Podcast

On this episode, Dan Nissenbaum describes how the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is working to deliver capital to projects that advance racial equity.

On this episode, we’re talking with Erica Eggleton about estimating the energy demand of electric buses.

On this episode, Camron Gorguinpour, PhD, Director of Mobility Solutions at ENGIE Impact, describes the implementation of 16,000 electric buses in Shenzhen, China, and what we can learn.

A conversation with Angie Rivera-Malpiede, Chair of the Board of Directors of Denver’s Regional Transportation District, and Cindy Chavez, a member of the boards of  Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), Caltrain, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in California.

This episode features four passionate speakers about how to navigate forward from the challenges of 2020. We’re joined by Calvin Gladney, CEO of Smart Growth America; Adonia Lugo, PhD, interim chair of the urban sustainability program at Antioch University Los Angeles and a core organizer for The Untokening; Roberto Requejo, Program Director at Elevated Chicago; and Dr. Joshua Schank, Chief Innovation Officer at the LA Metro Office of Extraordinary Innovation. This episode is a recording of the October 12 closing keynote from the Rail~Volution 2020 virtual conference.

We’re joined by Peter Calthorpe, Senior Vice President, HDR | Calthorpe, one of our foremost thinkers about urban design and an innovator of transit-oriented development, along with Allison Brooks, Executive Director of the Bay Area Regional Collaborative (BARC). This podcast is a recording of a keynote discussion from the Rail~Volution 2020 transit and community development conference.

We’re joined by Nilda Ruiz, President and Chief Executive Officer,  and Rose Gray, Senior Vice President, Community and Economic Development, both at APM  (The Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha or Association of Puerto Ricans on the March).

Vedran Dzebic is head of R&D for Entro, a signage and wayfinding company with expertise in transportation. Ntianu Eastmond-Visani is a mom, with a background in retail and a passion for making the New York subway system easier to navigate for caregivers with kids and strollers.

Episode 34 Transcript

This Rail~Volution podcast introduces a new format we will use from time to time – of two guests speaking with each other. Let’s listen as Francisco Heredia a city council member in Mesa, AZ, and Braxton Winston, a city councilmember in Charlotte,  NC, talk about their work as advocates and elected officials as well as their vision for transit in their communities.

We’re joined by Stephanie Gidigbi, a community champion and systems strategist. Among her many professional roles, she is developing a racial resilience training program, including focus on transportation equity.

Hear about the factors involved in one transit agency’s response to COVID-19 and their efforts to improve the quality of the transit experience for their riders, with David Huffaker, Chief Development Officer for the Port Authority of Allegheny County.

Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, joins us to explore the linkage between health, transportation and the built environment.

Jim Murley, Chief Resiliency Officer for Miami-Dade County, joins us, describing how South Florida takes a comprehensive approach to resiliency. We spoke to him earlier this spring, as the county was beginning to respond to COVID-19. Due to the pandemic, the Rail~Volution conference in Miami is rescheduled to October 2022.

April Bertelsen, transit modal planner with the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation, joins us to share all the details about the Rose Lanes initiative to create a bus priority network. This is the second in a series about bus priority. Please also see Episode 26, “Corridors Where Bus is King,” with Lindiwe Rennert, a transit planner with the City of Boston Transportation Department

We’re joined by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. He describes the city’s Complete Communities program and why he has made it a priority.