12/14/2022
📢 Calling all who are working on or are interested in Bus Rapid Transit! Register for the Building Stakeholders for BRT webinar on January 10 here: https://railvolution.zoom.us/.../WN_B0-3351RRtyUKlNoZzfCiw
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Are you working on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects? Is your region considering BRT expansion? Join the Mpact Webinar on January 10 focused on Building Stakeholders for BRT, at different stages and scales. Register here: https://railvolution.zoom.us/webinar/register/4516708669614/WN_B0-3351RRtyUKlNoZzfCiw
Hear from our speakers:
- Kyle Burrows, Manager, Arterial BRT Planning, Metro Transit, Minneapolis/St Paul, MN
- Ambre Marr, State Legislative Director, AARP Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
- Dave Steele, Executive Director, MobiliSE, Milwaukee, WI
- Moderator, Sarah Rudolf, Associate Director, Mpact, Minneapolis, MN
Earlier this year, Mpact convened MOVE Roundtables in Milwaukee and Indianapolis, engaging stakeholders in discussions of Mobility, Opportunity, Voice and Equity in their local context. Thanks to AARP for their support for these Roundtables. Read more about MOVE Roundtables at https://www.mpactmobility.org/building-leadership/move-roundtables/
Learn how each location – Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Indianapolis, Indiana; and the Twin Cities in Minnesota – has framed the opportunity around transit investments and defined the stakeholders missing from the conversation.
Milwaukee’s first bus-rapid transit (BRT) line is under construction. The city’s 27th Street corridor is likely to be the second. For the webinar, Dave Steele, who heads up a local transit advocacy organization, will speak to leveraging the moment to help ensure that future transit-oriented development (TOD) involves the community.
In Indiana, transit agencies depend on the funding allocated by the Indiana General Assembly. This means agencies and their supporters have to continually make the case that a well-functioning transit system is an asset for everyone, including thoes who might not ride. Ambre Marr, who works on legislative issues at the capital, will talk about what’s involved in energizing stakeholder groups and legislators.
In Minneapolis/St. Paul, Metro Transit just opened its fifth BRT line. Read this piece from Governing about ambitions to be “the Bus Rapid Transit Capital of America. Find out from Kyle Burrows how the Twin Cities leveraged the success of their first arterial BRT line to build regional support for more!
