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Moving Arizona is a podcast hosted by Melissa Boyles, a 20+ year professional in the Arizona transportation industry and a self-described “transportation geek.” Join her for interviews with industry influencers from across Arizona and the United States.
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In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing April Trevett, Capital Programs Business Manager for Valley Metro. April has been with Valley Metro for over twenty years and has seen a lot of changes, including the installation of the agency's first female CEO. That is particularly impactful to April as one of our local advocates for women in transportation and the President of the Metro Phoenix Chapter of WTS. We hear from April about balancing work, home, school, and leading a dynamic a...
In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Robinson. Kevin is running for Phoenix City Council to represent District 6 which encompasses my home area, Awhatukee, but also the Biltmore and Arcadia communities. His background includes serving as a City of Phoenix police officer for over thirty-six years. After retiring, Kevin has taught full time for the past five years and is now looking to expand his public service to the Phoenix City Council. He knows our communities, un...
In this episode Kammy Horne, Senior Vice President for Via Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio Texas, talks about the intersection between reputation and brand. Kammy spent a critical chapter of her life and career right here in Arizona, and she shares her perspective on why it’s so important to be intentional about authenticity and ensuring that what you’re presenting to the world, professionally and personally, reflects who you really are. Kammy gets real about her career, decisions she mad...
In this episode Sabrina Drago, Executive Director of the Sacramento Regional Transportation Authority shares her experience in shifting from private to public sector and how following her personal priorities has shaped her career, which started in Arizona, and taken her to where she is today. We talk about evolving transportation policy, the challenges associated with gas tax dependency, social equity in infrastructure investment, and balancing work and home through COVID19. Sabrina's 90...
In this week’s episode, Audra Koester Thomas, Transportation Planning Program Manager at the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), shares insights of the challenges and progress of formulating the plan for Proposition 400E. Audra and her team have spent the last two years supporting the region’s mayors and member agencies in developing a plan that balances the need for specificity and flexibility with accommodating the rapid growth and emerging technology of transportation for the Valley...
In this week's episode Sam Sargent from beautiful Austin, Texas joins us to talk about Project Connect and the Austin Transit Partnership. Project Connect is a $7 billion transit program for the greater Austin area. This transformational program will connect communities, spur transit oriented development, and provide one of the country's largest equity investments to ensure access to affordable housing along its high capacity corridors. Austin Transit Partnership has followed the successes an...
This week's guest was such a joy to interview. Brad Hagen, Airport Manager for Phoenix Goodyear Airport clearly loves aviation, his role with the City of Phoenix, and their team. Phoenix Goodyear Airport is a general aviation airport that houses flight schools, private aircraft, dormitories for those in training, and everything in between. From hosting Air Force One and a rally of over ten thousand people to ensuring everyday operability, they do it all! I hope you enjoy this episode an...
In this episode, I'm joined by Ed Faron, Airport Manager for the Phoenix Deer Valley Airport. Ed shares what it's like to run one of the world's busiest airports with over 400,000 take offs and landings each year. He shares just what they're doing out at Deer Valley Airport to generate that kind of air traffic and how he and his team accommodate their customers. Ed also gives us some insight into his background, how he's part of an aviation legacy, and even provides some pointers for people i...
In this week's episode my good friend Kent Lane shares his perspective on being a public servant, the challenges related to transitioning from an active duty to civilian mindset, and why he's so passionate about working with our local small business community. Kent recently joined the City of Phoenix Equal Opportunity Department after serving many years at the Arizona Department of Transportation in their Business Engagement and Compliance Office.Kent explains the difference between the progr...
At the Town of Gilbert employees are measured by their ability to be bold, kind, driven, and humble and no one embodies those characteristics more than their City Manager, Patrick Banger. For the past decade he has led his team, Council, and the community through tremendous population growth, financial crises, and a global pandemic. Patrick’s ability to focus on creating the best value for tax payers' dollars while keeping an eye toward the present, and evolving, needs of the community has re...
