The Transit Authority

Oct 04 2024 24 ep. 38 mins 13
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This podcast highlights the people, organizations, and ideas that are transforming public transportation.

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Season 4, Episode 7: Transforming Public Transit: Delivering for Today, Setting a Vision for the Future

Oct 04 2024 18 mins  
In providing multimodal services throughout America's most densely-populated state, NJ TRANSIT has made it a mission to address vital economic, social, and environmental goals through the public transportation it operates. In this episode of APTA's THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY podcast, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin Corbett offers insight into evolving travel patterns, the large and

Season 4, Episode 6: Show Me The Money: Workforce Funding Resources

Aug 23 2024 59 mins  
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 TransportationJohn Bodnar, Director, Office of Transit Programs, Federal Tran

Season 4, Episode 5: Women are the Future!

Mar 27 2024 83 mins  
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 AuthorityGuests:Nadine Lee, President & CEO, Dallas Area Rapi

Season 4, Episode 4: A Conversation with Transportation Planner and Author Christof Spieler on Factors that Lead to Effective Public Transportation

Feb 16 2024 52 mins  
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, identifying ways transit ser

Season 4, Episode 3: Mentoring: A Tool For Employee Engagement & Retention – Part II (GCRTA)

Jan 30 2024 28 mins  
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 to build and manage the program.

Season 4, Episode 2: Mentoring: A Tool For Employee Engagement & Retention (Part I - VTA)

Jan 24 2024 30 mins  
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 build and manage successful mentor

Season 4, Episode 1: Taylor Swift and the Rebirth of Transit in 2023

Jan 03 2024 24 mins  
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 2024.The boost in infrastructur

Season 3, Episode 5: TransLink’s Kevin Quinn Discusses Ridership, Land Use, Affordability and Climate Action

Nov 03 2023 40 mins  
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 region goals and priorities.

Season 3, Episode 4: A Conversation with Stephen Gardner, CEO, Amtrak

Oct 12 2023 38 mins  
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, career advice for students, and

Season 3, Episode 3: Lynn Peterson on Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering

Apr 14 2023 51 mins  
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. Transportation projects we plan and