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The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution)

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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37:59

Episode 28: A Network of Rose Lanes

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2020/05/07

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.

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Episode 27: Houston's Complete Communities

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2020/04/02

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

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Episode 26: Corridors Where Bus is King

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2020/03/05

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

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46:03

Episode 25: Bus Yard Housing

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2020/02/06

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!

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32:38

Episode 24: Toward a Car-Optional Miami

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2020/01/09

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.

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49:51

Episode 23: Opportunities to Listen and Lead

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/12/05

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.

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Episode 22: The Seeds of Rail~Volution

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/11/07

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 and the future.

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Episode 21: Stepping Back to Step Forward

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/10/03

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 small degree the future of the movement.

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Episode 20: Transit & Housing - Joint Development in...

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/09/05

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 expectations, and the future for the integration of transit investments with development.

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Episode 19: The Village at the Edge of the Rainforest

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/08/08

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.

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Episdode 18: Access as a Metric

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/07/11

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. Andrew also teases a future report that will look at bike access as well.

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Episode 17: The View from North Vancouver, BC

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/06/05

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.

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Episode 16: Riders are Never Really Gone

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/05/09

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.

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Episode 15: High Impact Investing in Low Wealth...

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/04/04

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.

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Episode 14: Treating the Whole Person

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/03/11

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 rural areas.

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44:40

Episode 13: Human Centered Design in a Food Desert

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/02/07

This month we're joined by Vanan Murugesan, Director of Design and Innovation at Pillsbury United Communities. He talks about how human centered design has impacted how he thinks about community building and building a community centered grocery store.

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Episode 12: Transit and Housing - Peanut Butter and...

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2019/01/03

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast we're joined by Laura Loe of Share the Cities. Laura talks about being a bus driver and housing activist and how to talk to parents about opposition to housing.

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Episode 11: Lyft, Ford, Transit and Cities – What...

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2018/12/06

This roundtable at the Tuesday morning plenary at the Rail~Volution Conference in Pittsburgh this October featured speakers from Ford, Lyft, The City of Minneapolis and Jarrett Walker + Associates. Emcee: Robin Hutcheson, AICP, Director of Public Works, City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN Jarrett Walker, Principal Consultant, Jarrett Walker + Associates; blogger on HumanTransit.org, Portland, OR Joseph Okpaku, Vice President of Public Policy, Lyft, San Francisco, CA Aniela Kuzon, Global Lead, City

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Episode 10: Elephants, Wine Glasses, and the...

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2018/12/05

At the Rail~Volution conference this year, Jarrett Walker gave the Tuesday morning keynote. This is part one of a two part series. Part 2, Episode 11, is the round table that took place after Jarrett's keynote speech.

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Episode 9: Community Organizing, Equity, and Place

The Mpact Podcast (Formerly Railvolution) ·

2018/11/09

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast, Dr. Manuel Pastor joins us to talk about a whole host of subjects from place based community organizing to the environmental justice screen method and rent control. He brings a new perspective to demographic change in LA and has some thoughts on turning academic work into policy.

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