Mpact Transit + Community 2025 is coming to Portland, Ore., October 23 - 26, 2025
The conference includes 4 days of learning and networking with cross-sector leaders, practitioners and advocates from across North America and beyond. 60+ sessions, plenaries, and networking events. Plus (separate fees required) Mobile Workshops across the region. Registration for Mpact Transit + Community 2025 opens June 20.
Details about the 2025 schedule will be available in mid-summer 2025. See the schedule below from the 2024 conference in Philadelphia for a sense of the conference content and flow.
Check out the Schedule for Mpact Transit + Community 2024 in Philadelphia
The easiest way to browse the schedule is to click on the individual days, below right. The search bar works best if you click Week (to the right of Find Events). To search Monday-Wednesday of the conference, make sure the week shown starts Monday, October 21.
Pre-Conference Events
PC01-Eat Like a Local
$70
Update: Please be in the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown lobby at 11:20 am If you’re curious about the iconic Philly foodways – yep, including cheesesteaks – this tour in the heart of the city offers the opportunity to taste and find out how some of these iconic foods came to be. Visit independently owned gems and the historic Reading Terminal Market. Experience where locals really eat and Philly’s low-key, unpretentious vibe. You won’t be transformed into a local but you will know first-hand the classic eats – from tomato pie to cheesesteak, fries “wit’ wiz” to pretzels – and sweet treats.
Pre-Conference Events
PC02-The Origins of Philadelphia Street Art – Cancelled
$25
Update, October 16: This tour is cancelled. If you signed up for it, you will receive a refund. Apologies! Tour the origins of modern street art in Center City Philadelphia. Sites will include closed-to-the-public sections of the Broad Street Concourse and Spring Garden Station. See original tags by artists including Cornbread, Espo, Agua, and others. Each of these artists comes with a story. Together they provide a window into a street art scene that is distinct from the Philadelphia Mural Arts organization, which arose out of reactions to street art and in the "anti-graffiti" movement. Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get a little dirty. Please note: This tour is not ADA accessible. Photo credit: Ken Starr
Pre-Conference Events
PC03-Center City Mural Mile
$30
In 2023, USA Today voted Philadelphia the best city for street art in America. Mural Arts Philadelphia, the nation’s largest public art program, is a big reason. More than 4,000 murals created over 40 years make the city a giant outdoor art gallery. Tour Center City Philadelphia’s Mural Mile. Get to know a range of murals, contemporary and classic, and the stories they tell of the city, its leaders and citizens. Find out how public art ignites change as you discover pieces tucked in out-of-the-way places and encounter powerful additions to the cityscape, including Untitled by Amy Sherald and Water Gives Life by Philadelphia artists Euhri Jones and David McShane. Rain or shine - and no restroom stops, so please plan accordingly.
Networking
Mpact Innovators Presents – Saturday Night Welcome
Local Café, Lobby of the Sheraton
Arriving Saturday? Join the Mpact Innovators to say hello and meet fellow conference attendees. Get a head start on networking!
Local Café, Lobby, Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown
AICP Certification Maintenance
Earn continuing education credit by attending our annual conference or joining live webinars we host throughout the year.
We provide practical know-how and share best practices and innovative approaches from cross-sector stakeholders working in on all aspects of transit, connected mobility and technology options, and development. The range of topics includes policy, planning, community engagement, design, engineering, financing and operations. Our focus encompasses the whole community built around transit and the implications for health, safety, equity, sustainability, access to opportunity and overall quality of life for all residents.
The American Institute of Certified Planners and the American Planning Association approves sessions and workshops at our annual transit and community development conference for certification maintenance credits each year. Our live webinars also are approved for continuing education credit.