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Season 4, Episode 6: Show Me The Money: Workforce Funding Resources
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Join our guests to Learn about workforce funding opportunities. Experts from the U.S. Department of Transportation share how to obtain funding for workforce initiatives. Speakers: Mark Patterson, Associate Administrator for Research, Data, and Innovation, Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation John Bodnar, Director, Offi…
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Season 4, Episode 5: Women are the Future!
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This podcast explores the transformative influence of women in executive leadership. Hear about the multifaceted ways in which female leaders are shaping the landscape of transit and fostering positive change within their organizations and communities. Host: Dawn Distler, Chief Executive Officer, METRO Regional Transit Authority Guests: Nadine Lee,…
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Season 4, Episode 4: A Conversation with Transportation Planner and Author Christof Spieler on Factors that Lead to Effective Public Transportation
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APTA interviews Christof Spieler on his book “Trains / Buses / People: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit – Second Edition.” The discussion goes into depth on the attributes of good public transportation, taking a close look at systems across North America. Factors such as frequency, reliability, access, and legibility are considered, …
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Season 4, Episode 3: Mentoring: A Tool For Employee Engagement & Retention – Part II (GCRTA)
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The Transit Authority is proud to present part-two of series with tools to help you retain and engage staff. In this episode you’ll hear from Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority General Manager and CEO, India Birdsong-Terry and her team about their peer-to-peer mentoring program. Tune in to learn more about how their team partners with ATU…
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Season 4, Episode 2: Mentoring: A Tool For Employee Engagement & Retention (Part I - VTA)
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The Transit Authority is proud to present a 2-part series with tools to help you retain and engage staff. You’ll hear from Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority COO, Derik Calhoun and Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority General Manager and CEO, India Birdsong-Terry. Tune in to learn more about how their team’s partner with ATU to bui…
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Season 4, Episode 1: Taylor Swift and the Rebirth of Transit in 2023
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APTA's Transit Authority is proud to present a special 2023 year-end podcast with host Paul Comfort and our friends at Transit Unplugged, with guests Paul P. Skoutelas, President & CEO of APTA, and Petra Mollet, VP of Strategic International Programs. The lively conversation focused on the year that was and what we should be looking forward to in 2…
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Season 3, Episode 5: TransLink’s Kevin Quinn Discusses Ridership, Land Use, Affordability and Climate Action
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The Vancouver, Canada region stands out as a model for transit supportive land use, transit ridership per-capita, and in its exemplary commitment to sustainability practices. TransLink CEO Kevin Quinn outlines the ways public transportation is the backbone of mobility in the Vancouver region, and how transit has a central role in fulfilling broader…
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Season 3, Episode 4: A Conversation with Stephen Gardner, CEO, Amtrak
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Recorded on the trade show floor at APTA’s EXPO 2023 in Orlando, Florida, our special guest Stephen Gardener, CEO of Amtrak, discusses a wide range of topics including Amtrak’s role in linking cities, regions and rural America, how intercity passenger rail travel options can be made more attractive, recent and upcoming Amtrak system improvements, c…
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Season 3, Episode 3: Lynn Peterson on Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering
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Have you struggled with how to build community at the same time you are planning, designing, building a project? Understanding of the role and import of transportation in peoples’ lives has evolved, and transportation professionals need a new frame and methodology to help them successfully meet and balance multiple vague and conflicting goals. Tran…
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Season 3, Episode 2: Shifting Mobility Patterns and How to Emerge Stronger
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In this episode, we discuss shifting trends in mobility and how a transit organization can and must adjust to serve the public with guest Rolando Cruz, Chief Transportation Officer at Culver CityBus in California.By American Public Transportation Association
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Season 3, Episode1: Transit Equity Day - Why Racial Equity Matters to Sound Transit
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This podcast highlights Sound Transit’s approach to diversity, equity and inclusion and anti-racism. Hear from Sound Transit CEO, Peter Rogoff and their Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Jonté Robinson.By American Public Transportation Association
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Season 2, Episode 4: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we sat down with Alva Carrasco, President of Latinos in Transit and Cindy Chavez, Board Member at Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) to discuss their pathways to leadership, how to foster inclusion and equity, and advancing Latinos in the public transit industry, and a whole lot more.…
