Is Transportation Healthcare?

This week we’re highlighting the ways transit shows up for communities with limited access to mobility. Transit in healthcare grows bigger every day, while historical sites find ways to allow more visitors into their towns. No matter where you look, transit leaders continue to find innovative solutions to unique challenges as they assist the communities they love.

PREMIER: Steven Feist

Paul Comfort sits down with Steven Feist, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Coordinated Transportation Solutions (CTS), to explore the world of Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) and its growing role in healthcare access. Steven explains how transportation brokers connect Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries with the rides they need to reach appointments, treatments, pharmacies, and other critical services.

PREMIER: Remember The Alamo

Join Paul Comfort on an inside tour of the Alamo with Ernesto Rodriguez, III — the curator and historian who has been telling the stories of the Alamo since 1999. Artifacts from the 13-day siege of 1836 bring the stories of legendary defenders to life like never before. Get up close with a legendary Bowie knife collection, a John Wayne movie poster, and hear about Phil Collins’ unexpected connection. Come see why Texans still say, “Remember the Alamo.” 

ICYMI: Marc Molinaro

Former Federal Transit Administration Administrator Marc Molinaro joins Paul Comfort for an in-depth conversation about federal transit policy, funding, and the future of public transportation. Drawing on his experience as both a member of Congress and the leader of the FTA, Molinaro offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the agency operates, what transit agencies should understand about federal grants, and why building consensus in Washington is often more complicated than it appears.