In this episode Greg Byres explains all things MPD. The Arizona Department of Transportation's (ADOT) Multimodal Transportation Department is responsible for stewardship for everything from Federal Transit Administration grant oversight for hundreds of subrecipients to developing our long-range and five-year statewide transportation plans. Learn directly from Greg all that MPD is responsible for and how they managed to not only successfully transition to work-from-home but actually got more e...
In this week's episode, Kent Groh and Ryan Kelly join me to talk about The Geoholics. The Geoholics is the brain child of these two super innovative, though usually more behind-the-scenes guys, who wanted to showcase their industry and just make sure people were having fun along the way. They've grown their listener following, supporters, and now studio into quite the brand and are now embarking on the next "bigger and better" ideas for the show. The enthusiasm Kent and Ryan share, and ...
In this week's episode, I continue my conversation with Felicia Guerrero Green for a deeper dive into her research project focused on women in engineering. Felicia experienced her own career crisis and realized that her education and mentoring hadn't prepared her for the challenges of balancing being a wife and mother with a career in engineering. As a result, through her PhD program, she is studying why women stay in engineering. A great deal of research exists about why women leave but Feli...
In this week's episode Julie Rodriguez, Deputy Aviation Director of Public Relations/Government Relations for the City of Phoenix Aviation Department joins us to share information about all the exciting things happening at America's friendliest airport. Julie provides a wealth of information about the City's response to COVID 19 and ensuring the safety of the traveling public, expansion projects, and the many programs available at Sky Harbor to ensure world class customer service. We also hea...
In this episode Felicia Guerrero Green shares her story of entering into the field of engineering, becoming a mom, and how balancing the two came to be nearly overwhelming. Through a chance encounter at a conference, Felicia met a peer who shared the same struggles. They ended up forming an online forum for Engineering Working Moms. The forum now has thousands of followers and provides a space for women engineers to share, vent, and laugh about the challenges related to balancing these two de...
In this episode we hear from Co-Founder and Partner of Goodman-Schwartz Public Affairs, David Schwartz. David is the mastermind behind Friends of Transit and the Support Sky Harbor Coalition. He's passionate about rallying support for transit and aviation and has been serving our transportation community for over twenty years. In addition to leading these two critical organizations, David engages in public affairs on behalf of clients throughout the state of Arizona. His partner Stuart ...
In this episode the Executive Director of the Maricopa County Association of Governments (MAG), Eric Anderson, shares his expertise on the evolution of transportation investment in the Valley. From the first freeway bill, Proposition 300, to our current funding bill Proposition 400, and looking forward to what's next with Proposition 400E, our infrastructure has been evolving along with the needs of our community. That community continues to grow, with no slowing in sight, and the investment ...
In this episode Reece Green shares his perspective on the evolution and application of accelerated bridge construction, how serving in the military has benefitted his career as a builder, and how our industry can step up to help veterans. Arizona is known for innovation, our transportation industry particularly is not shy about pushing the boundaries of the accepted to explore the possible. Partnering with the Arizona Department of Transportation and FHWA, Reece and the Pulice tea...
In this episode Markus Coleman shares his perspective on what it means to be a public servant. At the City of Phoenix everyone is expected to have a mindset of serving their community. We get a peak inside the nation's fifth largest city and the measures they take to ensure job security for their employees as well as how a fortuitous shift for Markus, due to the 2009 economic crisis, set him on a path toward his role today. We also learn what's ahead for light rail in the Valley and wha...
In this episode Karla Petty, Arizona Division Administrator for the Federal Highway Administration, shares information about the Every Day Counts (EDC) initiative. EDC has led to the formation of the Arizona Council for Transportation Innovation (ACTI) and this month ACTI is hosting a series of innovation exchanges. The exchanges will take place throughout February and they'll be recorded and posted online on the ADOT website. Arizona takes a unique approach to its innovation council an...
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