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Season 2, Episode 3: Celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month
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As we celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month, we sat down with Dawn Distler, Chief Executive Officer at METRO RTA in Akron, Ohio, to discuss equity, inclusion, and diversity in the public transit industry.By American Public Transportation Association
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Season 2, Episode 2: A Conversation with India Birdsong, General Manager and CEO, Greater Cleveland RTA
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As part of APTA's ongoing celebration of Women History Month, we sat down with India Birdsong, the General Manager and CEO of the Greater Cleveland RTA, to discuss her leadership journey and leading in a time of crisis.By American Public Transportation Association
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Season 2, Episode 1: Positive Train Control (PTC)
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In this episode of The Transit Authority, APTA’s official podcast, we talk Positive Train Control (PTC) and the past, present, and future of commuter rail with Stephanie Wiggins, Chief Executive Officer of Metrolink in California.By American Public Transportation Association
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Season 1, Episode 8: The Bus of the Future
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From autonomous buses to fleet electrification to new incremental technological changes -- what will the bus of the future look and operate like? Our latest episode of APTA’s official podcast, The Transit Authority, explores this topic with MJ Maynard, Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.…
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Season 1, Episode 7: Public Transit & COVID-19: Is It Safe to Ride?
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How safe is it to ride transit amid the coronavirus pandemic? Our latest episode of APTA’s official podcast, The Transit Authority, explores this topic with guests Sam Schwartz and Daniel Schack, authors of the recently published report Public Transit and COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Research and Best Practices, which examined global data and research…
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Season 1, Episode 6: Public Transit and Homelessness with Tim Chan, Group Manager of Station Area Planning, San Fransisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
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Listen to the latest episode of The Transit Authority, APTA’s official podcast, with our guest Tim Chan, Group Manager -- Station Area Planning at the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, who discusses initiatives and strategies to address homelessness in public transit, with special focus on COVID-19 and its impact on the issue.…
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Season 1, Episode 5: Changes in the Environmental Justice Movement with Dr. Michael Mendez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning and Policy at University of California, Irvine
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Listen to the latest episode of The Transit Authority, APTA's official podcast. In this episode, we we explore the changes in political organizing and power in the environmental justice movement and how these changes impact the future of public transportation with guest Dr. Michael Mendez, assistant professor of Environmental Planning and Policy at…
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Season 1, Episode 4: Paratransit Operations Response to COVID-19 with Christian T. Kent, Chair of APTA’s Access Committee
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Listen to the latest episode of The Transit Authority, APTA’s official podcast. In this episode, Christian Kent, principal of Christian T. Kent, Transit Management Consulting, LLC and chair of APTA's Access Committee discusses the impact of COVID-19 on paratransit service and also shares his views on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on the…
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Season 1, Episode 3: A Conversation with Randy Clarke, President & CEO of Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Austin, Texas
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In this episode, Randy Clarke, President & CEO of Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Austin, Texas, discusses how his agency is coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. Clarke also shares information on Project Connect, a bold transit plan for Austin that will be put before voters in November.…
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Season 1, Episode 2: A Conversation with Doug Kelsey, General Manager of TriMet in Portland, Oregon
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Listen to the latest episode of The Transit Authority, APTA’s official podcast. In this episode, Doug Kelsey, General Manager of TriMet in Portland, Oregon, shares his agency’s pragmatic and pioneering approaches to dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. Kelsey also shares his views on how public transit may look post-COVID.…
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Season 1, Episode 1: A Conversation with APTA Chair Nuria I. Fernandez
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This episode features APTA Chair Nuria I. Fernandez, general manager and CEO, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, CA. She speaks with APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas. Fernandez talks about what her system is doing now during the COVID-19 outbreak and what public transit systems will need to do to ensure the safety and …
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