railvolution lifer GB Arrington discusses leadership, embracing the lived experience of riders, and to a...

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast, we're joined by Sound Transit's Deputy Executive Director for Land Use Planning and Development Brooke Belman, Land Use Planning Manager Sloan Dawson, and TOD Program Manager Thatcher Imboden to talk about how Sound Transit in the Seattle region coordinates land use and transportation decisions. They talk about the 80-80-80 program, managing timelines and e...

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we are joined By Gordon Price , former member of the Vancouver BC City Council.  Gordon talks about everything Vancouver from its humble beginnings to its urban planning lessons as well as what folks should be looking to see when they visit.

This month we're joined by Andrew Owen , Director of the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota. Andrew talks about his work at the Accessibility Observatory and how we measure how we access important destinations. He mentions the importance of land use, why 30 minutes of time is a good way to look at access, and how transportation agencies can think about access in the future. A...

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we are joined By Bowinn MA, Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for North Vancouver-Lonsdale BC. Bowinn talks about creating  better transportation options for her constituents, new transportation technologies, and the importance of political engagement.

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we're joined by Amy Silbermann of the Port Authority of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh and Steven Higashide and Mary Buchanan of TransitCenter to talk about the deeper issues of transit ridership. We talk about the places that are increasing ridership like Pittsburgh and TransitCenter's new report Who's on Board .

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we chat with Maurice Jones , President of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation or LISC.  Maurice talks about how he got into community development, their involvement in a new Bay Area housing initiative, and the potential for investments to make big changes for the better.

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we chat with Eileen Evert and Brian Ebersole of Springboard Health to think about the 80% of patient health that happen outside of the hospital including transportation and access to healthy food. They chat about their program NEPA Moves that focuses on sustainable transportation and has piloted transportation programs for hospital patients in urban and rura...