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Austin to host 2015 Designing Cities Conference

Austin to host 2015 Designing Cities Conference

Feb 04, 2015

This fall, NACTO will hold the fourth annual Designing Cities conference in Austin, Texas. Designing Cities convenes transportation leaders and practitioners from across the country to discuss key trends in urban street design and transportation policy. Local leaders working on the ground to revitalize city streets will exchange best practices with major city transportation stakeholders […]

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Better Bike Share Partnership Aims to Increase Equity and Access in Bike Share

Jan 22, 2015

January 22, 2015 April Corbin, equity writer, People for Bikes This article is cross-posted at betterbikeshare.org, the website of the Better Bike Share Partnership. Bike Share Isn’t Equitable. Let’s Change That. In North America, 2013 was the year of bike sharing. Now, we are working to make 2015 the year of equitable bike share. The […]

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Kate Fillin-Yeh Joins NACTO to Lead Bike Share Program

Nov 06, 2014

NACTO is pleased to introduce Kate Fillin-Yeh as the Bike Share Program Director. Kate is an urban planner with eight years of experience designing and implementing bike share programs and a passion for cities and figuring out how they can best provide smart urban services to a wide range of constituents. Kate will be leading […]

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Skye Duncan Joins NACTO as Global Street Design Director

Oct 30, 2014

NEW YORK (Oct 30, 2014) — NACTO is pleased to introduce Skye Duncan as its new Global Street Design Director. Skye is an urban designer with over a decade of experience in architecture, urban design, planning and landscape architecture, and she will lead the team initiating a new Global Cities Design Program, a multi-year initiative that will […]

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NACTO Announces Global Designing Cities Program

NACTO Announces Global Designing Cities Program

Oct 23, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO (Oct 23, 2014) — The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) announced today that it will develop and publish a new Global Street Design Guide, the first-ever worldwide standard for designing city streets and prioritizing safety, pedestrians, transit and sustainable mobility. The guide is the first project of what will become the […]

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Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty Honored with 2014 NACTO Excellence in Leadership Award

Oct 22, 2014

Press contact: Corinne Kisner, 646-629-4165 SAN FRANCISCO (October 22, 2014) — The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) celebrated the vision and accomplishments of Malcolm Dougherty, Director of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), awarding him the 2014 Excellence in Leadership Award for his support of a flexible approach to urban street design in the nation’s […]

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Matthew Roe joins NACTO as Director of the Designing Cities Initiative

Sep 19, 2014

NACTO is proud to introduce Matthew Roe as the new Director of the Designing Cities Initiative. Matthew is an urban transportation planner with nearly a decade of experience in city street design, planning, and policy, with a focus on knowledge-driven, low-cost pedestrian safety projects. In his new position, he will be working with city professionals […]

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SFMTA Appoints New Director of Sustainable Streets

Sep 04, 2014

SFMTA Press Release, September 4, 2014 The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees all transportation in the city, including the Municipal Railway (Muni), announced today the appointment of Tom Maguire as Director of SFMTA’s Sustainable Streets Division (SSD). Maguire, currently the Assistant Commissioner in New York City’s Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Division of […]

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FHWA Officially Supports City-Friendly Street Designs

Jul 25, 2014

NEW YORK (July 25, 2014) – Less than a year after the National Association of City Transportation Officials released its Urban Street Design Guide, the US Department of Transportation endorsed this vision for safe, sustainable, city-friendly street designs. Federal support for the Guide ensures that practitioners have both the permission and the flexibility to design streets that support […]

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Nominates Seleta Reynolds as LADOT General Manager

Jun 20, 2014

NEW YORK (June 20, 2014) – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today nominated Seleta Reynolds as General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), positioning Los Angeles to excel in livable transportation and fulfill the promise of programs such as People Street, the Great Streets Initiative, and the LA Bike Program. The National Association of City […]

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