#478 Planning, Transportation & Economic Mobility in Memphis & South Bend

GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government

English - October 22, 2021 14:49 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 208 ratings
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Connecting people and jobs. John Zeanah, the Director of Planning and Development for the City of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, joined the podcast to talk about providing opportunities for economic mobility. He discussed the City's new comprehensive plan and how they are working to make it easier for residents to get to their workplaces through both land use and the transportation system. Then Denise Linn Riedl, Chief Innovation Officer for the City of South Bend, Indiana, joined to talk about transportation insecurity and their Commuters Trust initiative.

This episode was recorded live at the #ELGL21 Annual Conference.

Host: Toney Thompson