Podcast

Speakers from Philadelphia share proven approaches to saving naturally occurring affordable housing. In this recording from the Tuesday plenary at Mpact Transit + Community 2024, ULI Philadelphia’s Kevin Moran leads a discussion with Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval, Philadelphia City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and Commissioner of the City of Philadelphia Department of Records, James Leonard.

We speak with Ryan Kelley, Community Development Manager with Hennepin County in Minnesota, about the county’s transit-oriented communities program and innovative efforts to support affordable commercial spaces.

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.

Cassidy Boulan and Thom Stead of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission talk about their work to make it safer and easier to walk, ride bicycles and take the bus in Trenton, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, and the Delaware Valley.

With Jacob Sherman, New Mobility & Electrification Program Manager, and Dylan Rivera, Public Information Officer, both at Portland Bureau of Transportation, City of Portland, Oregon

Find out about providing transit to recreation from Andrea Breault of Cascades East Transit and Amy Schlappi of the Hood River County Transportation District, in a conversation hosted by Mpact Innovators’ Chair Corrie Parrish, a Senior Planner at Kittelson & Associates.

Tracy Hadden Loh, a fellow at Brookings Metro, takes us through post-pandemic trends related to downtowns, activity centers and transit. She also touches on the ways developers and communities can align around transformative projects.

Erin Clark, Chief Real Estate Investment Officer for the Denver Housing Authority, takes us into the story of the Sun Valley Redevelopment, in which 300 public housing units are being replaced and expanded to more than 900 units in a neighborhood plan shaped by long-time residents.

A 1-1 Conversation with Billy Terry, Executive Director of the National Transit Institute, and India Birdsong Terry, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.

In this 1-1 Conversation, Adelee Le Grand of Intellectual Concepts and Scott Wilkinson of AlphaVu talk about using data analytics and AI to understand what the public is thinking – and act on it.

We’re joined by Dr. Kathryn Howell, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth and Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, for a conversation about bout her daily e-bike commute, organizing around the Purple Line, the importance of eviction data and commercial displacement.

Jon Ford of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco leads a conversation with Mimi Narayan from the Pew Charitable Trusts and John Vu from Kaiser Permanente about the connections between transportation, housing and public health.

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)