Mpact Innovators Call for Posters closes in 2 weeks! Submit by May 1: bit.ly/MpactTO26_PosterSession

At Mpact we believe communities connected by transit, whether urban, rural or suburban, work better for the people who live there. Speak up for transit—with your friends and family, your lawmakers, the businesses you frequent—and share why it matters to you.

#WorldPublicTransportDay

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This Friday, April 17—get ready to post on #WorldPublicTransportDay about why you value public transportation as part of your world—why it matters, who it serves. Let's raise the volume! 🚌🚋🚊🚇

Find more about World Public Transport Day here: worldpublictransportday.com

⚡️The early deadline is coming up for Sponsors and Exhibitors for Mpact Transit + Community 2026 in Toronto! ⚡️Register by April 17 to receive max visibility in conference promotion: www.mpactmobility.org/conference/s...

Thank you to the sponsors and exhibitors who’ve already signed up—join them!

The Buzz in Building a Thriving Community - Mpact When a big project appeared on the horizon, a regional community foundation convened residents and leaders.

Find out about this ongoing work by the Pottstown Regional Community Foundation—an Mpact Partner—and some of the organizations taking steps, The STRIVE Initiative, Hobart's Run and FORCE Network.

www.mpactmobility.org/blog/the-buz...

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The Buzz in Building a Thriving Community - Mpact When a big project appeared on the horizon, a regional community foundation convened residents and leaders.

In the case of the possible return of passenger rail in Pennsylvania, a community foundation helped local leaders learn about the implications and plot a path toward addressing long standing needs.

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The Buzz in Building a Thriving Community - Mpact When a big project appeared on the horizon, a regional community foundation convened residents and leaders.

When big infrastructure projects come along, how can communities ensure that investments benefit long-standing communities?

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Kicking off 2026 Coffee Chats with a focus on TOD - Mpact Looking for an informal space to meet peers, network and share your ideas? Join a Coffee Chat, hosted by the Mpact Innovators!   What are Coffee Chats? Introduced in 2025, […]

The April breakout rooms will focus on:
⭐️ Universal design and non-drivers
⭐️ Walkability
⭐️ Character and placemaking

Find resources from Mpact and Mpact's partners on transit-oriented development in our blog: www.mpactmobility.org/blog/kicking...

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Dive into a conversation about design principles and project elements that lead to walkable transit-oriented developments in the April installment of the Mpact Innovators' Coffee Chats. ☕️ Register for the Coffee Chat on April 24, 2-3pm Central at bit.ly/CoffeeChatApril2026

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Ford, Carney, Chow to spend $3B on Waterfront East LRT in Toronto | CBC News The federal, provincial and municipal governments will each spend $1 billion, for a total of $3 billion, on a new Waterfront East Transit line in Toronto.

City, provincial & federal leadership are coming together to fund the Waterfront East Transit line in Toronto. It will “connect riders to broader transportation networks at Union Station” and “allow for the building of an additional 75,000 homes in the city’s east end." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#MpactTO26 Call for Posters - Mpact The Mpact Innovators' Call for Posters is a chance for students and emerging professionals to share their work.

Are you a student or emerging professional with an innovative project to share about creating transit-oriented communities in Canada? Picture yourself doing this in Toronto and submit your proposal in this year's Call for Posters! Find all of the info at www.mpactmobility.org/blog/mpactto....
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Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast: Episode 561: Mpact Poster Sessions This week we’re back at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference in Portland Oregon at the Poster Sessions.  We talk with young professionals about the transportation implementation and policy w...

Hear from the 2025 poster presenters themselves in this episode of Talking Headways: streetsblog.libsyn.com/episode-561-...
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Improving bus reliability, exploring a trauma-informed alternative for security on transit, and transforming a highway rest stop to a multimodal transportation hub were just a few of the topics featured at the #MpactPDX Poster Session. Enjoy this #throwbackthursday with pics from that night! 📸
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Mpact Transit + Community Conference The Mpact Transit + Community conference (founded as Rail~Volution) focuses on building transit-oriented communities. We convene a powerful network dedicated to leveraging transit, connected mobility ...

If you're into these conversations, make sure to put Mpact Transit + Community 2026 in your plans.
📆 September 14-17 in Toronto, Ontario

mpactmobility.org/conference

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Episode 86: Preserving Missing Middle Neighborhoods - Mpact United Transcript Mpact Podcast Episode 86: Preserving Missing Middle Neighborhoods Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods built with mobility in mind, with walkability and strong transit. Much of th...

