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Inside City Hall

Real change. Real leaders. No script.

Inside City Hall brings municipal leadership together for candid, peer-to-peer conversations about how transformational change actually gets done in local government — starting with the decisions behind high-performing public transit.

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Inside City Hall

By local leaders, for local leaders.

Real leadership, real decisions, 1x per month for 20 minutes.

Episode 01: Governing beyond city lines with Tom Fisher

What happens when a 40 year transit partnership between county and city lines decides to split? Tom Fisher, former County Manager of Summit County, Utah sits down with Via’s Matt Dias (former City Manager of Park City, Utah) to discuss how they and their teams amicably dismantled a 40 year partnership to rebuild one of the highest performing regional transit systems in America in just 6 months.

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Episode 02

Bringing the last mile into the community

This isn't about technology — it's about who transit was missing, and how leadership chose to close that gap.

Episode 03

Cost containment without compromise

The most credible leaders don't chase savings, they create durable efficiency. Hear how transit leaders made their systems financially defensible over time.

Episode 04

Rebuilding public trust in a highly visible service

Transit failures show up at City Hall fast. Hear how local leaders stabilized one of the most visible and emotionally charged services they oversee.
Meet your host
Matt Dias, VP of City Partnerships at Via

Matt Dias spent 20 years inside local government — as Deputy Chief of Staff in Somerville and City Manager of Park City, Utah, where he managed a $250M budget, secured $100M in federal infrastructure grants, and served under five mayors.

Matt knows what it takes to make hard decisions stick. Now leading city partnerships at Via, he created Inside City Hall to give peers the candid, practical conversations he wished he'd had.

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