Podcast

A dynamic discussion about the future of downtowns and the elements of successful places – downtown or not.

Our guest is Danielle Arigoni, Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at the National Housing Trust, and author of the new book, Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation. 

with Abby-Thorne Lyman, Director of Real Estate and Property Development at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)

Our guest is Tim Sprague, a Principal with Habitat Metro in Phoenix, Arizona. As an infill developer, Tim has worked on a range of projects, many of them near light rail.

Listen to a One-to-One Conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix and Ryan Winkle from RAIL CDC in Mesa, Arizona.  The two of them discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa, what it takes to earn trust, and getting positive results.

Our guests are Hussein Mahfouz and Adham Kalila, authors of a new report, All Possible Commutes: How Micromobility and Realistic Car Travel Times Impact Accessibility Analyses

We’re joined by Scarlett De Leon, Campaigns Director at Alliance for Community Transit – Los Angeles and Meghna Khanna, Senior Director, Mobility Corridors, Countywide Planning & Development at Los Angeles Metro.

We’re joined by Andrew Jones, Program Director for the Uptown and Downtown Community Benefits District (CBD) in Oakland, CA.

We’re joined by Miami-Dade County, Florida, Commissioner Eileen Higgins

A plenary conversation from Rail~Volution 2022 in Miami, with Stephanie Wiggins, CEO of LA Metro;  Leslie Richards, General Manager and CEO of SEPTA in Philadelphia; Diana Stanley, CEO of The Lord’s Place, a homeless services provider in South Florida. Our moderator is Daniel Gibson, Regional Vice President, Miami-Dade, for Allegany Franciscan Ministries.

Tamika L. Butler is a national expert and speaker on issues related to the built environment, equity, anti-racism, diversity and inclusion, organizational behavior, and change management. She is the Principal + Founder of Tamika L. Butler Consulting.

With Shelley Poticha, Chief Climate Strategist, Natural Resources Defense Council; Jane Gilbert, Chief Heat Officer, Miami-Dade County; Elizabeth Wheaton, Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer, Community Infrastructure Partners; and Laurian Farrell, Regional Director, North America, Resilient Cities Network.

We’re joined by Jacob Graham, Program Manager with MoGo bike share in Detroit, to talk about the Connect D project to better understand the bike share to bus connection.

We’re talking with Tien-Tien Chan, a Principal at Nelson\Nygaard, and Jessica Roberts, a Principal at Alta Planning and Design, about transportation demand management (TDM) – what it is and how it has changed in recent years to embrace far more than the daily commute.

Episode 59 Transcript (Unedited)