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With the Mpact Podcast, we’re delving deeper into what it takes to build more just and sustainable communities around transit. Look for a new podcast around the start of every month.

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| September 12, 2024

Episode 84: Wins and Co-benefits from Climate Work

A 1 to 1 Conversation about climate resilience, transit, sustainability and the intersection of all of the above, with Julie Eaton Ernst, Climate Resilience Practice Leader at HNTB, and Dr. Cris Liban, Chief Sustainability Officer at LA Metro.

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Tree planting with RAIL CDC in Mesa AZ
| July 13, 2023

Episodes 69 and 70: Do It for the Neighborhood, Parts 1 & 2

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.



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Cairo bike share with buildings in background Credit Hussein Mahfouz
| June 8, 2023

Episode 68: Micromobility and Access

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

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Women wearing masks on train platform Credit ACT-LA
| April 17, 2023

Episode 66: Women Who Ride Transit

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.

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A downtown Ambassador talks to a woman working at an outdoor table in Oakland CA. Courtesy Downtown/Uptown CBDs Oakland CA
| March 14, 2023

Episode 65: Caretakers of the Public Realm

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

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Rendering of a station on the South Dade Bus Rapid Transit line in Miami-Dade County Florida
| February 9, 2023

Episode 64: A County Voice for Transit

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

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Person waits for the bus next to a transit shelter in LA being used as shelter by a homeless person. Credit LA Metro, Stephanie Wiggins
| January 5, 2023

Episode 63: Homelessness and Public Transportation

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.

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Tamika Butler with bicycle at train station
| December 9, 2022

Episode 62: Community-Centered Transit

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.

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Person on bicycle rides onto bridge with vibrant red roof in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| November 10, 2022

Episode 61: Building Resilience

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.

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| October 5, 2022

Episode 60: Bike to Bus in Detroit

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.

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| September 8, 2022

Episode 59: A New World of Transportation Demand Management

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.

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Downtown Fort Lauderdale Mobility Hub with access to Broward County Transit and Brightline
| August 18, 2022

Episode 58: The Evolution of Broward County

We’re talking with Greg Stuart, Executive Director of the Broward County, Florida, Metropolitan Planning Organization, about the evolution of the county and how a pattern of suburban growth is shifting toward more walkable, bikeable and transit-ready neighborhoods.

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| August 10, 2022

Replay: Episode 29 – Resiliency in South Florida

Jim Murley, Chief Resilience Officer for Miami-Dade County, joins us, describing how South Florida takes a comprehensive approach to resilience. We spoke to him in spring 2020, as the county was beginning to respond to COVID-19. We’re replaying this episode in anticipation of Rail~Volution 2022, October 30 to November 2 in downtown Miami. 

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| July 13, 2022

Episode 57: Transit Stop Transformation

We talk with Kim Cella, Executive Director of Citizens for Modern Transit, and Sheila Holm, Community Outreach Director with AARP St. Louis, about placemaking and activation of transit stops in the St. Louis region.

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images from cover of South Central TOD Community Plan showing people gathering in different settings
| June 2, 2022

Episode 56: Inside the Phoenix TOD Community Plan

On this episode, Elias Valencia, a planner with the City of Phoenix, and Victor Vidales, a local resident and business owner, talk about the creation of the South Central TOD Community Plan, which was passed by the City of Phoenix city council in March of 2022.

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