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?? Registration is OPEN for Mpact Transit + Community! ?? Join us for the next Mpact Transit + Community Conference coming to Philadelphia, October 20-23, 2024. Network and learn with cross-sector stakeholders. Join with others dedicated to taking a community-first approach to transit, mobility and development projects. Get all the details and register at?https://lnkd.in/gsmsjPXY

We are so excited for this year's Mpact PK Slam! It's going to be a night of hot takes, humor and insight at Bok, a former technical high school in South Philadelphia that's now a space for makers, businesses, nonprofits and artists. Huge thanks to Mpact Partner and Diamond Sponsor, HDR, for sponsoring this year's PK Slam. Learn more about this year's PK Slam venue, Bok, on the Mpact blog: https://lnkd.in/gDTExJk8

New APTA report dives into how transit agencies prioritize equity. https://lnkd.in/gP7KrAj3

Mpact Transit + Community is all about the interplay of transit, mobility, land use and development in building great places to live—for everyone. Thanks to Platinum Sponsor, Independence Blue Cross for their support of #MpactPhilly. Join us at Mpact Transit + Community in Philadelphia, October 20-23. Register today: https://lnkd.in/gEhnMstm

Haven't added a Mobile Workshop to your Mpact Transit + Community agenda yet? Check out MW14 A Refuge in the City: https://lnkd.in/gMmr8apw??? Take regional rail to Southwest Philadelphia and explore John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, the first urban wildlife refuge in the nation, which protects Pennsylvania’s largest remaining freshwater tidal marsh, with 1200 acres, ten miles of trails, a canoe ramp and opportunities to see birds, native wildlife and plants. End with Eastwick, Philadelphia’s lowest-elevation neighborhood. Redlined in the 1930s, the close-knit neighborhood nonetheless thrived into the 1950s, but then lost homes to eminent domain and airport parking. Today, the City of Philadelphia is working with Eastwick residents to address flooding, environmental justice and quality of life.

There is still room to join Mpact Regional Day. It's $20. Yes, its regional rail focused but there is a transit oriented communities component too. Join me, Andrew Svekla, AICP, Kenny Starr, and Karin Morris for a discussion about barriers to transit-oriented development in the greater Philadelphia area.

Very excited to attend Regional Day at Mpact Philly and hear from my colleague Christopher Kopp and the rest of his panel on Passenger Rail Best Practices and Recent Innovations. Only $20 to attend and you don't need to be registered for the conference to attend on Wednesday, October 23, from 2PM-6PM. Hope to see you there!

Through more than 60 conference sessions as well as plenaries and networking events, Mpact Transit + Community attendees delve into issues facing cities and regions everywhere, including climate change, transit-oriented development, housing affordability and designing cities around transit and emerging mobility options. We're grateful for Platinum Sponsor, Urban Engineers, for their support of #MpactPhilly! Learn more about the conference at https://lnkd.in/gEhnMstm

For Mpact Transit + Community, scholarships help community-based organizations and transit, housing, and other advocates get to the conference. Thank you to Mpact Partner and Platinum Sponsor, STV, for supporting #MpactPhilly scholarships!

First time attending Mpact Transit + Community? The Mpact Innovators have ten tips to make the most of your conference experience at #MpactPhilly this month! The Mpact Innovators are a national networking group that help make the conference more welcoming to first time attendees and those new to the field. Learn more about the Innovators at?https://lnkd.in/eh4_xUzJ