We were in Philly in 2024 for Mpact Transit + Community. Several mobile workshops & sessions got into these same issues. Here's a podcast of the Tues plenary about missing middle housing, w/ segments on naturally occurring affordable housing &tangled titles. www.mpactmobility.org/podcasts/epi...

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It becomes an interesting window into policies under discussion and in statute about zoning, building heights, the economics involved and more. Is your city considering policy adjustments to support housing near transit?

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The Other Way Mayor Parker is Stepping Up for Transit - The Philadelphia Citizen Mayor Parker's budget proposes four new H.O.M.E. bills that could provide more housing and also support SEPTA. They don’t go far enough

The City of Philadelphia is considering several bills to advance "land use rules that determine how many people can actually live near transit." This deep dive from Jon Geeting gets into the details and includes some comparisons with other cities.
thephiladelphiacitizen.org/transit-hous...

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“With Downtown Seattle and Downtown Bellevue now just a 20-minute ride apart, the region is stitched together in a way that will have a generational impact. And thousands of riders will be able to say they were there on day one.”

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Huge Crowds Turn Out To Finally Ride Light Rail Across Lake Washington Tens of thousands of riders came out to ride the 2 Line across Lake Washington Saturday, as Sound Transit inaugurated the light rail link between the east and west metro.

Another round of congratulations to Mpact Partner, Sound Transit! Huge crowds turned out for the light rail opening, connecting Seattle and Eastside. On display was the “demand for additional multimodal options.”

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www.theurbanist.org/huge-crowds-...

Congrats to Mpact Partner Sound Transit—and to everyone in the region who now has more options! 🚆🎉

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The new 2 Line will carry Eastside riders across the bay. The portion opening on March 28, 2026, connects the Eastside to the 1 Line in Seattle, with stops at new stations at Mercer Island and Judkins Park. Here's a link to the East Link Extension page: www.soundtransit.org/system-expan...

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This weekend in Seattle, Sound Transit's new Crosslake Connection opens, with Link light rail taking passengers across Lake Washington for the first time. Trains will run on the world's first floating bridge used for light rail. Check out this article to learn more.

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‘It’s Just Crazy’: High Car Payments Make Ownership Feel Impossible

This NYT piece about the high cost of car ownership doesn't mention transit or land use and the spatial distances between home and work–but the comments have a lot to say about transit. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/b...

📢 Calling students and young professionals with work to share about building transit oriented communities!📢 The Call for Posters for the Mpact Innovators’ Poster Session at #MpactTO26 is now open through May 1. Get all the info in our blog post: bit.ly/MpactTO26_PosterSession

First Coffee Chat of 2026 is this Friday! ☕️ Join and dig into a conversation about transit-oriented development and how to ensure long-standing communities benefit from it rather than being displaced. Register at bit.ly/CoffeeChatMa...

California has 40,000 affordable housing units ready to break ground. One setback is holding them up Tens of thousands of affordable housing units across California are stuck in financial purgatory, according to a new report.

"Each additional funding source delays the start of construction on a project by an average of four months, adding an extra $20,460 per unit, according to an analysis by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley."

calmatters.org/housing/2026...

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California has 40,000 affordable housing units ready to break ground. One setback is holding them up Tens of thousands of affordable housing units across California are stuck in financial purgatory, according to a new report.

A new report from Enterprise Community Partners details challenges of getting affordable housing projects going. The location of the hurdles is different from in the past.

calmatters.org/housing/2026...

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Kicking off 2026 Coffee Chats with a focus on TOD - Mpact Looking for an informal space to meet peers, network and share your ideas? Join a Coffee Chat, hosted by the Mpact Innovators!   What are Coffee Chats? Introduced in 2025, […]

Want to read up on transit-oriented development to prep for the Coffee Chats? Visit our blog post for resources from Mpact and Mpact's Partners: www.mpactmobility.org/blog/kicking...

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In March, dig into how to ensure long-standing communities benefit from transit-oriented development rather than being displaced by it. In April, consider design principles and project elements that lead to walkable transit-oriented developments.

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The March and April Coffee Chats will focus on transit-oriented development. They'll take place on:
☕️ Friday, March 27, 10-11am Central
☕️ Friday, April 24, 2-3pm Central

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